TE sale and doctor's orders

[Biciclista]

my doctor says i need to get more sunshine. So i noticed TE was having a sale and i bought two sleeveless tops. (gasp, i've never let that much skin show before)

I even found one in ORANGE

[spokewench]

my doctor says i need to get more sunshine. So i noticed TE was having a sale and i bought two sleeveless tops. (gasp, i've never let that much skin show before)

I even found one in ORANGE

Good try, but you probably need to move out of the northwest to somewhere like Flagstaff! Now, that would be quite a reaction to your doctor's orders!

[7rider]

my doctor says i need to get more sunshine. So i noticed TE was having a sale and i bought two sleeveless tops. (gasp, i've never let that much skin show before)

I made the same gasping noise when I bought (and actually wore in public) a racerback Shebeest cycling top.
Only...I didn't get it due to doctor's orders for more sun...but I succumbed to peer pressure from the hot skinny-minnies on my group ride who told me I should show off my recent (very minor and recently re-found) weight loss.

[Biciclista]

I am not a peer pressure succumber when it comes to clothing... but retail therapy? YEAH
and Spokewrench, we in the NW have to maximize our sun exposure and even then it might not be enough...

7 rider congrats on the weight loss!

[7rider]

I am not a peer pressure succumber when it comes to clothing... but retail therapy? YEAH
and Spokewrench, we in the NW have to maximize our sun exposure and even then it might not be enough...

7 rider congrats on the weight loss!

Thanks.
Perhaps best said: I did it on a dare. It was cheap, on closeout from STP, and as I said to one of those skinny-minnies....it'll be good for a laugh, if nothing else!

[bmccasland]

So you're saying I should arrive with some sun on me? And take extra Vit D in the future?

[Crankin]

There's hope. When I started cycling, I wore LS wool tops when it was 65 degrees out! Now I wear sleeveless pretty much above 70, unless it's very cloudy.
I can't imagine not wearing sleeveless. I have come to the conclusion I go almost straight from long sleeves to sleeveless, with maybe a 4 week interval around April-May where I use my short sleeved jerseys.

[Biciclista]

So you're saying I should arrive with some sun on me? And take extra Vit D in the future?

YES, definitely on both accounts. ALthough it was plenty sunny today even though it rained at dawn..

[KnottedYet]

So you're saying I should arrive with some sun on me? And take extra Vit D in the future?

Yes, oh yes!!

You can get big honkin' bottles of D-3 for cheap at Costco. Start taking it immediately.

Not only do we get less sunlight than you are used to, but we also get our sunlight at a different angle than you are used to (fewer photons per square inch, even on cloud-free days).

And any tan you have developed in the New Orleans summer is only going to hinder your ability to make vit D here.

Seriously, start the Vit D-3 on your first day here, don't wait.