As The World's Only Transgender Bike Blogger (at least, the only one I know about!), you can understand why this got my attention:
Well, all right, the colors are hard to miss. But the design is not exactly to my taste (at least, not anything I'd wear). What piqued my interest were the words: "Femme" (woman) on the jersey, "Homme" (man) on the shorts.
Hmm....
Back when I was racing, we had to wear white socks. I don't remember whether that was a UCI, or merely a USCF (now USA Cycling), rule. But wearing any other color under your Detto Pietro cleated shoes got you disqualified from a race.
In the early days of mountain biking, riders wore black socks in defiance of that tradition.
I wonder what they--or the UCI or USCF--would make of this:
Back in 1984, Levi's was the official outfitter for the US Olympic Team. That year, the Games were held in Los Angeles. In those days, Levi's blue jeans were made up the coast, in San Francisco.
That was during the time in my life when, off the bike, I wore nothing but Levi's 501s with button-down, polo, rugby, flannel or T-shirts, depending on the occasion. Sometimes I wore those things while riding, too. And, of course, when the weather was warm enough (and I could get away with it), I wore 501 cutoffs.
I know lots of cyclists could have said the same thing about their sartorial habits. I'll bet there are plenty of cyclists today who could. Thus, I am still amazed that Levi's never came out with a line of cycle clothing--at least to my knowledge.
I got into this rumination of threads past when I saw this ad:
Apparently, someone named M Schwab designed it during the 1970's. I wonder what he/she is doing now.
