How comfortable are you in tights? (when off the bike)

akcc05

Hi all,

Since the weather is getting more and more unpredictable and the temperature at low single digits, I’m sure a lot of us are putting on tights in the morning. So…my question is: How comfortable are you guys and girls in tights when you make a quick stop at the shops on the way home, be it Tescos, Vodafone or HSBC?

Do you feel:

1. “I have an amazing ass (and legs), look all you want, have a feel/pinch if you wish!”
2. “Never really thought about it, it’s just practical isn’t it?”
3. Wear a pair of cargo shorts on top. (my personal preference, unless it’s really wet)
4. “Tights? You kidding me?”

Feel free to add another category to this list. I’m very curious to find out what we all think!

Have a great day.

linsen

I honestly don't care any more. I teach in a secondary school and when I arrive at lunchtime I have to walk through school in them. As long as I am a)warm and b) comfy I couldn't care less!
I'm not up in your category number 1 though....

fonty1978

Have to say i work in a factory and at first i felt a bit of a plonker walking through work with tights, overshoes, etc but people don't really notice you after a bit.

Plus i don't care what anybody thinks anyway...

lost_in_thought

At work/home/pilates I couldn't give a monkeys what people think, therefore I'm perfectly fine in them.

If I'm meeting friends or heading to the pub, however, I'll usually sling on a pair of baggies over the top, or put my work gear back on over them.

gtvlusso

Tights - okay - with baggies over the top.

Suspender's - only on a Tuesday.

biondino

If I'm completely honest I'd have to go for 1) - I think I look kinda hott in them

mailmannz

There's a guy who rides the same route as me who wears tights.

He makes me very uncomfortable. Sorta looks like a sausage squeezed in to a balloon!

Mailman

gtvlusso

Or a bin bag full of yoghurt....;-)

Eat My Dust

I wear tights when I'm out running as well. I feel very comfortable in them. Saying that, I'm not a bloater.

Crapaud

lost_in_thought wrote:

At work/home/pilates I couldn't give a monkeys what people think, therefore I'm perfectly fine in them. ...

Are you Somalian, LiTs?

akcc05 wrote:

1. “I have an amazing ass (and legs), look all you want, have a feel/pinch if you wish!”
2. “Never really thought about it, it’s just practical isn’t it?”
3. Wear a pair of cargo shorts on top. (my personal preference, unless it’s really wet)
4. “Tights? You kidding me?”

Initially I was a bit self-concious, but very quicky didn't care, so probably '2'.

If I'm going to the shops or meeting up for a social occassion with non-cyclists I go for option '3' because of '1'. I seem to get a mixture of interest (from the ladies) and ridicule (feck 'em). I've been told that I've got 'great legs' and I was intercepted by a member of staff in the building society and manouvered round so that the tellers (female) could get a look at my bum. Another time, a young 'lady' tried to get my attention by sticking a pin in my backside. I didn't realise what had happened until I heard laughter behind me and saw her and her friends laughing at the, now, bent pin. I hadn't felt a thing.

I truely do have 'buns of steel'!

lost_in_thought

Crapaud wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

At work/home/pilates I couldn't give a monkeys what people think, therefore I'm perfectly fine in them. ...

Are you Somalian, LiTs?

Don't..... understand.... :oops:

Crapaud

lost_in_thought wrote:

Crapaud wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

At work/home/pilates I couldn't give a monkeys what people think, therefore I'm perfectly fine in them. ...

Are you Somalian, LiTs?

Don't..... understand.... :oops:

Pilates / pirates. Never mind. :roll:

lost_in_thought

Crapaud wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Crapaud wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

At work/home/pilates I couldn't give a monkeys what people think, therefore I'm perfectly fine in them. ...

Are you Somalian, LiTs?

Don't..... understand.... :oops:

Pilates / pirates. Never mind. :roll:

Ahhhhhhh sorry. I've been up since 1:30am today. Brain not work so good.

BUICK

I am gradually getting more comfotable in 'tights' and wearing my endura hummvees less! I don't know if I'll ever totally get over being in such fitting clothing though - it's just a bit too revealing for my liking. The first time I pulled on a set of bib 3/4's then went to see what the missus thought, she shouted 'You are NOT going outside in those - it's obscene!' - and proceeded to tell me she could see my helmet, which I found strange. It's a bright red Specialized Propero so you could hardly miss it...

TheBrogueadier

Never been one to be ashamed of my cycling kit..

Ended up in a rather rough irish pub in the East End of London a while back..

Rather tight Altura bibshorts, fearsomly yellow Campag top and clompy road cleats..

Had a great night! Every bloke took one look, pulled a slightly confused face then seemed to decide that no-one could possibly be in their pub dressed like that, therefore I couldn't exist. It was like wearing a male only invisibility cloak..

The ladies on the other hand.. Never had my arse slapped, squeezed or groped on a scale like that before!

Got a few free drinks out of it as well!

ride_whenever

I used to be a rower, I'm always wearing at least one piece of lycra...

Rich158

my other half won't let me out of the front door without baggies. I tried it once, and when I got back in she threatened to divorce me if I ever went out like that again.

personally I think I look pretty damn good

cjcp

No. 2 - I'm warm and that's what's important. The novelty of me wearing tights has worn off in the office (people still think WTF when they see the bib shorts though - they are worn over the top).

fuddymox

BUICK wrote:

The first time I pulled on a set of bib 3/4's then went to see what the missus thought, she shouted 'You are NOT going outside in those - it's obscene!' - and proceeded to tell me she could see my helmet, which I found strange. It's a bright red Specialized Propero so you could hardly miss it...

Snurk, gnurf, fnaar fnaar!

Seriously though, I think it depends on the individual. My legs are a bit, ahem, 'slender' and no amount of hill-work seems to change that, so I just wouldn't wear them without overshorts.

akcc05

Crapaud wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

At work/home/pilates I couldn't give a monkeys what people think, therefore I'm perfectly fine in them. ...

Are you Somalian, LiTs?

akcc05 wrote:

1. “I have an amazing ass (and legs), look all you want, have a feel/pinch if you wish!”
2. “Never really thought about it, it’s just practical isn’t it?”
3. Wear a pair of cargo shorts on top. (my personal preference, unless it’s really wet)
4. “Tights? You kidding me?”

Initially I was a bit self-concious, but very quicky didn't care, so probably '2'.

If I'm going to the shops or meeting up for a social occassion with non-cyclists I go for option '3' because of '1'. I seem to get a mixture of interest (from the ladies) and ridicule (feck 'em). I've been told that I've got 'great legs' and I was intercepted by a member of staff in the building society and manouvered round so that the tellers (female) could get a look at my bum. Another time, a young 'lady' tried to get my attention by sticking a pin in my backside. I didn't realise what had happened until I heard laughter behind me and saw her and her friends laughing at the, now, bent pin. I hadn't felt a thing.

I truely do have 'buns of steel'!

you can bend pins with your, err, buns? there must be something wrong with my training. so...what's the secret? meditation or pilates?

Crapaud

akcc05 wrote:

you can bend pins with your, err, buns? there must be something wrong with my training. so...what's the secret? meditation or pilates?

Or with my 'buns'. Or the pin.

The secret? Cycle lots; learn to love hills!

chuckcork

I never feel embarassed.

A fat person wouldn't feel embarrased when carrying rolls of lard around, why should I feel embarrassed in demonstrating I don't have any, instead that I have a rather well developed set of muscles?

jedster

I'm not remotely bothered wearing tights for cycling or running.

Personally I draw the line at wearing tights without somesort of additional cover on my commute because of the train leg. It tends to be busy and if I don't get a seat, it seems a bit antisocial to be waving my lycra-clad crotch in the faces of seated fellow-passengers. No one needs that first thing in the morning...

Tend to wear rapha fixed shorts over the top.

J

Littigator

cjcp wrote:

No. 2 - I'm warm and that's what's important. The novelty of me wearing tights has worn off in the office (people still think WTF when they see the bib shorts though - they are worn over the top).

No no no wrong wrong wrong. I did that once, racing at Chertsey cos my tights were Agisko but my shorts were Dynamo who I was racing for.

Ho well, thinks I, a simple case of tights on first then bib shorts. 30 miles of having the seam in the tights try and saw my clangers off and then split me in two was a painful yet poignant lesson in dressing correctly for the occassion!

always_tyred

Littigator wrote:

cjcp wrote:

No. 2 - I'm warm and that's what's important. The novelty of me wearing tights has worn off in the office (people still think WTF when they see the bib shorts though - they are worn over the top).

No no no wrong wrong wrong. I did that once, racing at Chertsey cos my tights were Agisko but my shorts were Dynamo who I was racing for.

Ho well, thinks I, a simple case of tights on first then bib shorts. 30 miles of having the seam in the tights try and saw my clangers off and then split me in two was a painful yet poignant lesson in dressing correctly for the occassion!

On a similar note, a firend of mine just emailed me to clarify the pant/cycling short interaction. He wondered if, as a novice cyclist, he would ever get used to having a wedgie.

When I explained to him that matters would be improved without pants, he was appalled at the hygeine implications.

Eat My Dust

Always Tyred wrote:

On a similar note, a firend of mine just emailed me to clarify the pant/cycling short interaction. He wondered if, as a novice cyclist, he would ever get used to having a wedgie.

When I explained to him that matters would be improved without pants, he was appalled at the hygeine implications.

Why are you sharing shorts with him?

always_tyred

Eat My Dust wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

On a similar note, a firend of mine just emailed me to clarify the pant/cycling short interaction. He wondered if, as a novice cyclist, he would ever get used to having a wedgie.

When I explained to him that matters would be improved without pants, he was appalled at the hygeine implications.

Why are you sharing shorts with him?

I feel slightly ill now. If you met him you'd understand why.

itboffin

biondino wrote:

If I'm completely honest I'd have to go for 1) - I think I look kinda hott in them

He does... don't ask

Personally getting my fat arse into tights is an achievement, it's the bra's and heels that I get the funny looks in.

BTW summer tights in winter not a good idea, brrrr.

redvee

linsen wrote:

I'm not up in your category number 1 though....

Wait till friday and the male membefs of SCR can give their opinionon that, though it might be with their beer goggles on

linsen

redvee wrote:

linsen wrote:

I'm not up in your category number 1 though....

Wait till friday and the male membefs of SCR can give their opinionon that, though it might be with their beer goggles on

Well yes, mini skirts, high heels and fishnet tights are all sitting in a pile waiting for Friday

Oh, you meant CYCLING tights :oops:

Wrath Rob

Normally it would be option 1 but in order to keep my FCN to a reasonable level I always go for baggies over the top. Priorities people!