LycraKeen

I’d guess that if you do a count of all the posts this blog leans toward cyclists. Maybe this reflects my personal participation in that activity, although I don’t consider myself “serious” about it. I never call it training, I’m not a group rider, and, believe it or not, I don’t really give a damn about Lance Armstrong. Yet cycling is an everyday part of my life. Almost every day I ride my decent road bike with 9-speed 105 components, and as you would guess, I have a hearty inventory of cycling apparel, almost all of which I really use on the bike. I’m also blessed with a body that looks like I bike — skinny with strong legs.

When I’m not horny about cyclists, I do have a deep interest in the cycling industry, especially road bikes. In the past decade they have evolved into elegant machines where their artistic merits are as significant as their engineering accomplishments. The same is true with apparel. That’s not just a bike short. It’s a product of obsessive technology and design, from the microfiber materials we now take for granted to the selling of sexual appeal.

So I may have a tendency to over-represent cycling. It’s worth noting that the first sport I associated with skin-tight spandex was cycling, although I did notice the spandex under some soccer shorts. The merits, the case for strength and elegance can found in many sports. Dance and wrestling come to mind. Maybe some of you readers have a special attachment to one sport or another like I do for cycling. Feel free to let me know more about a sport you really like.