This is kinda funny in a way.

I bought a pair of wool cycling shorts off the rack from REI in 1983. I was 15 and that was all I could afford. Lycra anything was too expensive then. My first "cool" jersey was a wool one. Again, that was what I could afford.

Flip forward 24 years. Wool is crazy expensive. REI doesn't carry much by way of wool cycling anything. Sometimes I get a case of the giggles walking around the REI Flagship store in Seattle.

Here's another thing I miss from back in the day.



Every time I find some online they are always sold out.

The whole "manpri" thing is too hard for a lot of men to get past, but they are some of the best cycling pants ever. Rivendell has the MUSA knickers, but only in hobbit and cave troll size.