Well, it's cyclo-cross season once again. This is my third year on the girlfriend-observer circuit, so the rose has begun to drop from the "wow, what the hell are these guys doing hopping off their bikes like that and ooooooh there's a crash" bloom.

I mean, really for all its bells and whistles, it eventually does just become another shorter bike race. Which isn't a condemnation or anything, but certainly leaves it in the mid-range category of "things that appeal to just a different enough audience, that my enjoyment is almost entirely vicarious at this point. But then again, cyclo-cross, being one of the most voguish of all races certainly brings its own Adella-approved appeal. Namely, there are more teams and they care more about their team kits. And I, in turn, do appreciate a nicely designed kit. 

Oh, also Andrew's mom was visiting. We spent quite a lot of the weekend wandering around out in the sun etc. as a result and there are pictures of that, but lord knows where. BUT it was her first cyclo cross experience AND she had sent him a special racing Jersey with the Gelfand Partners logo on it, specially designed for him for Christmas. Naturally he took the opportunity to wear it for our commencing race. It looked fairly sporting, I think - although not exactly a team kit just yet:

Yeah, the belt has nothing to do with cycling as much as him just not changing fully into his bib shorts, but I think the lightening bolt crotch wouldn't actually be a horrible idea for a future team kit design... just saying all you designers out there...