Dens solus idoneus est
Although this was designed to highlight the danger of walking into the road while lost in your own little world, it’s a good time to remember how idiotic being an “iPod zombie” on a bike really is: cars and motorbikes have rear view mirrors; cyclists have ears. If you want to “get in the zone” or isolate yourself from the outside world, don’t do it in traffic. At least, don’t expect to do it for long.
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I just came across Save Our Soles, a fab looking sock company based in Colorado (why are none of these sort of people ever based in the UK?). They do a whole range of wool socks for cycling and other sweaty pursuits, including the rather nifty Argyll/hockey stick ones above.
Anyway, check them out - at $11.95 a pair they are pretty cheap for wool socks, although probably less so once shipping is factored in. Our favourites include Boneshaker, Retro Pedals and Movie Buff.
Having arguably helped to spark the glorious comeback of tweed (which we have reported on time and again) for the modern urban cyclist with the subtle, but popular, tweed detailing on their shorts:
Rapha have gone all the way and produced a limited edition tweed softshell jacket. Like many things Rapha, I both wonder if the world really needs, for example, a £50 silk cycling scarf, but also really, really want one. The jacket:
beautiful as it is (proper pictures here) just doesn’t quite do it for me - I’m more of a traditionalist when it comes to tweed, and would have preferred a classic green or brown, as opposed to what looks to me much more like a business suit check. In any case, none of this matters since, at £450 (which looks even worse from my vantage point on the Western edge of the Atlantic) I’m not going to be able to afford one. Ever.
But I still want it.
