Why Bike Shorts are Black

[OakLeaf]

So when do we get our TE calendar of half-dressed male cyclists, each of whom has been described by TV commentators as "BIG," smeared all over with mud?

[beccaB]

I second that idea, but I'm sure my husband wouldn't like it.

[boy in a kilt]

Now that the modern society has most women struggling for an obtainable standard in physical beauty, they've turned toward ensuring all men have an Adonis Complex. Either you succumb and work out obsessively, or you just ignore it.

[OakLeaf]

Oh BiaK I'm sure you're delectable too with mud all over you.

I hope SG doesn't mind my saying it

[boy in a kilt]

Oh BiaK I'm sure you're delectable too with mud all over you.

I hope SG doesn't mind my saying it

She's pretty flexible about that. Granted, she is very visual and hopelessly biased. Last drill I came home covered with dust (thanks to 25+ mph winds and dust at Yakima) and reeked of sweat, dirt and cordite. She didn't care.


Tom must have been attacked by the rare northern European primate Flahute fanaticus. Found in northeast France and central to southern Belgium, it only comes out in the early spring. Normally sedate due to massive quantities of strong Belgian-style ales, it becomes easily excited by passing bicycle races. Loud screaming and feces-throwing behavior have been noted.