Two silly basic questions!

gingernash
gingernash Posts: 123
edited September 2010 in Road beginners
I am bit embarrassed to ask but here I go:

Just bought first road bike and all kit. Planning to do a couple of rides next weekend.

1) Have never worn cycle shorts before (I have been missing out), do you put your boxers on underneath or not?

2) Do people usually put their pump in a jersey pocket or attach it to downtube? Imagine is personal preference.

Cheers! :oops:

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  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Nothing underneath cycle shorts. My pump is on my downtube but some are mad enough to carry theirs in jersey pockets.
  • ShaunL
    ShaunL Posts: 91
    is endura cycling briefs under cycling lycra, the extra padding helps IMO on our shite roads.

    Pump in bum bag for me as it is a micro job.

    If you have good tyres then chances are you'll never need it.
  • gingernash
    gingernash Posts: 123
    i still have the standard tyres on my spesh allez elite which i bought the other day.
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Commando and a couple of CO2 canisters in a saddle pack
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Commando and Jersey Pocket.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Commando and get yerself a frame pump on the top tube. Minipumps are for weirdos.
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  • paulorg
    paulorg Posts: 168
    Oh this is so liberating :wink:

    Commando and seat tube for me as I prefer a bottle on the downtube and the pump fittings wouldn't allow a cage and a pump in the same slot.
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    paulorg wrote:
    Oh this is so liberating :wink:

    Commando and seat tube for me as I prefer a bottle on the downtube and the pump fittings wouldn't allow a cage and a pump in the same slot.

    If you use stand offs and longer bolts you might get away with it.

    Commando and jersey pocket for me.
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Superman - undies on the outside? :wink:
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    No underpants. No Shorts. No pump. No Bike. No Sense. No Bail. Court case next tuesday.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    No underpants. No Shorts. No pump. No Bike. No Sense. No Bail. Court case next tuesday.

    LOL, good luck, plead insanity 8)
  • ilm_zero7
    ilm_zero7 Posts: 2,213
    danowat wrote:
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    No underpants. No Shorts. No pump. No Bike. No Sense. No Bail. Court case next tuesday.

    LOL, good luck, plead insanity 8)
    you've seen some of Cleat's previous threads - insanity wont be hard to prove!
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    paulorg wrote:
    Oh this is so liberating :wink:

    Commando and seat tube for me as I prefer a bottle on the downtube and the pump fittings wouldn't allow a cage and a pump in the same slot.

    Mini pumps usually have mounts that allow both bottle and pump on the same fitting.

    That said, the downtube mounted pump will get sprayed mercilessly with the winter crap so that when you do eventually need it, it won't work :lol:

    Certainly wouldn't consider that mounting position unless you are using full mudguards which may make a difference. I put the pump in my jersey pocket.
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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    and the chamois goes on the inside NOT on the outside as my mate decided to wear!!

    oh how we laughed!
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Put as least as possible on the bike. Then it impresses people more when they 'weigh' it in their hands.
  • ratsbeyfus
    ratsbeyfus Posts: 2,841
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Put as least as possible on the bike. Then it impresses people more when they 'weigh' it in their hands.

    Yep... stick minipump down front of shorts... this impresses the ladies.

    I had one of them red bikes but I don't any more. Sad face.

    @ratsbey
  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    Nothing underneath cycle shorts. My pump is in my jersey pockets but some are mad enough to stick it on their downtube.
    Emiliana the CAAD9
  • bilirubin
    bilirubin Posts: 225
    danowat wrote:
    Commando and a couple of CO2 canisters in a saddle pack

    +1, what he said
  • gingernash
    gingernash Posts: 123
    :oops: right... be taking my pump off the downtube tonight then....

    i am slightly worried about first puncture on the road but fingers crossed does not happen for a while!
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Commando and Topeak Road Morph on the seat tube, bottle on downtube. Both remain spotless due to full mudguards.

    I'm not worried about the weight; nobody else is allowed to touch my bike!

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