First Full Lycra commute

triggmiester

oops :oops:

duly edited!

Kieran_Burns

triggmiester wrote:

oops :oops:

duly edited!

Oh, it's too late for that

mudcow007

triggmiester wrote:

The only change I have made is now using the back entrance instead of going in the front,

you dirty old man!

triggmiester

damn it! :oops:

Blacktemplar

Clever Pun wrote:

get down the pub in lycra... that generally feels rather odd before 4 pints anyways

Brother in law snapped his chain (not a euphamism) near a wee rural pub in the hinterlands of the southside (Auldhouse, if anyone's interested), and had forgotten his phone. So the bold boy strides into said pub, and in an "American Werewolf in London" scene loudly asks if he can borrow a mobile to call for backup.

I can only imagine the scene - dropped jaws and stunned silence as a 6' 5" vision in pink Giro lycra strides in the door.......

Made me laugh, anyway

greg66_tri_v2.0

londonlivvy wrote:

I work at a sports marketing place so you'd think people would be used to kit - and most of the time, full lycra doesn't raise an eyebrow. But recently I found myself waiting for the lift* by two blokes from my floor :

Bloke A - Your shoes are wierd.
me - yes, they're so you can clip into pedals
Bloke A - ah. ok.
Bloke b (nudging his friend) - You look like a dork. And are wearing lycra *sniggers*.
me - it's appropriate clothing for the activity. get over it.
bloke b *sniggers*


*(I know, I know, the irony of getting the lift when you're about to cycle, but 6 floors in bike shoes ain't fun)

Blimey. These two sound like they are 13 a piece. Watch out if one of them starts punching on the arm a lot. They can send out mixed signals at that age.

Kieran_Burns

triggmiester wrote:

damn it! :oops:

Welcome to the Bike Radar Commuting forum. You are no longer a virgin 8)

dhope

Kieran_Burns wrote:

triggmiester wrote:

damn it! :oops:

Welcome to the Bike Radar Commuting forum. You are no longer a virgin 8)

Nor are many at the school apparently :shock:

Cafewanda

K_B you are a very naughty man

Kieran_Burns

Cafewanda wrote:

K_B you are a very naughty man

Why yes, yes I am.


(I seem to remember this is not the 1st time I have done this...)

triggmiester

ah you know the school then

meanredspider

That's one of the joys of middle age - I no longer give a flying fork what anyone thinks and don't take myself too seriously. Wearing baggies over shorts is just silly

optimisticbiker

I dont understand the problem? Always commuted in Lycra - a 15mile fast-ish commute in anything else doesnt bear thinking about. Around 20 of my colleagues, male and female, do the same... so much so that we are planning on getting our own company logo'd strip, though someone did point out we might have a problem then in the shower room where everyone hangs their kit up...

(suggestions as to companies that can make custom strip welcome)

will3

OptimisticBiker wrote:

I dont understand the problem? Always commuted in Lycra - a 15mile fast-ish commute in anything else doesnt bear thinking about. Around 20 of my colleagues, male and female, do the same... so much so that we are planning on getting our own company logo'd strip, though someone did point out we might have a problem then in the shower room where everyone hangs their kit up...

(suggestions as to companies that can make custom strip welcome)

Hmmm

bails87

OptimisticBiker wrote:

I dont understand the problem? Always commuted in Lycra - a 15mile fast-ish commute in anything else doesnt bear thinking about.

I wear baggies over my lycra and it's fine. 15.4 miles, in 50 minutes is about normal.
I'm "slim" to the point of being very self concious about it (I'm not keen on wearing t shirts with especially short sleeves because it looks like a pipe cleaner in a pint glass ) , and really don't like wearing just lycra. The one time I did, thinking "ah, no-one will see me, what does it matter". I was right. The driver didn't see me, until he hit me, then the big crowd of people did :oops:

sketchley

I moved to bib shorts because top of baggy shorts kept rolling down and exposing the belly, which is not a good look. Last Thursday I tried baggy short over the big shorts for the first time. This made the problem worse and baggies kept sliding down as lycra was smooth. This morning I though WTF and just MTFU and didn't bother with the baggies. Got some strange looks in cafe up the road but I really don't care. :oops:

optimisticbiker

will3 wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

I dont understand the problem? Always commuted in Lycra - a 15mile fast-ish commute in anything else doesnt bear thinking about. Around 20 of my colleagues, male and female, do the same... so much so that we are planning on getting our own company logo'd strip, though someone did point out we might have a problem then in the shower room where everyone hangs their kit up...

(suggestions as to companies that can make custom strip welcome)

Hmmm

Dont' go there....

many have tried and failed...

Clever Pun

dhope wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

triggmiester wrote:

damn it! :oops:

Welcome to the Bike Radar Commuting forum. You are no longer a virgin 8)

Nor are many at the school apparently :shock:

No one notices if you use the back gate apparently

chrisbr

I have cycle commuted to Waterloo station London for the last eight years.
Last 5 in full lycra.. and like an earlier post I forced out my lycra man and became MAMIL

Middle Aged Man In Lycra

I like to but am occassionally self conscious when the ladies look you up and down.. then I think... mmmmm mmmm
Must be looking good

Go commando too, pointess wearing anything under lycra kit except a baselayer top.

If you see a man in lycra at Waterloo then think on and be kind, I really enjoy my food some days and it give you that pot belly look that is impossible to hide.
When is the baby due?
Not soon enough..... is my reply

itboffin

Forget lycra for cycling, lycra everyday underwear is were its at!

sketchley

Walking back to where I locked the bike up for the journey home felt very odd :oops: . Once on the bike no problem....

welkman

I suggest wearing full lycra for the whole of the weekend in an effort to desensitize yourself.

optimisticbiker

Sketchley wrote:

I moved to bib shorts because top of baggy shorts kept rolling down and exposing the belly, which is not a good look. Last Thursday I tried baggy short over the big shorts for the first time. This made the problem worse and baggies kept sliding down as lycra was smooth. This morning I though WTF and just MTFU and didn't bother with the baggies. Got some strange looks in cafe up the road but I really don't care. :oops:

Yet to try bib shorts... but I have some gore mtb shorts that have the lycra inners and cotton-like outers and they are held together with loops on the inner and popper straps on the outer...stops them parting company at inopportune moment. I used to wear the inners on their own in summer, but dont wear them very often now as prefer my gore bike shorts and 3/4 length - slightly heaver fabric that clings better

Paul E

I can't commute in on my bike till next tuesday now as I am somewhere I can't store my bike at, I admit I normally wear tight fitting over shorts normally and on test rides into work on days off I have done it all in lycra,

I am being swayed towards doing it on proper commutes now. Ohh and yes I did fel faster, probably less constriction around the top of my thighs.

iPete

Wear bibs most days with a pear of tight shorts over the top. Hold the iPhone and don't feel so daft down the pub

cjcp

meanredspider wrote:

That's one of the joys of middle age - I no longer give a flying fork what anyone thinks and don't take myself too seriously. Wearing baggies over shorts is just silly

This.

The fact that I look as close to perfect in lycra as it's possible to get is just a happy coincidence.*








*this may not be true.

Nik Cube

I'm a confirmed lyrca wearer, I do look a little odd making the tea in my safety boots and lyrca shorts before I get changed.

itboffin

Nik Cube wrote:

I'm a confirmed lyrca wearer, I do look a little odd making the tea in my safety boots and lyrca shorts before I get changed.

Pics or it didn't happen.

In fact this thread is useless without pics ;-)

@op its a slippery slope my friend before you know it you'll be looking at those hairs protruding from you lycra and think to yourself

"hmmm I'd look much better without those"

SEone

I tend to wear lycra under my baggies for longer rides at the weekends.

On my pitiful 4.1 mile commute it hardly seems worth it.

dhope

itboffin wrote:

@op its a slippery slope my friend before you know it you'll be looking at those hairs protruding from you lycra and think to yourself

"hmmm I'd look much better without those"

Uh oh, I noticed the hairs but hadn't thought anything of it.
Yet