Is there a sleeveless cycling top anywhere??

[smokeysmoo]

A windproof gilet would seem to me like a daft thing to be wearing on a hot sunny day.

But if you're a man never, ever, ever wear a sleeveless cycling top. Never. At best you'll look like a triantelope.

If you saw my build you'd understand why most of it needs to be kept covered at all times

 

[Norm]

Just bought one of these from tenn-outdoors on ebay, £15.99 delivered - seems fair enough.

You could have bought it direct from Tenn Outdoors rather than feeding the bottom-dwellers at ebay.

I bought one of those last week and it already proved wonderful yesterday morning. It was chilly and raining when I went out, so I set off wearing the gilet and sleeves. By the end of the journey, the gilet and the sleeves were in my back pocket, having performed perfectly.

However, a gilet is a wind-proof jacket, and isn't really the sort of thing that the OP was looking for.

 

[tiswas-steve]

I like tan lines .... Mark of a cyclist

 

[the_mikey]

I have one, I bought it in anticipation of hot sunny days, and until today I've been denied the chance to wear it, in fact, even today I didn't wear it, although hopefully it's time will come soon.. Be afraid people!

 

[ufkacbln]

REAL cyclists have tan lines!

You must also have the small tell-tale patch of tan where the patch of skin is exposed on the back of your gloves, and for those who are follicularly challenged (and wish to wear a helmet) the pattern of the helmet vents tanned into your balding pate.

It is one of the unwritten rules

 

[smokeysmoo]

You could have bought it direct from Tenn Outdoors rather than feeding the bottom-dwellers at ebay.

I did, bought it from Tenn Outdoors ebay SHOP

 

[Norm]

Yeah.... which, as I said, gives money to ebay.

 

[snails pace]

Velominati Rule 7: Tan lines should be cultivated and kept razor sharp. Under no circumstances should one be rolling up their sleeves or shorts in an effort to somehow diminish one’s tan lines. Sleeveless jerseys are under no circumstances to be employed.


Obey the rules!

LOL.



Think I may have already broken those rules


Problem now is I have 3 stripes on my arms where I have tried different heights with the sleeves on my tops



Got to go sleeveless to cure it once and for all.



Too fat to go totally topless. Need some lycra to help hold the belly in

 

[smokeysmoo]

Yeah.... which, as I said, gives money to ebay.

Ah! I see what you meant now. Do they take paypal through their website though?

 

[henshaw11]

Assos, Northwave (some limited sizes at wiggle, but do several other variants - try downloading the catalogue form their homepage), ISTR Cannondale have done them in the past, mebbe Pearl Izumi too, Craft, Descente, Sportful (eg from Probikekit), I've got some Craft tri tops - and for that matter, a couple De Soto (via ebay) trisuits - ideal on a 'bent with underseat steering 'cos you don't get the same airflow around yer 'pits that you get on an upright.
Most sleeveless stuff does seem to cater for women rather than men, tho', and it seems not so much is sold in the uk (either due to weather or the 'tanlines' thing)

might be easier to find 'em in europe at the mo', eg:
eg http://www.actionsports.de/gb/Cloth...ade-Jersey-sleeveless-white-black::35631.html
http://www.probikeshop.com/northwave-blade-sleeveless-jersey-white-black/66285.html

Campag. ?
http://www.parker-international.co.uk/18114/Campagnolo-Clothing-Seamless-Sleeveless-Jersey.html
Looks like Parker have the whole colour/size range of the Assos sleeveless jobbies.

 

[Norm]

Ah! I see what you meant now. Do they take paypal through their website though?

Paypal? PAYPAL?

Even worse than the auction site, "All your funds are belong to us..." I only use Paypal when forced (i.e. when using ebay) and that's only been used a dozen times. If any other seller says that they only take Paypal, they receive a polite email telling them what I would have bought from them if they used a different payment system.

IMO.

 

[Adasta]

Sleeveless cycling jerseys are generally called 'singlets'.

Try searching around using that term - see if anything crops up.

 

[Norm]

...see if anything crops up.

I see what you did there.

 

[slowmotion]

Avoiding tan lines? Just let Nigella be your guide.

http://ris.fashion.telegraph.co.uk/...nt/1/TMG8459306/m/NIGELLA-MATRIX_1875661a.jpg

 

[Cubist]

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/rose-jersey-sleeveless-design-i/aid:299076