But in the mean time while I enjoy the A/C, I've been purging the closests, finding old stuff, some of it junk, some of it not. I came upon my stash of old racing jerseys. Yep, that's right folks, I'm a bit of pack ratt. I'm really bad at throwing stuff away. So I have at least what I think is some cool old stuff and it doesn't do me any good just looking at it myself so I thought I'd share MOD's racing history via the looks of the jerseys I've worn
My first team jersey, I was 14. Now that's some old ass lycra/spandex. 21 years old in fact. Probably the only guys around anymore that remember this jersey are Coach KB, Jeff Hansen and Mark Anderson. Team sponsors: Cycle Works and Trek. The bikes were hot pink Trek 770's. Schlake still has one in his garage. It was Jeff's that I bought from him at the end of the season, then I sold it to Schlake a couple years later. The bike has reached cult status in Lincoln, simply known as Pepto.
So that means it's taken the bike Industry 20 years to come full circle. Pink is back. Lycra jerseys are not. I remember having the Cycle Works logo tanned onto my back because the material was so thin. They didn't have sublimated jerseys then, so they were just screen printed. Pretty sweet when you were hangin' at the pool.
12 comments:
you are old..
that's experienced to you.
Ahh, the good old days.
That jersey is dope. Wanna sell it?
Damn....when I was 14 I was smoken weed, masterbating, and chasing farm animals around....man you missed out racing your bike that young:) Awesome bro!!
Peace
Sorry Cornbread, maybe I'll let you borrow it sometime. Just wait, there's more where this came from.
Guess I'll be coming to Dead Moines to make up some lost time!
whoooa...glad to hear there are other old guys out there who are feelin' sluuuuugish...and i so wanted rain...oh well...at least the trails will be in good shape in a few days...
ha....old guys!!!
i have one of those jerseys. m. anderson gave me one of his old ones when i first started racing. i still wear it on cold or cooler days 'cause the damn thing is so hot!
I should probably post a pic of my Omaha Pedalers jersey, circa 1981. It was some type of synthetic wool.
Yeah, screen printed jerseys don't breath so well! Nothin' like being coated in rubberized ink.
dude, I hear ya,
hot - old - just wana sit back and nap,
shuttin er down for a while right now is gonna really help re-charge the batteries for mid september and all the fun October brings.
Jp, "the cheet" and I are already pencilin dates for the annual beer ride up here,
October is gonna be busy.
proabbly the biggest # of miles per month this year for me....
vacation in colorado,
annual ride,
omaha pub crawl,
Hommie fall fest,
time to sit back right now though,
heat and humidity i'm damn sick of.
my first cycleworks jersey was the red one with the silk screened stuff. at that time the logos were pretty small. i'll have to send a pic as a reminder.
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