threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
prat?
- Thread starter gavroche
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NotFabian
EACC
- Location
- Co. Antrim
NormanD
Lunatic Asylum Escapee
- Location
- Heworth the other side of life!
Cough! ..what?I'm a man...?
skudupnorth
Cycling Skoda lover
- Location
- Astley,Manchester
Am i doing it all wrong riding in flared jeans and a knitted tank top ???? 
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Juan Kerr?
one of these days I'll have to actually try some wrestling moves....now if only I knew some no-mark numpty that might be gullible enough to be a crash test dummy
exbfb
Active Member
First time I wore a pair of cyclinh shorts, I was so self conscious.
Then I had a word with myself which went something like.
If you're going to be a cyclist, just get on with dressing like one.
That was pretty much it.
First time out the house I felt very strange for the first couple of minutes, then I accepted it and got on with it.
The guys at work have ribbed me about it though.
"I hope you haven't got that lycra gear" ?
"Yes, yes I have. Would you like me to wear it in here ?"
Silence.
It's one area where I'm comfortable in my own skin and won't be apologising for.
I'm pretty much a black shorts kinda guy with a slightly less neat fitting shirt.
I just get on with it.
My wife has no exceptions to it whatsoever.
Then I had a word with myself which went something like.
If you're going to be a cyclist, just get on with dressing like one.
That was pretty much it.
First time out the house I felt very strange for the first couple of minutes, then I accepted it and got on with it.
The guys at work have ribbed me about it though.
"I hope you haven't got that lycra gear" ?
"Yes, yes I have. Would you like me to wear it in here ?"
Silence.
It's one area where I'm comfortable in my own skin and won't be apologising for.
I'm pretty much a black shorts kinda guy with a slightly less neat fitting shirt.
I just get on with it.
My wife has no exceptions to it whatsoever.
cloggsy
Boardmanist
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Just don the Lycra...
Don't be afraid!
Don't be afraid!
I walked into Waitrose earlier to use their toilets dressed in bib shorts overshoes, windproof gillet etc. Got a few funny looks as I clip clopped through the shop on my cleats but thought I bet you couldn't cycle 50 miles in that wind!
Yesterday we got a funny look off a rather rotund girl somewhere in Lewes. I looked at her and thought you've never even seen a bike, not unless you've eaten one!
Moral....don't worry about what other people think!!
Yesterday we got a funny look off a rather rotund girl somewhere in Lewes. I looked at her and thought you've never even seen a bike, not unless you've eaten one!
Moral....don't worry about what other people think!!
No. if I'm wearing a road bike I wear cycling shorts. I reckon anyone who wears baggies or long trousers on said machine is the one that looks like a prat.
I wouldn't choose to go swimming in a pair of jeans. To me cycling shorts are essential tools of the trade.
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
When I was a kid I would ride 20-30 miles during the summer on the old Raleigh in full jeans. Bleedin hot it was. I'd get home from a shift at work in the same type of jeans riding home from work and my legs would be on fire.
A couple of years back when I switched to lycra I had a conversation with a couple of the bin men at work. It made me realise I'd wasted time in those jeans, even in full legged lycra tights during the summer it was a damn sight cooler with it on. I only really switched to lycra shorts last year
A couple of years back when I switched to lycra I had a conversation with a couple of the bin men at work. It made me realise I'd wasted time in those jeans, even in full legged lycra tights during the summer it was a damn sight cooler with it on. I only really switched to lycra shorts last year
Xiorell
Über Member
- Location
- Merthyr, Wales
For me the concern isn't what I'd look like in the lycra/tight fitting kit as such, more a case of "would I look a prat dressed like that on my bike", with it being a hybrid not a propper road bike, I think the whole arrangement might look wierd. I do think on some rides I'd benefit from it though, wind pulling at my normal joggers etc does get annoying.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
exbfb
Active Member
It's up to you if you think it looks weird.
When I'm on the hybrid, I can work just as hard as I do on the road bike.
That's why I still like dressing for the task.
And another thing, who gives a stuff about all this hierarchical nonsense about "proper" road bikes ?
I have a friend who has been cycling much much longer than me and he won't go on anything other than a bike with flat bars. I couldn't keep up with him on any road bike.
I dress to suit the job, the bike doesn't matter.
Who cares if I'm wearing lycra shorts on a flat bar bike.
Not me, that's for sure.
When I'm on the hybrid, I can work just as hard as I do on the road bike.
That's why I still like dressing for the task.
And another thing, who gives a stuff about all this hierarchical nonsense about "proper" road bikes ?
I have a friend who has been cycling much much longer than me and he won't go on anything other than a bike with flat bars. I couldn't keep up with him on any road bike.
I dress to suit the job, the bike doesn't matter.
Who cares if I'm wearing lycra shorts on a flat bar bike.
Not me, that's for sure.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
The only time people look, I won't say prats rather wrong, is when there legs and arms have no muscle definition at all and thus the lycra is baggy.
Itchyfeet
New Member
- Location
- Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Am i doing it all wrong riding in flared jeans and a knitted tank top ????
Yes, all the moor grime (fine rain for those not from up North) will weigh you down and make it a damn sight harder than just donning the lycra.
Brian