First time in lycra

[cyberknight]

I don`t really like cycling i just like wearing the kinky biatch lycra !!!

Thats what i tell people anyway

 

[Fiona N]

I wear my lycra gear when I go shopping by bike, when you get to my age I couldn't care a sh1t what people think

I'm probably a little younger but the attitude's the same - and I've been known to cycle into town in summer in one piece 'skin suits' (Swiss and German women seems to like cycling swimsuits in summer - sort of cossie-top with cycle shorts bottom including thin pad - and I've bought several over the years). Sadly we've not had much weather good enough this summer to get them out this year.

P.S> forgot to say, those lurid shorts in my avatar are actually the bottom half of one of these cycling swimming costumes

 

[captain nemo1701]

I never get any funny looks or at least I'm not conscious of them when I'm out in my lycra tights (night vision ones). A few years ago, I did get some smutty office-flirty type comments about my specialized bib shorts from some of the girls in our firm. I did get teased once by a woman in the office who tried to pinch my bum going up the stairs, which is a bit odd for a gay man. Still, I'm not ashamed of my cycling legs .

 

[mattobrien]

Being new to this cycling lark and even newer to lycra, I have no good stories to tell.

Mrs O thinks I look silly in them, but boy are they comfortable.

The only self conscious part I have is walking from the front door to the garage along the path in my shorts as I feel a little like a fish out of water wearing them before I get on the bike in public anyway - what would the neighbours think. I am sure that will all change and I will start wearing them while not cycling in the near future :-)

 

[Bluebell72]

Yup, I have a friend who lives in a block of flats - I have the number for the parking compound, so I can leave my bike safely, but then have to walk about 30 yards along a busy city centre street to the front doors to be let in.

Lycra clad, wearing a helmet, or carrying it like a handbag with mitts/glasses in, it's a short walk, but feels like a walk of shame <<<no bike>>>

But it's great when the cars are queuing to get out and into the main traffic, and I can just ride on by...

 

[gavroche]

I have been wearing my lycra shorts for a few weeks now but still feel uneasy when I walk past my wife.
She still says i look like a stuffed sausage with them on. I must admit, unless you have a TDF figure, these shorts are not flattering to the normal, slightly overweight, body.

 

[HLaB]

First time in lycra LOL

 

[derrick]

One of our niebours stopped me the other night, she said she was impressed, not sure what she ment,

 

[Cubist]

A female member of our "social ride" once turned up in a cheapish pair of lycra shorts. I was wearing a helmet cam at the time and followed her up a steepish hill, as she needed a bit of encouragement. It wasn't until I imported the footage off the headcam that I realised her cheap shorts were see-through under the magicshine light. It was quickly deleted .........