Bibshorts - the only answer?

Mike K Smith said:

At the risk of invoking the wrath of the PSF I feel I must draw the
group's attention to a piece in last week's Comic[1].

"One foot on the floor, wheels behind the line," requested the
commisaire to a group of female racers at the start of a National Points
race. Bottoms hovering just in front of the saddle, calf-muscles
trembling stretched on tip-toes and with ears straining for the sound of
the gun, they were the picture of highly trained pro racers.

"Your race will start in the next 10 seconds," then bang! Off they
charge except for one unfortunate lass who had hooked the nose of her
saddle into her shorts so that as she powered away from the line her
shorts were pulled down to reveal her shapely racer's backside to the
assembled crowd.

Made me chuckle anyway.

Mike

[1] Cycling Weekly 31 Dec 2005 p37 - reproduced without permission.

jpgs please... 🙂

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Mike K Smith said:

At the risk of invoking the wrath of the PSF I feel I must draw the
group's attention to a piece in last week's Comic[1].

"One foot on the floor, wheels behind the line," requested the commisaire
to a group of female racers at the start of a National Points race.
Bottoms hovering just in front of the saddle, calf-muscles trembling
stretched on tip-toes and with ears straining for the sound of the gun,
they were the picture of highly trained pro racers.

"Your race will start in the next 10 seconds," then bang! Off they charge
except for one unfortunate lass who had hooked the nose of her saddle
into her shorts so that as she powered away from the line her shorts were
pulled down to reveal her shapely racer's backside to the assembled
crowd.

Made me chuckle anyway.

Mike

[1] Cycling Weekly 31 Dec 2005 p37 - reproduced without permission.

jpgs please... 🙂

It must have been a similar sight to the TV coverage of some women's
triathlon events in London in a few months ago - the riders all seemed to be
wearing a sort of "thong leotard" for the cycling section .... the close-ups
from the following motorcycle cameramen were quite exciting!

..... I assume Helen will be along shortly to castigate us (or similar!)

RG (known to PSF as Tall Bloke)

Down the local park with the kids last weekend.

Off they charge (ish) except for unfortunate ME who had hooked the nose of
the saddle
on the crotch seam of my trousers so that as I powered away my trousers
ripped
apart to reveal my less than shapely backside to the assembled crowd.

OK so there was no crowd, but there was a cold north wind.

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Quoted message said:

Mike K Smith said:

At the risk of invoking the wrath of the PSF I feel I must draw the
group's attention to a piece in last week's Comic[1].

Off they charge except for one unfortunate lass who had hooked the nose
of her saddle into her shorts so that as she powered away from the line
her shorts were pulled down to reveal her shapely racer's backside to
the assembled crowd.

in message <[email hidden]>, Mike K Smith

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At the risk of invoking the wrath of the PSF I feel I must draw the
group's attention to a piece in last week's Comic[1].

"One foot on the floor, wheels behind the line," requested the
commisaire to a group of female racers at the start of a National
Points race. Bottoms hovering just in front of the saddle, calf-muscles
trembling stretched on tip-toes and with ears straining for the sound
of the gun, they were the picture of highly trained pro racers.

"Your race will start in the next 10 seconds," then bang! Off they
charge except for one unfortunate lass who had hooked the nose of her
saddle into her shorts so that as she powered away from the line her
shorts were pulled down to reveal her shapely racer's backside to the
assembled crowd.

Made me chuckle anyway.

On a less amusing note, a female clubmate of mine managed to hook the
chest belt of her HRM onto her saddle while negotiating a rock stepdown
at Ae, and the resulting crash, although in the end it was only scrapes,
bruises and mild concussion, was unpleasant. You do need to be careful
about these things.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

... a mild, inoffensive sadist...

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RG (known to PSF as Tall Bloke)

Tall Bloke! How are you?

Cheers, helen s

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.... I assume Helen will be along shortly to castigate us (or similar!)

[PSF mode]

Oh that'll be similar when least expecting it ;-)

[/PSF mode]

Cheers, helen s

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RG (known to PSF as Tall Bloke)

Tall Bloke! How are you?

Cheers, helen s

I'm good! ...... as they say nowadays

Rob

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I'm good! ...... as they say nowadays

Rob

Excellent to hear!

Cheers, helen s

POHB said:

Off they charge (ish) except for unfortunate ME who had hooked the nose of
the saddle
on the crotch seam of my trousers so that as I powered away my trousers
ripped
apart to reveal my less than shapely backside to the assembled crowd.

I much preferred the mental image that I was left with by the OP.

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Simon Brooke said:

On a less amusing note, a female clubmate of mine managed to hook the
chest belt of her HRM onto her saddle while negotiating a rock stepdown
at Ae, and the resulting crash, although in the end it was only scrapes,
bruises and mild concussion, was unpleasant. You do need to be careful
about these things.

Someone's going to need to explain the physics of that for me to
appreciate it; what is a chest-belt doing near a saddle?

Simon Brooke said:

On a less amusing note, a female clubmate of mine managed to hook the
chest belt of her HRM onto her saddle while negotiating a rock stepdown
at Ae, and the resulting crash, although in the end it was only scrapes,
bruises and mild concussion, was unpleasant. You do need to be careful
about these things.

Saddles? Too right, dangerous masochistic things. 😉

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Simon Brooke said:

On a less amusing note, a female clubmate of mine managed to hook the
chest belt of her HRM onto her saddle while negotiating a rock
stepdown at Ae, and the resulting crash, although in the end it was
only scrapes, bruises and mild concussion, was unpleasant. You do need
to be careful about these things.

Someone's going to need to explain the physics of that for me to
appreciate it; what is a chest-belt doing near a saddle?

Near vertical rock stepdown, about 80cm. She went right off the back of
the saddle to negotiate it, and as she came back up over the back of the
saddle the chest strap caught. I was about two bikes behind her.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

Age equals angst multiplied by the speed of fright squared.
;; the Worlock

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Simon Brooke said:

On a less amusing note, a female clubmate of mine managed to hook the
chest belt of her HRM onto her saddle while negotiating a rock stepdown
at Ae, and the resulting crash, although in the end it was only scrapes,
bruises and mild concussion, was unpleasant. You do need to be careful
about these things.

Someone's going to need to explain the physics of that for me to
appreciate it; what is a chest-belt doing near a saddle?

And, what on earth is an HRM?

Alan

Alan Holmes said:

And, what on earth is an HRM?

Your memory really is getting worse. It's the thing that told you your
heart was doing 300bpm all through your 36 hour LEJoG record.

HTH, HAND.

Mike

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And, what on earth is an HRM?

Alan

Heart rate monitor

Cheers, helen s

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Simon Brooke said:

On a less amusing note, a female clubmate of mine managed to hook the
chest belt of her HRM onto her saddle while negotiating a rock
stepdown at Ae, and the resulting crash, although in the end it was
only scrapes, bruises and mild concussion, was unpleasant. You do
need to be careful about these things.

Someone's going to need to explain the physics of that for me to
appreciate it; what is a chest-belt doing near a saddle?

And, what on earth is an HRM?

A device, m'lud, for monitoring the frequency of contractions of the
musculature of the heart.

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;; it isn't furry.

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And, what on earth is an HRM?

Heart rate monitor

Perhaps a Human Resources Manager, though one of these is unlikely
to hook onto a saddle.

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:27:49 +0000 someone who may be Simon Brooke
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

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And, what on earth is an HRM?

A device, m'lud, for monitoring the frequency of contractions of the
musculature of the heart.

Does that mean that it is characterised by a series of repetitive
beats? In which case surely it is illegal under the 1994 Criminal
Injustice Act?

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

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And, what on earth is an HRM?

Alan

Heart rate monitor

Thanks, we didn't have anthing like that in my day, we just got on the
bike, pedalled till it was time to eat/drink, eat/drink, then get back on
the bike either to carry on, or to turn back home.

Complicated things like heart rates didn't worry us.

Alan