Here I am circa 1980, climbing Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, CA, on my Specialized Allez road bike. It appears that I'm wearing Lycra shorts, but the jersey is wool, the brake cables are visible and the rider is achingly young. I'm wearing what we called a hairnet, a "helmet" made from horsehair-stuffed leather tubes. We all wore them; many of us survived. Sorry for the indistinct photo. My old Berkeley friend David King, living in Ohio these days, found the photo and scanned it. Perhaps the quality of the image reflects the quality of the rider...
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