Douchebagification

For those that don't know, I've been working hard at becoming a serious jock again. Finished my LTR at the velodrome and now I'm starting a regular training schedule where I'm out there twice a week taking laps and such.

Now some of you know how I feel about the whole bromance thing, and you'll be happy to know that the boys at the velo are a fairly welcoming bunch. I guess there's a certain kinship established when dudes ride around in spandex real fast and can talk about said spandex openly and not feel weird. When your thighs are burning, it's nice to be able to point specifically at the spandex sheathed point of discomfort and have everyone know your pain without the confusion of having your judment skewed by baggy clothing. For me though, I guess I felt a bit left out but hey it's cool, I managed to get me some fancy shoes and pedals to get me that extra step closer to living the dream.


Speedplay Zero Stainless

I'm on day 3 of these and it's been a minor adjustment from sneakers and cages. No bails yet, a few awkward moments and all an all a significant upgrade. Still dialing them a bit with getting my feet nicely aligned since I prefer to have very little float. Can't wait to give them a try at the track.

Sidi Genius 5.5

Ended up going quite a bit smaller than my usual shoe size with these. I tried a number or ridiculously high price shoes in many different shades of carbon but these felt the best. Light, snug, stiff and one of the few shoes around that didn't come in some funky shade of shiny.

The pedals were decent CL grab but the shoes were a tad pricy but the bro discount helped...
Which brings me back to the whole douchebagification thing. I'm looking pretty homo from the ankles down so the next step will be to make things official on the spandex tip. One step at a time though. Sperm hat here I come!