"You get way faster when your bike gets lighter." Proven fact. If you want to go 1 mile per hour faster, all you have to do is make your bike 12 pounds lighter. This is known.
BL in EC On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 11:12:18 AM UTC-7 divis...@gmail.com wrote: > Damn skippy. Breast pockets are awesome; I own one jersey with them (a San > Pellegrino that’s probably a repopulate, but it’s old enough that maybe > it’s original). In spite of the fact that the pockets are a little higher > than I’d prefer, they’re invaluable for phone/keys/snacks. > > Placement of pockets (both front and rear) are very personal; different > heights work for different people. If I were making my own jersey, I’d ride > it pocketless for a bit to figure out ideal placement before stitching the > pocket panels on. > > I find that bike-y sweaters typically don’t have pockets, as they’re more > like apres-ski wear. The sweaters that do often have a single zippers > pocket on the back. The big advantage of pockets is not having to carry an > extraneous bag every time you mount up.I always need to carry stuff, but > why should I pedal around huge bags if I only need stuff I can into > pockets? Strip the bags off (or ride a bag less bike), and all of a sudden > the collateral benefit of riding a heavy bike around becomes obvious: You > get way faster when your bike gets lighter. > > Peter “95% on the make you strong bike w/racks and panniers” Adler > Berkeley, CA > > On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 10:42:17 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> But please consider button front breast pockets. For light things -- >> snack, phone, keys, wallet, they work wonderfully. I had just one jersey >> with them -- a retro-copy -- and I wish I'd kept it. >> >> Me, I miss pockets (rear as well as front) when my top doesn't have them. >> >> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 9:27 AM 'William Watson' via RBW Owners Bunch < >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> This fall/winter I am planning to knit my first bike sweater. It will be >>> a green quarter zip with a yellow stripe on the body and arms to match my >>> Goodrich. If the fit turns out right, I will make a few more to match other >>> bikes. I don't use back pockets, so the zipper will be challenge on this >>> project. >>> >>> As for pants, I roll my jeans up high. This morning I forgot to unroll >>> my jeans; another teacher complimented the one rolled look because they >>> knew I biked to work! >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5e831bf8-8cee-407c-b3d7-a218ce9ecd1cn%40googlegroups.com.
