For many professional cyclists the Spring campaign is the toughest of the season; it means training from October until March in the worst, character-building weather conditions Europe can dish out. This weather and the suffering that is bicycle racing breed characters known as "hardmen".
Select cyclists tackle these conditions in shorts, long sleeve jerseys or short sleeve jerseys with arm warmers, wind vests, and shoe covers. A true hardman opts to forego the knee or leg warmers and instead chooses an embrocation to cover the knees. The liniment provides warmth for the legs and keeps the blood circulating and muscles supple. Embrocation and the sheen created is affectionately known as "Belgium knee warmers". The hardest of cyclists will sport bare legs in the most ruthless of conditions.
Belgium Knee Warmers are indicitive of the many subtleties that make professional cycling so enthralling.
5 comments:
pro....
bowler?
mcdonald's on the podium! whatever you get for free, is pro.
I was thinking Belgian National team. I see the Mack D style though. And yes... free is PRO.
The would compliment a set of early 90s vintage Sidi Clown shoes quite nicely. And if you don't know what Sidi's i'm talking about...
You ain't PRO! j/k
gewilli - I am with you on the Sidis. I recall they had a few different clown options back then.
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