Any other Mamils out there?

a340driver
a340driver Posts: 29
edited October 2010 in Road beginners
Always at the cutting edge:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608
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  • Mad Roadie
    Mad Roadie Posts: 710
    yes there is an active thread in the Cake Shop, where the Mamils are keeping up their calorie count and chatting over a Latte and Rapha catalogue
  • vroomvroom
    vroomvroom Posts: 72
    yes me ..

    37 and 85 ....one is years the other kg......no £7k bike :cry:
  • Chrissz
    Chrissz Posts: 727
    48, 105 & £5k qualify me?
    http://coastalcommando.wordpress.com/
  • Fogliettaz
    Fogliettaz Posts: 180
    54 years, 90kg, Road and MTB and still spending!
    http://www.saintefoyapartment.com
    http://app.strava.com/athletes/577050
  • brin
    brin Posts: 1,122
    51y.o. 78kg, £2.5K road bike, £1k wardrobe/kit
  • random man
    random man Posts: 1,518
    I'm an OGIL - old git in lycra :D I'd love to be a MAMIL but sadly my age, 55, disqualifies me :(
  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    Did make me chuckle (despite being too young to be classed as one) :lol:
  • Legshaver
    Legshaver Posts: 75
    Not so much a Mamil - more of an oapil. Lycra was not about when I was middle aged!
    66 and 61kg on a 2009 Cannondale Carbon Synapse.

    Bloody press. They're sumpthin' else ain't they? One day they're reporting about beer-swilling fat gits and how unheathy UK men are, and then they seem surprised about all these Mamils zooming around on flash bikes.

    I wonder if they'll report about the female riders. They probably don't realise what is under some of the lycra.
  • 1_reaper
    1_reaper Posts: 322
    45 and 73kg not such a flash bike though a second hand trek 5200 carbon. Do i qualify ? :oops:
  • Mad Roadie
    Mad Roadie Posts: 710
    1_reaper wrote:
    45 and 73kg not such a flash bike though a second hand trek 5200 carbon. Do i qualify ? :oops:

    No sorry - double helpings of cake shop and bike shop for you skinny man!
  • StanwaySteve62
    StanwaySteve62 Posts: 702
    48 & 17 stone down from 19 stone at the start of the tear and FECK YEA I wear lycra
  • bilirubin
    bilirubin Posts: 225
    52 and 13st 2lb, £825.00 Giant Defy 2 and some OK clothing (no team kits), not a mid life crises though, always ridden bikes and followed the sport and it keeps me fit.
  • desmosedici
    desmosedici Posts: 117
    43, 87kg, well over £35,000 worth of bikes in the house. I think I'm over qualified.
  • StanwaySteve62
    StanwaySteve62 Posts: 702
    Assume you mean your duke?
  • desmosedici
    desmosedici Posts: 117
    StanwaySteve62 wrote:
    Assume you mean your duke?

    Actually, I didn't include the Dukes and other 2 motorcycles in that amount. That would bring the figure up to well over £120K.
  • garryc
    garryc Posts: 203
    51, 78kg, £far too much

    My legs are outclassed by the quality of my bike.
  • StanwaySteve62
    StanwaySteve62 Posts: 702
    desmosedici wrote:
    StanwaySteve62 wrote:
    Assume you mean your duke?

    Actually, I didn't include the Dukes and other 2 motorcycles in that amount. That would bring the figure up to well over £120K.

    Blimey. what dukes do you have then, my last duke was a 999
  • unclemalc
    unclemalc Posts: 563
    54, 75kg, don't ask...
    Spring!
    Singlespeeds in town rule.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    52 (for another 3 weeks) 70kg and probly £2k on not at all flashy bike / kit / tools / parts over 2 years.

    It isn't a mid-life crisis, I've always cycled. It's my hobby. It keeps me fit, out from under my wife's feet, and gives me an excuse to be fettling in the garage.
  • H1sham9
    H1sham9 Posts: 1
    Let's do a Tour de Mamils!
  • silverpigeon
    silverpigeon Posts: 327
    41yo and 75kg. BMI = 23

    All this Mamil bollox is really p-ing me off. I've cycled for 25+ years and I didn't even bother taking my driving test until I was 30. Now I live on a small island and have sold my car, as it simply never makes sense for me to drive anywhere.

    This last two weeks, despite all of the above and being a huge proponent of the benefits of two wheels, I get lumped in with a load of overweight, flabby IT workers/bankers/accountants suffering from a 'mid life crisis.'

    The flip side is that people who 10 years ago were telling me to grow up, are now asking me what sort of bike they should buy.

    My loyalty discount at the LBS has trebled this year :lol:
    Basso Astra
    Principia Ellipse SX
    Kinesis Racelight 4S
    Kinesis Crosslight Pro Disc
  • Chrissz
    Chrissz Posts: 727
    silverpigeon wrote:
    41yo and 75kg. BMI = 23

    All this Mamil bollox is really p-ing me off.....................................................

    This last two weeks, despite all of the above and being a huge proponent of the benefits of two wheels, I get lumped in with a load of overweight, flabby IT workers/bankers/accountants suffering from a 'mid life crisis.'

    Well, I'm not flabby (a little overweight perhaps), I don't work in IT, I'm not a banker or an accountant (pretty carp at Maths) and I'm fairly certain I'm not suffering from a mid-life crisis (4yr old daughter and 5month old son keep me young).

    So I guess that I'm not a "Mamil" after all :):)
    http://coastalcommando.wordpress.com/
  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    53, 75kg and my bike probably costs around £3.5 (Cervelo RS).
  • bilirubin
    bilirubin Posts: 225
    Chrissz wrote:
    silverpigeon wrote:
    41yo and 75kg. BMI = 23

    I'm not a banker or an accountant (pretty carp at Maths)

    Not that great at spelling either!! :lol:
  • Chrissz
    Chrissz Posts: 727
    bilirubin wrote:
    Chrissz wrote:
    silverpigeon wrote:
    41yo and 75kg. BMI = 23

    I'm not a banker or an accountant (pretty carp at Maths)

    Not that great at spelling either!! :lol:

    "carp" was deliberate! Most forums won't let you write "crap" (although they seem to get away with it on P&L :lol: )
    http://coastalcommando.wordpress.com/
  • lotuseater
    lotuseater Posts: 58
    43.

    Turned into a Mamil in April when I got a driving ban!
    Orange Crush AM 15
    Airnimal Chameleon Ultra
    Planet X Team Alu
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    I bet the first picture of you in April was special.
  • bisoner
    bisoner Posts: 171
    Oh dear,

    Age - 39 (check)
    Accountant - (check)
    Cycling for less than a year - (check)
    Mid Life Crisis - (check - wife says so)

    Guess that makes me a textbook mamil 8)
  • lotuseater
    lotuseater Posts: 58
    crumbschief wrote:
    I bet the first picture of you in April was special.


    Well, I've lost a stone, so must look a bit better now!
    Orange Crush AM 15
    Airnimal Chameleon Ultra
    Planet X Team Alu
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    I am not an acronym, I am a free man!

    Actually I'm 45, weigh 85kg, and my bike cost £120 (done over 10,000 miles now). I got into cycling, after a long gap since my teenage years, because we identified it as a good family activity: the road started calling shortly after that, about 6 years ago - I put over 8,000 road miles on my MTB before splashing out on the Rusty Raleigh.
    I'm not an accountant, I'm a teacher, I don't know if that's on the official mamil list.
    I certainly do wear lycra, because it does the job. Most of my kit comes from ebay or Aldi, I have 3 jerseys that must have cost £20 between them.

    So it looks like I fit the description in some ways if not others.

    Which is just another way of saying that maybe there is an identifiable social phenomenon going on here, but like any trend it is made up of real, individual people who have their own motivations. There would appear to be some Real Cyclists who don't like it (see above) but how can it be a bad thing if more people are cycling? I suspect that there are always some people who would prefer being part of a maligned, misunderstoood minority to joining the mainstream, or even have the mainstream join them.

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