ajm

...they think they look like!?!?!?

Every morning I have the misfortune of seeing a prat wearing a gaudy lycra suit waving his **** in the air as he weaves in and out of the queuing traffic. Its a traffic jam queuing for the motorway, not the Tour de France! This choice of attire is surely unnecessary and at best unsightly.

Can anyone tell me what possible reason could there be for a grown man to wear flourescent pink tights on his way into work in the morning???

SiPie

So he gets seen and doesn't get knocked down by a non-cyclist like yourself

darlodge

I used to wear Lycra running trousers when I used to go running at night. The main reason was because of the reflective strip down the side and the fact that they are ultra light.

Maybe he is concerned about being knocked off his bike, maybe he likes the fit maybe he thinks he looks good in lycra, maybe he is trying to make himself aware to you

Darren

Howee

Have you ever ridden a bike for any distance or at any speed? Or do you drive everywhere? My guess is the latter so you'll never know why cyclists wear lycra instead of jeans or a tracksuit. Just reel your neck in and let them get on with it FFS, it hardly slows you down does it ?

BTW, there's no excuse for flourescent pink..

ProperCharlie

it's not all bad:

MooseRacer

ajm in cycling rant shocker


btw I'm sure you don't have to look at his ****...........

OllyK

Coz it stops ya bits slapping about

ProperCharlie

whatever boils your kettle:



dunno how comfortable these would be for cycling, though.

greasemonkey

You can buy saddles with brass studs in PC, so I daresay you'd find someone willing to try them!

As for the reasons why cyclists wear lycra, it's durable, lightweight, doesn't billow in the wind, and doesn't absorb moisture. As for why it's pink, that's probably to make sure you notice and don't drive into the guy...

RichWalk

If youve got good legs show um off- lasses always liked mine when I roadraced- couldnt imagine wearing pink though- youd have been killed in our cycling club!

Butkus

I wear the full lycra kit on my bike, and many times I have been laughed at. But try cycling 50-100 miles in anything else, and you'll know why lycra is the only choice.

Last year I was buying some stuff in a petrol station and I was in the full kit. There was a car parked up full of horrible fat women and they were laughing and pointing at me. I had to chuckle smugly to myself at what I might say to them:

"Ladies, when I return home I will change out of these funny clothes. When you get home, you will still be fat and ugly."

greasemonkey

© Winston Churchill 1938

Butkus

Exactly. Classic line

ajm

The visibility excuse hold no water, there are countless hi-vis alternatives that don't make the wearer look like a tw@t!!! I'm not just talking about pink either.... some look more like the scrambled mass of vivid colours, like the new BA tailplane logos! Horrific and totally unecessary!

Where you going with this? I have utmost respect, as you well know, for our fellow bi-wheeled, libdem powered boneshakers..... I mean, can you imagine the damage a scratchy old bike could do to the paintwork should you hit one!

MooseRacer

LMAO @ libdem powered....

TelBoy

<ambles through thread...>

12LEE

Winston Churchill was fat and ugly though....

Brendan Hughes

12LEE, I was thinking the same but IIRC the original was:

"Sir, you are drunk!"

"Madam, I am drunk and you are ugly, but in the morning, I will be sober."

Ah, how electable!

ajm

The exact quote was:

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
-- (replying to Lady Astor's comment 'Sir, you're drunk!')

WRX Wannabe

LOL

When i cycle to work i wear my lycra shorts (NOT PINK) they are a must IMO if you do alot of distance cycling

Get on a bike and cycle 50 miles and then you will know why lycra is better than sports shorts