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OK, just curious how many of you are as up-tite about putting gear on as I am. For the record, I'm pretty much a practical guy in every other sense, also an agnostic, can't buy into superstition at all....yet I ALWAYS put each knee protector on the exact same leg, starting with left first, and ALWAYS put my left boot on first. If I don't, I just know I'm gonna have a tough ride....been doing this for decades.

Anyone else ?

It's no big deal, you just have mental problems

It really doesn't matter to me what order my gear goes on, as long as I put my goggles on last.

WTF?

I think you need to drink more beer!

Shoulda known, damn californian!

I dunno...mebbe the beer is a kinda hoodoo thing all by itself!

Hey I didn't even tell you my pre-race routine....it'd make a Watusi witch-doctor blush...

c'mon guys - fess up

never heard of such nonsense

except I do usually have a beer before I ride

I ride much better or at least I think I do

If I don't put the same knee protector on each knee the same way every time...I can't ride!
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But then...I can't walk, stand up or sit down either. I mean..they only fit one way!


Come to think of it, I DO generally put my left boot on first.



Maybe what they say really is true.
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Maybe I really AM weird!!

canyncarvr wrote:
Maybe I really AM weird!!

Ya think?

did you play hockey by chance?

I can't even put my work shoes on out of order. Gotta be left first or I know something bad is about to happen.

My daughter is a figure skater and swears the skate order doesn't matter, (but I notice it's always right first) but she has to wear her "lucky" dress for the compulsories, and absolutely has to change for free dance or else she's doomed.

My hockey son had to lace his skates a certain way, and hit his stick a particular way on the ice before a face-off or else the world would end.

but we're completely against superstition...

After thinking about it - I predominantly start things out on the left side. Left boot (or shoe for that matter) on first. I also always start with my left glove . . .

I do, however, always start with my right nostril if I pick my nose.

I put on whichever one I find first, never seems to matter, my life sucks most of the time!

Mr. Wibbens wrote:WTF?

I think you need to drink more beer!

Shoulda known, damn californian!

And a Heathen besides

Mr. Wibbens wrote:I put on whichever one I find first, never seems to matter, my life sucks most of the time!

See? You need to put your gear on in a consistent order! I know it's hard to change your ways, but start small, just boots, for example. See if your day doesn't go smoother... try holding beer with your left hand only and see if the bike doesn't hook up better.

Personally, I think it has to do with creating a self-protective bias against destructive chance by disturbing the random flux of quantum mechanics, which, of course, has nothing to do with superstition.



canyncarvr, you're not weird, just instinctively insightful.

I've got more important but none the less useless things to do with my time

Gonna hit the pavement today with the Carvr

Going over Bear Camp towards the coast

I do find putting on underware prior to pants and socks prior to boots and pants prior to boots and jersey prior to chest protector and helmet prior to googles but after jersey seem to work for me. Doesn't really matter to me otherwise.