raleighnut
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How old is too old for Lycra 🥴
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Rusty Nails
We remember
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- Living in the slow lane
How old is too old for lycra?
When it's worn so thin you can see the crack in your ar*e through it
When it's worn so thin you can see the crack in your ar*e through it
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
I once climbed the Galibier for a stretch behind two Danish riders wearing white lycra shorts. Sadly, I cannot shift the memory - more painful than the climb!
Xipe Totec
Frrrg rrrrf yrrrr crrrnds
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What if it's permanently stretched so tight one's fissure is blatantly visible? Asking for a friend.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
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- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
iluvmybike
Über Member
Go for it. We are both 67 and still happy to wear it even though we are not racing shapes! But please don't get the cheapo crinkly fit stuff!!
Rusty Nails
We remember
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- Living in the slow lane
The answer to that is XXXL.
One thing about wearing lycra and helmets, is that it makes you look young. When I joined my current club and joined the club runs, all the other riders looked really young and fit. I couldn't believe my eyes when I attended the annual prize presentation. The same young and fit riders wearing their Sunday best suits were ancient. They looked about 25 yrs older than when they were on bikes.
They still looked younger than me though!
They still looked younger than me though!
Xipe Totec
Frrrg rrrrf yrrrr crrrnds
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- Between The Thirteen And The Nine
The thing about lycra is that while to the rest of the world, you may look like a balloon filled with melted cheese & tied in the middle - wearing it feels great!
Durango Bay
Active Member
I shall be wearing lycra as long as I can still ride a bike.
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
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- London
Another thing is it makes you look like a "cyclist". A lot of other road users really don't like cyclists at all, whereas they are far less hostile to someone who merely happens to be riding a bike. There's a difference in perception.
Anybody who rides a bike is a cyclist.
OnlyJen
Regular
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- West Sussex
Old thread resurrection by a new member .... please don't shoot me yet ...
just relieved that cycling around in my Lycra running crops will not have people falling off their bikes with hilarious laughter
Edit: I never noticed the other 14 pages after page 1
You will get used to me, promise ......
just relieved that cycling around in my Lycra running crops will not have people falling off their bikes with hilarious laughter
Edit: I never noticed the other 14 pages after page 1
You will get used to me, promise ......
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Casper1978
Regular
I get slagged at work a lot for wearing cycle gear , I have always worn the gear even when everything was wool 😁😁. I am 58 , I like my retro gear and bikes . I am not a racing snake , I like to feel comfortable on the bike , like my white socks and black shorts as that’s what I was used to back in the day . Struggling to get white socks these days😂😂. Wear what you feel comfortable in , also if you look the part in your mind , you will feel the part , keeping you motivated is also important . Hell I love watching my chrome spokes in the sun . You are doing it for yourself at the end of the day . I have larger kits for the start of the season and aim to get my nicer kits on for mid season …,, alot of other friends admire that I am still keen to be out on my bike. Negative comments usually from a minority ! Wear with pride , I say 👍👍
