At least we haven't started weighing them yet. And the old timers haven't chipped in with what socks they wore while riding their 11-23T cassettes and why does anyone need compact gears anyway...mikesbytes wrote:Ah, gotta luv forums, we have the best conversations about almost anything.
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby RobertL » Fri Dec 09, 2016 2:28 pm
I aim to please.silentC wrote:Now I'm getting sock and undie ads everywhere I go! All your fault, OP!
But I didn't expect to generate 3 pages of discussion about socks
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby silentC » Fri Dec 09, 2016 2:36 pm
I was a no-socks guy back then. But most of the time I was riding to the pool, and pulling socks back onto wet feet was just too much trouble!hamishm wrote:At least we haven't started weighing them yet. And the old timers haven't chipped in with what socks they wore while riding their 11-23T cassettes and why does anyone need compact gears anyway...mikesbytes wrote:Ah, gotta luv forums, we have the best conversations about almost anything.
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby rodneycc » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:29 pm
Yeah definitely been a slow week for me both at work and on the forums!RobertL wrote:I aim to please.silentC wrote:Now I'm getting sock and undie ads everywhere I go! All your fault, OP!
But I didn't expect to generate 3 pages of discussion about socks
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby Uncle Just » Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:22 pm
Always white and down near the ankle bone. Btw 11-23 cassettes are a recent innovation most rode straight blocks eg Regina 6 speed 13-19And the old timers haven't chipped in with what socks they wore while riding their 11-23T cassettes
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Postby DrShifty » Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:49 pm
I'm sure we can get more than three pages on something this important.RobertL wrote:I aim to please.silentC wrote:Now I'm getting sock and undie ads everywhere I go! All your fault, OP!
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby Uncle Just » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:11 pm
As to style that horse has long bolted. Sock length as others have noted is creeping up and up. Colours and crazy designs are de riguer now. Why is it that many will wear outlandish designs on the bike but be perfectly sober in their normal dress? I remember the times on Beach road in the 90s when Mtbers et al started turning up with black socks. We would yell "Black Socks"! in horror because it was such a paradigm shift but then LA started wearing them and the world changed forever.
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Postby mikesbytes » Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:39 pm
Good point and even better is to integrate them into the bike so the weight is included in the 6.8kg minimum limithamishm wrote:At least we haven't started weighing them yet. And the old timers haven't chipped in with what socks they wore while riding their 11-23T cassettes and why does anyone need compact gears anyway...mikesbytes wrote:Ah, gotta luv forums, we have the best conversations about almost anything.
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby TheWall » Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:33 pm
Could be worse...we could be debating the difference between steel, carbon and Ti socks! Those carbon socks never last...mikesbytes wrote:Good point and even better is to integrate them into the bike so the weight is included in the 6.8kg minimum limithamishm wrote:At least we haven't started weighing them yet. And the old timers haven't chipped in with what socks they wore while riding their 11-23T cassettes and why does anyone need compact gears anyway...mikesbytes wrote:Ah, gotta luv forums, we have the best conversations about almost anything.
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Postby AUbicycles » Sat Dec 10, 2016 1:38 am
UV damage and invisible cracking of carbon fiber socks are a nightmare.TheWall wrote:Those carbon socks never last...
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby Arbuckle23 » Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:52 am
For the recordhamishm wrote: At least we haven't started weighing them yet
Aldi cycling socks (longer length) - 47 grams
Same length full cotton sportish socks - 72 grams
Aldi short (ankle length) cycling socks - 31 grams
Sport socks (ankle length) - 37 grams.
If you need to be fast, the short socks are where it's at
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Postby RonK » Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:58 am
(Gasp!) You mean...they could fail catastrophically (sob).AUbicycles wrote:UV damage and invisible cracking of carbon fiber socks are a nightmare.TheWall wrote:Those carbon socks never last...
No way - I'm sticking to steel socks thanks very much.
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Postby mikesbytes » Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:34 pm
So do I go for the 31gms socks for minimum weight or do I go for the 47gms socks for better aerodynamics?Arbuckle23 wrote:For the recordhamishm wrote: At least we haven't started weighing them yet
Aldi cycling socks (longer length) - 47 grams
Same length full cotton sportish socks - 72 grams
Aldi short (ankle length) cycling socks - 31 grams
Sport socks (ankle length) - 37 grams.
If you need to be fast, the short socks are where it's at
oh and I'm suspicious about the CF socks, as the manufacturer doesn't state the weight http://www.ohgizmo.com/2016/03/18/steal ... -smelling/
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Postby Baalzamon » Fri Dec 16, 2016 5:04 pm
Just think of the suntan you would get if you didn't wear shoes with thoseRonK wrote:(Gasp!) You mean...they could fail catastrophically (sob).AUbicycles wrote:UV damage and invisible cracking of carbon fiber socks are a nightmare.TheWall wrote:Those carbon socks never last...
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silentC wrote:Nothing marks out a non-cyclist like suntanned feet!
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby Derny Driver » Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:00 pm
Is that even legal?foo on patrol wrote:I prefer to race with no socks ....
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My dad told me when he raced in the 40s that you HAD to wear socks. It was an important rule, like the rule about elbow-guards. He was a no-sock guy (as were most sprinters) so he would cut the tops off a pair of socks and just wear that bit on his ankle.
He also used to glue lock rings on to the outside of each of his track cogs as he didnt like lock rings either. Passed the inspection every time.
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Postby mikesbytes » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:00 pm
That's probably the same old guys (even older than me) that made us have white socks the one and only time we got club socksDerny Driver wrote:Is that even legal?foo on patrol wrote:I prefer to race with no socks ....
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My dad told me when he raced in the 40s that you HAD to wear socks. It was an important rule, like the rule about elbow-guards. He was a no-sock guy (as were most sprinters) so he would cut the tops off a pair of socks and just wear that bit on his ankle.
He also used to glue lock rings on to the outside of each of his track cogs as he didnt like lock rings either. Passed the inspection every time.
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Re: Cycling socks - are they worth it?
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Dec 17, 2016 6:25 am
Yep, I raced the Sprint Series a few weeks ago and I wasn't the only one without socks.Derny Driver wrote:Is that even legal?foo on patrol wrote:I prefer to race with no socks ....
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