What is with dudes who wear white shorts?

Roastie
Roastie Posts: 1,968
edited August 2009 in Commuting chat
I mean, really!?! When they get wet they are obscene. Unless you live somewhere like SA, the Mediterranean or in California, there is a fair chance you are going to get caught in the rain, so why share a view of your hairy b*tt crack or worse with all and sundry? :roll:

This is England. It rains. Say "No" to white shorts.
David
Engineered Bicycles

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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Nice. :o
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  • King Donut
    King Donut Posts: 498
    Surely white lycra shorts have black lycra in the crucial places?
    Or were they normal shorts?
    I had similar problem recently with a fella who's shorts were worn out and see through from behind. Didn't have the heart to tell him.
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    Just white lycra, no inserts to maintain modesty.
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    I blame Team Columbia Highroad (latterly HTC)
    No strategic black panels here.

    team_columbia.jpg
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • posh_pedaller
    posh_pedaller Posts: 124
    I've got a pair of Columbia-Highroad shorts and there's a black panel at the back.
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  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    posh_pedaller wrote:
    I've got a pair of Columbia-Highroad shorts and there's a black panel at the back.

    They do them with and without. The TDF ones worn by the team did not have a black panel, and you can buy them.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • K1LLB0Y
    K1LLB0Y Posts: 30
    Roastie wrote:
    This is England. It rains. Men, say "No" to white shorts. Ladies, its required.

    Fixed. :lol:
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  • dbmnk
    dbmnk Posts: 217
    Stuey01 wrote:
    I blame Team Columbia Highroad (latterly HTC)
    No strategic black panels here.

    team_columbia.jpg
    Columbia only sign girls with national titles?
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    K1LLB0Y wrote:
    Roastie wrote:
    This is England. It rains. Men, say "No" to white shorts. Ladies, its required.

    Fixed. :lol:
    :lol:
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    dbmnk wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    I blame Team Columbia Highroad (latterly HTC)
    No strategic black panels here.

    team_columbia.jpg
    Columbia only sign girls with national titles?

    Is it my depraved imagination, or does it look like everyone's head has been photoshopped onto someone else's body? Particularly the German champion (not sure if it's male or female)
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • Uncle Bernie Love
    Uncle Bernie Love Posts: 16
    Stuey01 wrote:
    I blame Team Columbia Highroad (latterly HTC)
    No strategic black panels here.

    team_columbia.jpg

    Front row, one in from the left. What's he staring at?
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Uncle Bernie Love wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    I blame Team Columbia Highroad (latterly HTC)
    No strategic black panels here.

    team_columbia.jpg

    Front row, one in from the left. What's he staring at?

    He is staring at the riding equipment of front row, two in from the left.
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    Uncle Bernie Love wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    I blame Team Columbia Highroad (latterly HTC)
    No strategic black panels here.

    team_columbia.jpg

    Front row, one in from the left. What's he staring at?
    I reckon it's the gold shoes or the Canadian girl's knee. :wink:
    Emiliana the CAAD9
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    SecretSam wrote:
    Is it my depraved imagination, or does it look like everyone's head has been photoshopped onto someone else's body? Particularly the German champion (not sure if it's male or female)

    I think it is the design of the jerseys - makes them look like they have very small torsos and very big heads. Not a great kit design.......(doesn't apply to the German champ of course though - that one probably is just odd).
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    Rolf F wrote:
    SecretSam wrote:
    Is it my depraved imagination, or does it look like everyone's head has been photoshopped onto someone else's body? Particularly the German champion (not sure if it's male or female)

    I think it is the design of the jerseys - makes them look like they have very small torsos and very big heads. Not a great kit design.......(doesn't apply to the German champ of course though - that one probably is just odd).
    They are professional cyclists, they DO have very small torsos.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Stuey01 wrote:
    They are professional cyclists, they DO have very small torsos.

    Quite - so all the more reason not to design a jersey that exaggerates their smallness!!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    Rolf F wrote:
    Stuey01 wrote:
    They are professional cyclists, they DO have very small torsos.

    Quite - so all the more reason not to design a jersey that exaggerates their smallness!!
    But, in turn this makes their legs appear bigger! :D
    Emiliana the CAAD9
  • dbmnk
    dbmnk Posts: 217
    At first impression I also thought, wow they all have really big heads, but after starring at the photo for a while - the heads seemed pretty normal proportioned. I guess its one of those hypnotic trick-photos - since after an hour of starring I saw myself in the national jersey.
  • bd12mz
    bd12mz Posts: 79
    so are white shorts the white van man of the biking world?
    you know you are in trouble when you see one and if they go past you are in for even more trouble with the hairy butt crack?

    erghh!
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Roastie wrote:
    I mean, really!?! When they get wet they are obscene. Unless you live somewhere like SA, the Mediterranean or in California, there is a fair chance you are going to get caught in the rain, so why share a view of your hairy b*tt crack or worse with all and sundry? :roll:

    This is England. It rains. Say "No" to white shorts.

    I guess that's one way to stop wheel sucking
  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    Bloke rides the same route as me in tatty white,(grey ish) shorts worn over black lycra, not a good look.
    I ache, therefore I am.

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