Black socks for racing 2012

jgsi

Are black socks still a no no?
What else strikes fear in the bunch?

mentalalex

nout wrong with black socks

nakita222

You make the choice.
http://www.cycling-inform.com/cyclists- ... -whats-not

For me, white socks all day every day. deefet aireater high

siamon

I only wear black calf compression by 2xu, knee length. They look pukka.

Herbsman

Grey socks for me. Endura coolmax

nhoj

I wear black socks and white socks at the same time. For nine months of the year you can't see them anyway.

ozzzyosborn206

siamon wrote:

I only wear black calf compression by 2xu, knee length. They look pukka.

so i'm assuming this is a joke, in which case you have a strange sense of humour, what if the OP were to wear this, he would get mocked everywhere he went

Monty Dog

siamon wrote:

I only wear black calf compression by 2xu, knee length. They look pukka.

Forgive him, OP thinks this a triathlon forum and any sense of style can be dispensed with in under the premise of pseudo-science or a marketing campaign. I mean if someone is paid to endorse the product, they must be good, right?

siamon

Monty Dog wrote:

siamon wrote:

I only wear black calf compression by 2xu, knee length. They look pukka.

Forgive him, OP thinks this a triathlon forum and any sense of style can be dispensed with in under the premise of pseudo-science or a marketing campaign. I mean if someone is paid to endorse the product, they must be good, right?

Can you even see what socks people are wearing from your high horse? Here's a tip for you, stop being a grumpy old sod & try and enjoy life a bit.

Pseudonym

siamon wrote:

I only wear black calf compression by 2xu, knee length.

I didn't realise BC had a category for 'Japanese schoolgirls'..???

siamon wrote:

They look pukka.

wrong - they look utterly stupid.

phy2sll2

Do these automatically make you a hard man?

siamon

siamon wrote:

They look pukka.

wrong - they look utterly stupid.[/quote]


Who are you? John Galliano? Do you wear your bib shorts because they are a practical solution or because they are the height of style?

The thread is about choice of sock colour and you still manage to get petty.

Tom Dean

I'm starting to think that this:

siamon wrote:

I only wear black calf compression by 2xu, knee length. They look pukka.

was meant seriously!

Pseudonym

siamon wrote:

Who are you? John Galliano? Do you wear your bib shorts because they are a practical solution or because they are the height of style?

The thread is about choice of sock colour and you still manage to get petty.

it is indeed about sock colour - not about length. Anyway, wear what you want - just as long as you know that everyone is laughing at you behind your back...

bonkstrong

Black sock on drive side and white sock on non-drive side... not only does it look awesome, it stops me getting oil on my lovely white Assos socks.

*cos my friends uncle is a professional and he says that Assos are faster.

Pross

Herbsman wrote:

Grey socks for me. Endura coolmax

Snap!

GiantMike

JGSI wrote:

What else strikes fear in the bunch?

Telling everybody on the start line that you've never raced before.

or

Telling everybody on the start line that you've never raced before and you've forgotten your contact lenses and glasses.

or

Telling everybody on the start line that you've never raced before and you've forgotten your contact lenses and glasses, but you have seen a BMX race on the TV.

siamon

Nice work Giantmike

http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/showitem.a ... 38&loc=GBP.

Maybe black is better than white?

Last ride, I wore my grey Pearl Izumi merino socks (long), and they felt great.

Tom Dean

mentalalex wrote:

nout wrong with black socks

Great picture!
Really illustrates your point

LeicesterLad

I wear Black Shorts, Black Jersey, Black shoes - So for me the white would look stupid...

As said above though, bare legs only got a 2 month showing last year...

jgsi

Nobody is making this easy....
a month or 2 before 1st race,assuming weather clement enough to show socks.
'tis true I did shed a contact lens within metres of the starting line but kept stumm..
The suggestion of my preference Assos Mille , 1 black/white and other white/black seems almost sensible.
Grey, however covers the base on a wash cycle disaster.
My lucky sock of 2011 on reflection not so lucky as no race win..

hammerite

Black or grey (defeet woolie boolie) for cross or MTB. On the road it's white all the time.

mentalalex

BLACK SOCKS ARE COOL, SO ARE WHITE WHO CARES

rajMAN

siamon wrote:

I only wear black calf compression by 2xu, knee length. They look pukka.

I'm sorry, but this is just WRONG! :shock:

sandyballs

I think i will go for the 'Wiggins' approach this year and go for the knee high type.

Matt the Tester

i wear assos socks :P white, black and abit of swiss colour scheme going on!

nhoj

Swiss? Cheesy feet! Holey socks!

gsk82

leicester lad has stumbled across a good point. it's not the sock colour thats important but the shoes.

black shoes when wearing shorts is a certain no no. white, silver, yellow and anything else thats not black is acceptable