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verve132

why do cycling tops have to be so tight!!im trying to lose weight but it is very off putting when your trying to look like pro rider n a tight top showing everything!! have u ever tryed breathing in while climbing a steep hill near women n keeping a cycling face(a lance armstrong this is nothing face). large yea right!

Parsnip49

Buy less tight jerseys???

Tight fit jerseys are like that to aid aerodynamics (flapping material is a big nono) and to stop chafing.

Self conscious cyclist always make me laugh.

CYCLING KIT LOOKS RIDICULOUS AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL CHANGE THAT.

The fact that you are trying to lose weight and doing it actively is a good thing, and better than what 99% of the population manage.

jellybellywmb

I find that a Gillet can hid a world of sins.

davelakers

My opinion when people take the pee out of me is that if I wanted to look good, I most certainly would not wear Lycra!!!

4kicks

Never underestimate the benefit of wearing black.

ride_whenever

i'd second the gilet hiding a multitude of sins...

shockedsoshocked

Parsnip49 wrote:

CYCLING KIT LOOKS RIDICULOUS AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL CHANGE THAT.

That's what I tell my girlfriend whenever I threaten to buy some more ridiculously tight cycling gear. I think my quote was "If you're going to look stupid you may as well do it properly"

overmars

Parsnip49 wrote:

CYCLING KIT LOOKS RIDICULOUS AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL CHANGE THAT.

I don't think so. Personally speaking, I look fantastic. 8)

howiejmidlands

You want to try lycra that fits mate!!

Michelin man here struggles into his lycra shorts!

Jersey's are always biggest size i can get, and for some reason i still look fat in them!> Must ask Trinnie and Suzanna about how to look slim on a bike.

ricadus

Getting the right fit can take years, but once achieved it feels like a second skin and you hardly notice it's there.

BattoowooGreekgreek

overmars wrote:

Parsnip49 wrote:

CYCLING KIT LOOKS RIDICULOUS AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL CHANGE THAT.

I don't think so. Personally speaking, I look fantastic. 8)

I have to agree, not that you look fantastic, but I reckon lycra is cool and personally, I look like sex on a stick in my bib shorts* and tight cycling top



* Am I the only one who gets called Borat by his missus when changing into said bib shorts ?

mrushton

My girlfriend tells me i look fantastic in my cycling kit,particularly my tight shorts i do have to say that she looks even better in her tight Assos SS jerseys and shorts :twisted:

Diogenes

Paraphrasing Wodehouse "It looks like Diogenes was poured into his lycra and someone forgot to stay stop!"

At my age I am past caring what the world thinks I look like, as long as I am comfortable for 5 or 6 hours on the bike and cycling specific clothing is best at achieving that.

D

bagpusscp

I think I am going to keep quite on this one :oops:
Bought some smart kit in Austria last week .I can get in it :!: :shock:

nolf

Lycra's good
If you've keep up your training everntually you'll get an arse tha looks as if it was chiseled from stone! What better to show that off than lycra?

Ieuanllan

I'm with mrushton - whilst my wife calls me Borat in my bib shorts and runs away from me, she looks ace in her lycra gym/running kit.

Maybe lycra was primarily made for women? (Obvious exceptions apply)

Monty Dog

As long as you don't look like this, you should be OK!

http://bikehugger.com/2007/07/photo_of_ ... _in_sp.htm

penugent

nolf wrote:

Lycra's good
If you've keep up your training everntually you'll get an ars* tha looks as if it was chiseled from stone!

I'll attest to that. Last year we were in Florence and Mrs P reckoned I had a better rear that David - and his was chiselled from stone!!

cee

I am afraid to tell you all that it is only cyclists who think cycling clothing looks cool. Everyone else (with the exception of young ladies who like to see tight buns and thighs in lycra) thinks it looks ridiculous.

ride_whenever

I have to agree, tehe

I look fantastic from the waist down in lycra, carved out of wood some might say. Just above the waist I'm not quite toned enough yet. Lycra is totally hot though, one of the other coaches (with lets say enhanced features :shock:) just, and i mean just, wore rolled down bibs and a tech top coaching this weekend, and it was a bit nippy...

:P

I love my job at times...

overmars

cee wrote:

I am afraid to tell you all that it is only cyclists who think cycling clothing looks cool.

Hey, don't hate us 'cos we're beautiful. 8)

cee wrote:

Everyone else (with the exception of young ladies who like to see tight buns and thighs in lycra) thinks it looks ridiculous.

Hmmm.... If I had a choice between 'young ladies' admiring my figure and 'everyone else' I would choose.... :roll:

redddraggon

If you are a bit tubby don't get team kits - get plain kit in darkish colours and definitely don't get light coloured bibshorts.

Clever Pun

redddraggon wrote:

If you are a bit tubby don't get team kits - get plain kit in darkish colours and definitely don't get light coloured bibshorts.

if you've got an upper body you can't get into the rock racing gear. A 41' chest is the biggest they do... that's freaking tiny

shockedsoshocked

cee wrote:

Everyone else (with the exception of young ladies who like to see tight buns and thighs in lycra)

To be honest that's the main demographic i'm aiming for

ju5t1n

I think cycling gear looks good if you’re riding a bike or even standing next to a bike, but as soon as you get more than a few yards from your bike you start to look daft.

I was out riding yesterday and at lunch time I nipped into a Sainsbury’s for supplies, I didn’t half feel self conscious standing in that queue wearing my lycra.

ride_whenever

well if you cycled harder you wouldn't care, you'd be so tired you'd just want fuel :P