Three or n + 1?I have been straddling the line mentioned in Rule 12.
In recent years the DH clownsuit has gotten more ridiculous than the roadie underwear kit.There are rules and etiquette in each of the cycling disciplines, DH included. You wouldn't show up to a DH race in a skinsuit. In cyclocross there are dos and don'ts partly based on the tradition of the sport.
Rule 8:
Saddles, Bars, and Tires3:
* Match the saddle to the bars and the tires to black; or
* Match the bars to the color of the frame at the top of the head tube and the saddle to the color of the frame at the top of the seat tube and the tires to the color where they come closest to the frame; or
* Match the saddle and the bars to the frame decals; or
* Black, black, black
Weird , because i think wearing a skinsuit to a DH race would be really funny. My buddy who races pro DH routinely goes riding wearing dockers and a business shirt or golf shirt with the sleeves cut off. I have ridden a skatepark before in a Brooks Brothers suit after I got out of an interview awhile back. I dubbed it "classy shredding". And my buddy out in AZ shows up to 24 hr races and even the SSWC wearing either a gorilla suit or a banana suit. It's all about having fun for some of us I guess.There are rules and etiquette in each of the cycling disciplines, DH included. You wouldn't show up to a DH race in a skinsuit. In cyclocross there are dos and don'ts partly based on the tradition of the sport.
thats my thoughts exactly, this summer i plain on going to highland wearing a suit and riding for the day.Weird , because i think wearing a skinsuit to a DH race would be really funny. My buddy who races pro DH routinely goes riding wearing dockers and a business shirt or golf shirt with the sleeves cut off. I have ridden a skatepark before in a Brooks Brothers suit after I got out of an interview awhile back. I dubbed it "classy shredding". And my buddy out in AZ shows up to 24 hr races and even the SSWC wearing either a gorilla suit or a banana suit. It's all about having fun for some of us I guess.
Me, too and I blamed it on the BME (beta mercaptoethanol) in the labI just farted and it's pretty stinky.
Road and DH are the two extremes of the cycling spectrum. Like in politics the extremes become extraordinarily similar, Hitler and Stalin were very much alike as are roadie and DH fashion.Anyone who thinks that there aren't a similar batch of rules for DH is delusional. Actually, a bunch of the roadie rules would either transfer exactly over to DH, or would transfer with just a minor change (like changing Mapei to TLD for example).
I should know, I repeatedly was reminded that I was breaking "the rules" for wearing sunglasses with a full-face (instead of goggles) or normal mtn bike shorts instead of DH/moto shorts.
Am I allowed to have mismatched bars/saddle/tires in DH? Because that wouldn't be ghey at all.There are rules and etiquette in each of the cycling disciplines, DH included. You wouldn't show up to a DH race in a skinsuit. In cyclocross there are dos and don'ts partly based on the tradition of the sport.
According to the rules... just go with blackAm I allowed to have mismatched bars/saddle/tires in DH? Because that wouldn't be ghey at all.
I'm doing it right!!!!!Rules for DH?
1) NO BULLET HEAD. A visor is sold with your full-face for a very specific reason: to look cool. Don't even think of showing up without one. Note: If you crash and mangle the visor, leave it attached. It just looks like you're hard-core. If you crash and completely rip the visor off, fake an injury and go home. It's not worth the stigma of riding without one.
2) Minion Fs are for racing, Minon Rs are for fork bumpers.
3) You must wear an established TLD "kit", preferably new that year. Exception: Cut-off jeans, a ratty t-shirt, no gloves and no pads is acceptable only as long as all of those qualifications are met.
4) No hydration packs. Ever.
5) No walking. Ever. If you get on a trail over your head, learn to ride it or die trying. If you flat/mechanical, continue riding to the bottom. Nothing says "hardcore" like trashing an $80 rim + wheel build.
6) Race results are what count. No points are given for "winning practice" (exception, Ska Todd ).
7) Your bike must be worth more than the car it's attached to.
etc.
Rules for DH?
1) NO BULLET HEAD. A visor is sold with your full-face for a very specific reason: to look cool. Don't even think of showing up without one. Note: If you crash and mangle the visor, leave it attached. It just looks like you're hard-core. If you crash and completely rip the visor off, fake an injury and go home. It's not worth the stigma of riding without one.
2) Minion Fs are for racing, Minon Rs are for fork bumpers.
3) You must wear an established TLD "kit", preferably new that year. Exception: Cut-off jeans, a ratty t-shirt, no gloves and no pads is acceptable only as long as all of those qualifications are met.
4) No hydration packs. Ever.
5) No walking. Ever. If you get on a trail over your head, learn to ride it or die trying. If you flat/mechanical, continue riding to the bottom. Nothing says "hardcore" like trashing an $80 rim + wheel build.
6) Race results are what count. No points are given for "winning practice" (exception, Ska Todd ).
7) Your bike must be worth more than the car it's attached to.
etc.
I hope you manage to keep the concentration of that stuff relatively low in the air you're breathing...Me, too and I blamed it on the BME (beta mercaptoethanol) in the lab