Wearing bibshorts without the bibs

kelsen
kelsen Posts: 2,003
edited August 2011 in Commuting chat
Why do people do that? I've noticed a fair number of people wearing them with the braces hanging down by the side. Is it an attempt at looking urban roadie cool or something? If your bibs are that tight, maybe you need to size up?
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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Ha, never seen this. Must be a Laaahhhdon thing?
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    that desperate to make 1000?
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Hah, I've done this in the gym and the pub, the latter because it makes it possible to have a wee. Not cycled with bibs sans bibs though
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  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    clarkey cat wrote:
    that desperate to make 1000?
    No

    Well, whadya know! (Pats self on the back)
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    dhope wrote:
    Hah, I've done this in the gym and the pub, the latter because it makes it possible to have a wee. Not cycled with bibs sans bibs though

    Dude, thats what the chamois is for.
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    I bet they are rowers . . . .

    Boaties have lycra all in ones (sans chamois nappy) that they habitually roll down - you see them all the time going over Col du Putney Bridge going to the boat houses.

    Roadies are very fashion concious . .they don't want to look less than pro . . .
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    I would assume that they got confused when getting dressed. These London types don't have much between the ears at the best of times.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I would assume that they got confused when getting dressed. These London types don't have much between the ears at the best of times.

    Imagine if we did though, we'd waste all that time with sectarian violence and eating offal.
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    notsoblue wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I would assume that they got confused when getting dressed. These London types don't have much between the ears at the best of times.

    Imagine if we did though, we'd waste all that time with sectarian violence and eating offal.

    *Pulls up sharply and begins to reel him in*

    Time which could be better spent rioting?
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  • gilesjuk
    gilesjuk Posts: 340
    They're people who want a longer short to cover the cleavage when bending down (on the drops) but can't be bothered to wear the straps.
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    It just stinks of trying to hard to be cool - therefore uncool
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I would assume that they got confused when getting dressed. These London types don't have much between the ears at the best of times.

    Imagine if we did though, we'd waste all that time with sectarian violence and eating offal.

    *Pulls up sharply and begins to reel him in*

    Time which could be better spent rioting?

    At least you get a pair of shoes out of it.

    Beats a slap in the face from a ginger with an alcohol and heroin problem.
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Sounds like an outbreak of Strapadicktome.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    You can put your legs through the arm holes. I've been told it looks like a giant thong.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I would assume that they got confused when getting dressed. These London types don't have much between the ears at the best of times.

    Imagine if we did though, we'd waste all that time with sectarian violence and eating offal.

    *Pulls up sharply and begins to reel him in*

    Time which could be better spent rioting?

    Hey, at least we have nice stuff to trash down here...
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    notsoblue wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I would assume that they got confused when getting dressed. These London types don't have much between the ears at the best of times.

    Imagine if we did though, we'd waste all that time with sectarian violence and eating offal.

    *Pulls up sharply and begins to reel him in*

    Time which could be better spent rioting?

    Hey, at least we have nice stuff to trash down here...

    Not any more :wink:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    bails87 wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I would assume that they got confused when getting dressed. These London types don't have much between the ears at the best of times.

    Imagine if we did though, we'd waste all that time with sectarian violence and eating offal.

    *Pulls up sharply and begins to reel him in*

    Time which could be better spent rioting?

    Hey, at least we have nice stuff to trash down here...

    Not any more :wink:

    Don't you live in Birmingham?!
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    edited August 2011
    Solihull, my dear boy.

    You'll be glad to hear our McLaren, Maserati and Rolls Royce dealerships are all unharmed.
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    I've done this occasionally - I normally wear padded undershorts for the commute, but when they're all in the wash, I'll wear my bibs, but without the bibs (if you get what I mean). I don't do it to be "cool" - my back just gets incredibly hot and sweaty carrying my courier bag and I "think" I'll be even hotter with the bibs up.

    So in fact, I do do it to be cool, but not to be "cool" if you get me...!
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    same as mroli here - but I also like the urban guerilla counter-culture look of it too.
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  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    Always with the straps up...always with the straps up!

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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    I do it when off the bike, cafe stops and the like. It's just more comfortable.

    Back up for riding though.
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Aidy wrote:
    I do it when off the bike, cafe stops and the like. It's just more comfortable.

    Back up for riding though.

    Do you wear your bibs *over* your jersey?
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  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    Nah, that's Aidy in the picture that kelsen posted. Not a jersey in sight
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    notsoblue wrote:
    Aidy wrote:
    I do it when off the bike, cafe stops and the like. It's just more comfortable.

    Back up for riding though.

    Do you wear your bibs *over* your jersey?

    No, but I do the whole baggies thing, I can unbib with a bit of wriggling.
  • Applespider
    Applespider Posts: 506
    Hmmm.... next you'll be claiming you can do the girlie trick of removing a bra without removing the top. :wink:
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Applespider wrote:
    Hmmm.... next you'll be claiming you can do the girlie trick of removing a bra without removing the top. :wink:

    You just require a willing girl for that! :)
  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    notsoblue wrote:
    Aidy wrote:
    I do it when off the bike, cafe stops and the like. It's just more comfortable.

    Back up for riding though.

    Do you wear your bibs *over* your jersey?
    Nothing wrong with that look if you can pull it off

    200px-Cycling_Bibshorts.jpg
  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Applespider wrote:
    Hmmm.... next you'll be claiming you can do the girlie trick of removing a bra without removing the top. :wink:

    Surprises them no end :wink:
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    kelsen wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    Aidy wrote:
    I do it when off the bike, cafe stops and the like. It's just more comfortable.

    Back up for riding though.

    Do you wear your bibs *over* your jersey?
    Nothing wrong with that look if you can pull it off

    200px-Cycling_Bibshorts.jpg

    The should be a rule in the SCR rulebook that forbids this.
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