Getting back into the saddle without a stitch of lycra

Just like there are citizen ski racers who shouldn’t be caught dead wearing a tight-fitting onesie GS suit, there are two-wheeling citizens who shouldn’t be allowed out of the house wearing lycra cycling shorts or tops. These garments, on the wrong sort of overweight human being, don’t leave much to the imagination; way too revealing. But kudos to them because they’re cycling.

Then there are the bicycles themselves with high end rides loaded with lightweight, stiff and expensive carbon frames, forks, and rims that cost more than a down payment on a house in this ridiculously inflated market.