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Sock Mania - join me in a review of the #sockdoping trend

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My article about Sock Mania was published at the end of November in BikePanel . As like my other articles, but with a slight delay due to busy year end at work, I am translating it to English (with some changes and add-ons). Sock Mania #sockdoping (Photo: Angela Parrotta) Cycling socks ... maybe the last garment we think of while getting dressed for a ride, well at least this was the case for me. Throughout the years my sock drawer got filled with random socks that I added to my shopping cart to get to the minimum for free shipping, that were on sale or that I got as gifts or at different cycling events. Beyond this, I never paid much attention to which socks I would wear on a particular ride, other than trying to color coordinate, of course. In most cases I tried to chose socks that are as short as possible in order to avoid more (unnecessary) tanning lines. As you will see, this lack of sock interest has changed 180 degrees in the past year. Showing off our new #so