Change your jersey colour!

Finally - proof that "red goes faster"!!!

I'll be dashing out to buy my red Rubino Pro tyres straight away....

On a similar topic - I remember when the Broncos started to wear a
bizarro "away jersey" a few years ago. It was sky blue, turqoise-green,
and purple. Apparently - it used the colours that most successful
football teams use....

And I read a study once showing a statistically significant (there's
that phrase again!) increase in penalties against teams that wear
predominantly black uniforms...

I guess I'd better review my jersey choice come the next BLART ride...

Cheers all,
Absent Husband

Tamyka Bell said:

From the SciAm newsletter:
** Scarlet Uniforms Linked to Success in Sports
Competitive athletes are always seeking ways to
improve their performance. The results of a new
study indicate that they need only look in their
closets. It seems athletes wearing red uniforms
experience a slight advantage over those decked
out in other colors.
http://cl.exct.net/?ffcd16-fe56167170630c79701d-fe3116707360067f721073

"Always bet on black"
Dr. W. Snipes, P-57 Aeronautical Research Division

Although, Arsenal and Manchester United are both red-uniformed teams. Man. U was the way team or something so they were wearing black, Arsenal kept
their red jerseys.. guess who won?

Arsenal, in the red, over Man. U. in da black..
That should leave no doubt in your minds folks.. :P

hippy
- now with mudguards and a bar bag.. oh the horror!!

hippy said:

hippy
- now with mudguards and a bar bag.. oh the horror!!

bwahahahahah

photos!
and for the occasion put on woolly socks with cords tucked in, bikeflag, welding glasses, fluoro vest and tranny in barbag 😄😄😄

I have always tried to wear inconspicuous colours in the crits as you always seem to remember the other riders in 'standout' colours. Grey or black might be the go for moi. not for commuting tho
🙄 the next time i go across someone's windscreen i want them to ACKNLOWLEDGE my (lack of) 'orthorotye'

flyingdutch said:

photos!
and for the occasion put on woolly socks with cords tucked in, bikeflag, welding glasses, fluoro vest and tranny in barbag 😄😄😄

I have always tried to wear inconspicuous colours in the crits as you always seem to remember the other riders in 'standout' colours. Grey or black might be the go for moi. not for commuting tho
🙄 the next time i go across someone's windscreen i want them to ACKNLOWLEDGE my (lack of) 'orthorotye'

When I try loading the panniers I'll take more pics.

I like black. It's stealthy. If they can't see you they can't aim for you! hehe

Hey, riding in London is FUN!!

I don't like having to lock my bike up everywhere and not having my toolbox makes working on it 'interesting' but drivers are, so far, heaps cooler here..

Signals are strange.. you get an amber before red but then another amber before it goes green!
Bus lanes everywhere which are car free.. not sure what the rules are for me.. but I ride them if they are there.
There are either no rules for bikes here or no one pays any attention coz riders go whereever the hell they want!!! Red? What red? No left turn? Huh? Not for me! Squeeze through here, squeeze over three lanes through here here and here and yep almost lost your mirror dude but not quite.. here..
hehe craziness! I'm not used to the traffic flow and signals and stuff yet and I don't quite know what I can and can't get away with.. but it's fun finding out!! 😄

hippy

We'll get you in a bright yellow jersey with royal blue knicks in races
eventually!

Coaching meeting on Monday with BBN and Hawthorn people there, and
there may be some interest in team racing next season - organised and
with a formalised structure. I'm agitating for it because I want it to
happen 🙂

Also a proposal for a change to the combine/open invitation mess is
being drafted, wait & see ...

hippy said:

Tamyka Bell said:

From the SciAm newsletter:
** Scarlet Uniforms Linked to Success in Sports
Competitive athletes are always seeking ways to
improve their performance. The results of a new
study indicate that they need only look in their
closets. It seems athletes wearing red uniforms
experience a slight advantage over those decked
out in other colors.
http://tinyurl.com/9gw2t

"Always bet on black"
Dr. W. Snipes, P-57 Aeronautical Research Division

Although, Arsenal and Manchester United are both red-uniformed teams.
Man. U was the way team or something so they were wearing black,
Arsenal kept
their red jerseys.. guess who won?

Arsenal, in the red, over Man. U. in da black..
That should leave no doubt in your minds folks.. :P

No, that's just because Arsenal is a much better team. Man U is full of
pretty boys.

Quoted message said:

hippy
- now with mudguards and a bar bag.. oh the horror!!

I can guess with the bar bag, but where on your body did you strap the
mud guards? Hahahaha oh you meant on your BIKE, I get it!

Tamyka Bell said:

I can guess with the bar bag, but where on your body did you strap the
mud guards? Hahahaha oh you meant on your BIKE, I get it!

Can't leave anything to chance with you.. :P

I also fitted a speedo.. it still needs to be calibrated.. luckily I found a tape measure!

Where exactly did you guess I'd fit a bar bag on my person? :P

hippy

hippy said:

Tamyka Bell said:

I can guess with the bar bag, but where on your body did you strap the
mud guards? Hahahaha oh you meant on your BIKE, I get it!

Can't leave anything to chance with you.. :P

Sure you can. Trust me!

Quoted message said:

I also fitted a speedo.. it still needs to be calibrated.. luckily I
found a tape measure!

To your bike, I take it? :P

Quoted message said:

Where exactly did you guess I'd fit a bar bag on my person? :P

Around your neck, of course. :P

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

No, that's just because Arsenal is a much better team. Man U is full of
pretty boys.

phffttt!!!
only reason Man-U didnt win is cos Van Niselroy had one of his few shockers and missed 3 opp's that i coulda got. Luckily he nevar does that when wearin 'the orange' 😄😄😄
(then again Berkamp was next to useless too)
staying up half the night to watch it is really feckin annoying when you realise you have done it to watch a penalty shootout!$@#@!!!!!!

F"Ajax thu'n'thru"Dutch

Tamyka Bell said:

From the SciAm newsletter:

** Scarlet Uniforms Linked to Success in Sports

Competitive athletes are always seeking ways to improve their
performance. The results of a new study indicate that they need only
look in their closets. It seems athletes wearing red uniforms
experience a slight advantage over those decked out in other colors.
http://cl.exct.net/?ffcd16-fe56167170630c79701d-fe3116707360067f721073

Tam

On Star Trek, red got you shot/vapourised/nuked. Interesting psychology.

Back to bicycles; currently hunting down red bar tape to match the Rubino's.

flyingdutch said:

Tamyka Bell said:

No, that's just because Arsenal is a much better team. Man U is full
of
pretty boys.

phffttt!!!
only reason Man-U didnt win is cos Van Niselroy had one of his few
shockers and missed 3 opp's that i coulda got. Luckily he nevar does
that when wearin 'the orange' 😄😄😄
(then again Berkamp was next to useless too)
staying up half the night to watch it is really feckin annoying when
you realise you have done it to watch a penalty shootout!$@#@!!!!!!

F"Ajax thu'n'thru"Dutch

--
flyingdutch

I was in Warwick for that run, and didn't watch the match, but Mum gave
me the full report.

One of the guys left the Saturday night dinner/presentation early to go
to his hotel and watch the match. I joked, "well, seeing as you have to
be up early, racing, it's bound to be double extra time and a penalty
shoot out..."

That guy kept giving me weird looks on Sunday morning.

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

I was in Warwick for that run, and didn't watch the match, but Mum gave
me the full report.

One of the guys left the Saturday night dinner/presentation early to go
to his hotel and watch the match. I joked, "well, seeing as you have to
be up early, racing, it's bound to be double extra time and a penalty
shoot out..."

That guy kept giving me weird looks on Sunday morning.

Tam

the things one will do to beat someone 😄

hippy said:

flyingdutch said:

photos!
and for the occasion put on woolly socks with cords tucked in,
bikeflag, welding glasses, fluoro vest and tranny in barbag 😄😄😄

I have always tried to wear inconspicuous colours in the crits as you
always seem to remember the other riders in 'standout' colours. Grey or
black might be the go for moi. not for commuting tho
🙄 the next time i go across someone's windscreen i want them
to ACKNLOWLEDGE my (lack of) 'orthorotye'

When I try loading the panniers I'll take more pics.

I like black. It's stealthy. If they can't see you they can't aim for
you! hehe

Hey, riding in London is FUN!!

I don't like having to lock my bike up everywhere and not having my
toolbox makes working on it 'interesting' but drivers are, so far,
heaps cooler here..

Signals are strange.. you get an amber before red but then another
amber before it goes green!
Bus lanes everywhere which are car free.. not sure what the rules are
for me.. but I ride them if they are there.
There are either no rules for bikes here or no one pays any attention
coz riders go whereever the hell they want!!! Red? What red? No left
turn? Huh? Not for me! Squeeze through here, squeeze over three lanes
through here here and here and yep almost lost your mirror dude but not
quite.. here..
hehe craziness! I'm not used to the traffic flow and signals and stuff
yet and I don't quite know what I can and can't get away with.. but
it's fun finding out!! 😄

hippy

Doesn't it go red->red & amber->green->amber and back to red

Sort of like a count down, so you can launch
immediately 🙂

--
Nick

Tamyka Bell said:

From the SciAm newsletter:

** Scarlet Uniforms Linked to Success in Sports

Competitive athletes are always seeking ways to improve their
performance. The results of a new study indicate that they need only
look in their closets. It seems athletes wearing red uniforms
experience a slight advantage over those decked out in other colors.
cl.exct.netcl.exct.netOpen ↗

Tam

Red Bike, Red Helmet, Red jersey, red tyres..I can't go wrong 😄

NoZX6R said:

hippy said:

flyingdutch said:

photos!
and for the occasion put on woolly socks with cords tucked in,
bikeflag, welding glasses, fluoro vest and tranny in barbag 😄😄😄

I have always tried to wear inconspicuous colours in the crits as you
always seem to remember the other riders in 'standout' colours. Grey or
black might be the go for moi. not for commuting tho 🙄 the
next time i go across someone's windscreen i want them
to ACKNLOWLEDGE my (lack of) 'orthorotye'

When I try loading the panniers I'll take more pics.
I like black. It's stealthy. If they can't see you they can't aim for
you! hehe

Hey, riding in London is FUN!!

I don't like having to lock my bike up everywhere and not having my
toolbox makes working on it 'interesting' but drivers are, so far,
heaps cooler here..

Told u

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Signals are strange.. you get an amber before red but then another
amber before it goes green!
Bus lanes everywhere which are car free.. not sure what the rules are
for me.. but I ride them if they are there. There are either no rules
for bikes here or no one pays any attention

You cant really speed on a bike. They are exempt for the speeding laws
over their. Not the council ones tho. Strange but true.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

coz riders go whereever the hell they want!!! Red? What red? No left
turn? Huh? Not for me! Squeeze through here, squeeze over three lanes
through here here and here and yep almost lost your mirror dude but not
quite.. here.. hehe craziness! I'm not used to the traffic flow and
signals and stuff
yet and I don't quite know what I can and can't get away with.. but
it's fun finding out!! 😄

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

hippy

Doesn't it go red->red & amber->green->amber and back to red

Sort of like a count down, so you can launch
immediately 🙂

[quote="flyingdutch"]phffttt!!!

Quoted post said:

only reason Man-U didnt win is cos Van Niselroy had one of his few shockers and missed 3 opp's that i coulda got. Luckily he nevar does that when wearin 'the orange' 😄😄😄
(then again Berkamp was next to useless too)

essendon93 said:

Tamyka Bell said:

From the SciAm newsletter:

** Scarlet Uniforms Linked to Success in Sports

Competitive athletes are always seeking ways to improve their
performance. The results of a new study indicate that they need only
look in their closets. It seems athletes wearing red uniforms
experience a slight advantage over those decked out in other colors.
http://tinyurl.com/9gw2t

Tam

Red Bike, Red Helmet, Red jersey, red tyres..I can't go wrong 😄

--
essendon93

Red knicks? You wouldn't want to leave your bum behind...

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

Red knicks? You wouldn't want to leave your bum behind...

Tam

Nnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo

*Never* wear red knicks!!!

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(PS, though, second from the right looks happy about it)

cfsmtb said:

Nnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo

*Never* wear red knicks!!!

bikefriday.commain.cfmOpen ↗

(PS, though, second from the right looks happy about it)

just a red face 🙂