Title Nine catalog cover: oops!

[KnottedYet]

Ha ha ha! Just got my mail and the newest Title 9 catalog was lurking for me. First thing I noticed was *bikes* on the cover! Woo-hoo! Next thing I noticed was "wait, she's wearing clogs and those are clipless pedals!"

At least there is a helmet in the picture. Not on her head, of course, cuz that'd mess up her hair...

But at least there is a helmet, unlike the cover of the latest Terry catalog. (Georgena! How could you!!!!!?????)

[slinkedog]

LOL! I'll have to look for this one in the mail!

[jobob]

Heehee, good catch !

Gawd, I so envy those models bodies. Last catalog it was their legs. Now it's their arms. No batwings in sight.

[Nanci]

I got it yesterday, but I threw it in the trash without looking. I hate how they don't use brand names, except for Horny Goat or whatever that brand is. Brand reliability, or lack thereof, greatly influences what I buy.

Nanci

[snapdragen]

I got it yesterday, but I threw it in the trash without looking. I hate how they don't use brand names, except for Horny Goat or whatever that brand is. Brand reliability, or lack thereof, greatly influences what I buy.

Nanci

If you call and ask them, they'll tell you the brand. Most of their stuff is Horny Toad (Goat! *snort*), Columbia, Merrel, Keen (hard to miss that one). I like the cataloge, it's the stores I'm usually disappointed in.

[Nanci]

You'd think a herp lover like me could have remembered that...

I like the Athleta and Sahalie catalogs a lot, though.

Nanci

[Lenusik]

Heehee, good catch !
Gawd, I so envy those models bodies. Last catalog it was their legs. Now it's their arms. No batwings in sight.

They surely wouldn't advertise their IQ especially thw type related to cycling.

[SadieKate]

I hate how they don't use brand names, . . . Brand reliability, or lack thereof, greatly influences what I buy.

Nanci

I've told them the same thing. Lot of difference it has made. So, I don't buy from them either. Especially since their catalog won't let me pretend to be smarter than the models.

[Lise]

Thanks, KN, I have that, too, and I looked at the pedals, looked at her shoes, looked back at the pedals, thought...Hunh? That looks hard to ride! I know, I think those gals are gorgeous, and their lives look so fun, and purposeful, and ... easier! It's sort of the "Vogue" of the fitness clothing catalogues. Or at least...Glamour? Anybody remember Madamoiselle? Seventeen? Now I'm definitely instigating thread drift.

[DeniseGoldberg]

The T9 catalog you are referring to just showed up in my mailbox, and while I normally wouldn't jump in to this discussion, well...

When I commute to work, I stop at the health club at the Marriott across the street from my office to take a shower and change into "normal" work clothing. I then walk my bike across the street to start my work day. My attire at that point is definitely not cycling wear. My helmet (which was securely attached to my head while I was riding) is slung on the drops, and my cycling shoes (with cleats) are tucked away in a pannier. I am usually wearing a skirt (not my normal cycling attire) and sandals or clogs. The woman in the cover shot looks just like that...

On the other hand, the photo on the Terry catalog should not have been printed without a helmet. I did send an email to Terry telling them of my dismay at their non-helmeted models who were clearly sitting on bicycles.

--- Denise

[Surlygirl]

I figured she had her shoes in her bag, because clearly she wouldn't be riding without a helmet like the girls in the Terry catalog.

[Quillfred]

On the other hand, the photo on the Terry catalog should not have been printed without a helmet. I did send an email to Terry telling them of my dismay at their non-helmeted models who were clearly sitting on bicycles.
--- Denise

Some time back, Title Nine pictured a cyclist zipping along without a helmet. It might even have been a single-track photo. I was bothered by the helmet-less rider and wrote them in protest, pointing out the responsibility they had; especially to kids who might look at the catalog who could be subconsciously influenced by the pics. They never responded.

[chickwhorips]

Next thing I noticed was "wait, she's wearing clogs and those are clipless pedals!"

whats wrong with clogs, ok so i have dansko's, and clipless pedals? its how i get to work. of course its less than a half mile to get there, but still.

[Lise]

Nah, nothing wrong, it just looked kind of hard to pedal to me. On the 4th of July, I rode my Bianchi Veloche to my sister's. She was admiring it, and then said, "What happened to your pedals?" She'd never seen clipless. "How do you ride with those???" I showed her my cleats. "Oooohhh, cool!" On my Larkspur I've got those pedals that are flat on one side and clipped on the other. What a cool invention!

[KnottedYet]

Oh, Denise, you are so cool! I should write to Terry, too. I've worked with enough brain-damaged patients that I utterly freak at the lack of helmets. I'm guessing (sarcastic comment aside) that Georgena Terry did NOT have final say on the chick in biking clothes on a cruiser bike without a helmet anywhere in sight.

I've known of people to get horrific brain damage just falling over at a stop without a helmet.

WEAR YOUR HELMET EVERY TIME, EVERY RIDE, NO MATTER HOW LONG OR HOW SHORT! (dammit!)

(clipless or clogs or whatever is up to you, I just thought the pic on Title 9 seemed awfully posed, and thought it was pretty funny to those of us "in the know")