Topless Cycling

[s7ephanie]

Imagine the roadrash for a start!!





Actually, I read s7eph's post with a Sarah Milliken type accent!

'Me Boobs'

How more Geordie can you get??

I'm actually very posh LOL i come from Kent

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I rode in just lycra shorts across most of france...also across Colorado,Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and virginia....the only 'attention' I received though was from mosquitos

 

[Davidc]

Topless would be too big a target for biting insects. At least double the area it was 40 years ago.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

Self-respect?

Is this a joke?

 

[RiflemanSmith]

I ride with my top off all the time when it is sunny, I have always been the same as soon as there is sunshine the shorts come out and the top comes off.

 

[e-rider]

if you were to crash, a top layer would provide some protection against skin loss

 

[RiflemanSmith]

if you were to crash, a top layer would provide some protection against skin loss

So it's okay to go in shorts and have bare legs and it is okay to wear a vest and have bare arms but not a top?
Unless you wear jeans or motor bike leathers you will more than likely get road rash if you come off.
I never used to wear leathers on my Ninja doing 170 mph so I am not going to worry about it on a pushbike.
The other day I was doing a down hill descent in just a pair of shorts, lost it bounced down the hill and ended up in patch of stinging nettles.

 

[e-rider]

So it's okay to go in shorts and have bare legs and it is okay to wear a vest and have bare arms but not a top?
Unless you wear jeans or motor bike leathers you will more than likely get road rash if you come off.
I never used to wear leathers on my Ninja doing 170 mph so I am not going to worry about it on a pushbike.
The other day I was doing a down hill descent in just a pair of shorts, lost it bounced down the hill and ended up in patch of stinging nettles.

I was just making a point in response to the OP - what you do is up to you! I hope that 170 mph was on a track and not a dual carriageway!

 

[Licramite]

I must admit I don't go topless or bottomless (as in shorts) for most of my rides as this time of year the trails are getting nice and overgrown and most of the stuff , sting , cut, snag and bite. -

I've yet to have a day warm enough this year to tempt me to flashing my manboobs. - but if its hot enough on the road I would - (god I don't know what he's wearing but it needs ironing !)

I've seen the result of people coming off from motorbikes in just tea shirts and shorts - painfull - (and that was just to look at it !) Dumb idea not to wear leathers on a bike , pusbikes don't go fast enough generally to sandpaper a body to the bone. -

 

[PeteXXX]

I have a pic of what can happen to a lady if she falls off when topless cycling but I don't know if I could post it on this forum...
If a Mod wants me to send it to them so they they can check it out for suitability, let me know!!

 

[surfdude]

i tried it once but got dirt in my nipple rings

 

[cyberknight]

i tried it once but got dirt in my nipple rings

 

[Motozulu]

If you are as rubbish a rider as me then not only a top but knee pads and elbow pads are also a must.

 

[Licramite]

yes I had a good demostration of what even a thin layer of licra can do this weekend, riding over a speed bump onto a change of surface from concrete to gravel and change of camber my bike slid out from under me , knee and forarm got heavily sandpapered but my shoulder and hip under licra - which didn't tear to my suprise - bruised, scrapped but didn,t break the skin.
Scraps healing fine but my shoulder and ribs hurts like buggery.

 

[Friz]

This thread, although a week old, makes me want to ride topless...