I feel violated!

Ride hard

So there I was today minding my own business riding through Putney on my way back home. As I was apporaching an intersection with West Hill I decided to slow down and take a swig of SIS's finest, when I noticed a car beside me driving at the same slowish pace and had been for a good 200 yards. Expecting some sort of abuse from the driver - as I say I was just minding my own business - I glanced over to see two middle aged women occupants both looking at me all lycraed (is there such a word?) up.

With the passenger window down the driver started to mouth something to me. I was a bit baffled at first as it was noisy and she had the radio on. She then said it again before speeding off into the distance with a glint in her eye. It took me a minute or two of running the inaudiable comment through my mind like some secret agent with highly advanced lip readig skills before I realised she had said "You look gorgeous darling. Fancy a bit?!" before giggling with her sidekick and dissapearing in a cloud of diesel smoke.

To be honest the driver wasn't too bad looking, but now I know what women feel like during Summer when they walk past a group of builders on their tenth lunch break of the day!

I took a mental note of her registration and car model (I won't reveal it just in case its anyone's wife on here!) in the event she turns up at my door like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, but it makes you wonder if other women hold similar thoughts when they see lycra in conjuction with a muscular pair of legs attached to a crankset. It did put a smile on my face though.

Apologies if this topic has been done to death before, but has anyone else got any similar experiences?

suzyb

Ride hard wrote:

but it makes you wonder if other women hold similar thoughts when they see lycra in conjuction with a muscular pair of legs attached to a crankset. It did put a smile on my face though.

Yes we do.

(or maybe just I do )

Kieran_Burns

I am REALLY no pin up but even I get the slow overtakes.... and every time it's a > 30 yr old woman with a glint in her eye.

I have, I will admit, on occasion stood up on the pedals and given a quick clench just to add to the fun


Oooooo.... I just remembered one time, when a bunch of girls (and we're talking late teens here) gave me the whistles and the....errrmmmm...... advice when they drove past.

I REALLY, REALLY wanted to catch up with them, just so I could show myself to be a bloke old enough to be their dad

Ride hard

suzyb wrote:

Ride hard wrote:

but it makes you wonder if other women hold similar thoughts when they see lycra in conjuction with a muscular pair of legs attached to a crankset. It did put a smile on my face though.

Yes we do.

(or maybe just I do )

Well, at least you're honest!

Any more indecent proposals like the one today though might cause a distraction and make me crash into a parked car of something. It's a serious hazard I tell you.

I might get CTC to start an awareness campaign as others must be warned

cjcp

Never.

I may reconsider my route, mind.

Ride hard

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I am REALLY no pin up but even I get the slow overtakes.... and every time it's a > 30 yr old woman with a glint in her eye.

I have, I will admit, on occasion stood up on the pedals and given a quick clench just to add to the fun

Woah!! TMI (Too much information)! Haha...


Oooooo.... I just remembered one time, when a bunch of girls (and we're talking late teens here) gave me the whistles and the....errrmmmm...... advice when they drove past.

I REALLY, REALLY wanted to catch up with them, just so I could show myself to be a bloke old enough to be their dad

Hey, when you got it, it stays no matter you're age!

God bless the person who invited lycra. He/she should receive a sainthood.

cjcp

Ride hard wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I am REALLY no pin up but even I get the slow overtakes.... and every time it's a > 30 yr old woman with a glint in her eye.

I have, I will admit, on occasion stood up on the pedals and given a quick clench just to add to the fun

Woah!! TMI (Too much information)! Haha...


Oooooo.... I just remembered one time, when a bunch of girls (and we're talking late teens here) gave me the whistles and the....errrmmmm...... advice when they drove past.

I REALLY, REALLY wanted to catch up with them, just so I could show myself to be a bloke old enough to be their dad

Hey, when you got it, it stays no matter you're age!

God bless the person who invited lycra. He/she should receive a sainthood.

In KB's case, it must the cape that does it. Women can't resist capes.

rick_chasey

cjcp wrote:

Ride hard wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I am REALLY no pin up but even I get the slow overtakes.... and every time it's a > 30 yr old woman with a glint in her eye.

I have, I will admit, on occasion stood up on the pedals and given a quick clench just to add to the fun

Woah!! TMI (Too much information)! Haha...


Oooooo.... I just remembered one time, when a bunch of girls (and we're talking late teens here) gave me the whistles and the....errrmmmm...... advice when they drove past.

I REALLY, REALLY wanted to catch up with them, just so I could show myself to be a bloke old enough to be their dad

Hey, when you got it, it stays no matter you're age!

God bless the person who invited lycra. He/she should receive a sainthood.

In KB's case, it must the cape that does it. Women can't resist capes.

No capes!

Ride hard

cjcp wrote:

Never.

I may reconsider my route, mind.

You might want to take a detour via SW London in that case as I can always feel eyes on me.

A stupid idea, but a bit like anornithologist studying the flight patterns of birds, it would be interesting to build a UK map of these 'slow by's' to see what areas they occur in most. Who knows, I might even find the woman of my dreams as a result! haha

Ride hard

Rick Chasey wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Ride hard wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I am REALLY no pin up but even I get the slow overtakes.... and every time it's a > 30 yr old woman with a glint in her eye.

I have, I will admit, on occasion stood up on the pedals and given a quick clench just to add to the fun

Woah!! TMI (Too much information)! Haha...


Oooooo.... I just remembered one time, when a bunch of girls (and we're talking late teens here) gave me the whistles and the....errrmmmm...... advice when they drove past.

I REALLY, REALLY wanted to catch up with them, just so I could show myself to be a bloke old enough to be their dad

Hey, when you got it, it stays no matter you're age!

God bless the person who invited lycra. He/she should receive a sainthood.

In KB's case, it must the cape that does it. Women can't resist capes.

No capes!

I agree, no capes. No, it sounds like Keiron has that got that clenching action off to a tee. I might have to try it myself.

Kieran_Burns

"like baby seals bobbing for fish"

Ride hard

Kieran_Burns wrote:

"like baby seals bobbing for fish"

Lordy. Lordy! That's an image I wish you had never conjured up in my mind. I bet I have nightmares tonight because of you :P

cjcp

Ride hard wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Never.

I may reconsider my route, mind.

You might want to take a detour via SW London in that case as I can always feel eyes on me.

A stupid idea, but a bit like anornithologist studying the flight patterns of birds, it would be interesting to build a UK map of these 'slow by's' to see what areas they occur in most. Who knows, I might even find the woman of my dreams as a result! haha

See, I already ride home through SW London. Hmm, I may need to lay off the fig rolls.

NGale

Well I met Jake when he was dressed in lycra, so must be something to be said for it....that or myself and suzy have some dodgy fetish

MaxwellBygraves

This has never happened to me

Ride hard

MaxwellBygraves & cjcp, if Kerian's patented 'clench' technique doesn't work, maybe you should try white lycra. It seems to work a treat.

Paul E

I have had the odd shout of oi nice legs but never been pulled alongside in a car and filth mouthed at me

Applespider

I've had a comment on my arse over a tannoy on an open-topped bus. But as a burd in lycra with a bloke on the tannoy, that's par for the course

Admit it though, there's small part of you that's shocked and a much bigger part of you thinking 'woohoo, I've still got it'!

And yes, of course, women look... particularly when lycra is inviting us to take a second... and a third look. Must confess that it's arms I go for over legs... unless said legs are in a kilt... (forget capes - they hide too much!)

Anonymous

Ride hard wrote:

MaxwellBygraves & cjcp, if Kerian's patented 'clench' technique doesn't work, maybe you should try white lycra. It seems to work a treat.

Especially if it's worn two sizes too small, in the rain.

Ride hard

Applespider wrote:

I've had a comment on my ars* over a tannoy on an open-topped bus. But as a burd in lycra with a bloke on the tannoy, that's par for the course

Admit it though, there's small part of you that's shocked and a much bigger part of you thinking 'woohoo, I've still got it'!

And yes, of course, women look... particularly when lycra is inviting us to take a second... and a third look. Must confess that it's arms I go for over legs... unless said legs are in a kilt... (forget capes - they hide too much!)

Over a tannoy? Haha.....wow, you have definitely just raised the bar!

I guess gender equality is alive and well - in bike stakes anyway - as its not just the lycra ladies who exprience this phenomenon.

BTW, I hope you're not talking about men wearing kilts while cycling. Methinks it might chafe ever so slightly :shock:

NGale

Ride hard wrote:

Applespider wrote:

I've had a comment on my ars* over a tannoy on an open-topped bus. But as a burd in lycra with a bloke on the tannoy, that's par for the course

Admit it though, there's small part of you that's shocked and a much bigger part of you thinking 'woohoo, I've still got it'!

And yes, of course, women look... particularly when lycra is inviting us to take a second... and a third look. Must confess that it's arms I go for over legs... unless said legs are in a kilt... (forget capes - they hide too much!)

Over a tannoy? Haha.....wow, you have definitely just raised the bar!

I guess gender equality is alive and well - in bike stakes anyway - as its not just the lycra ladies who exprience this phenomenon.

BTW, I hope you're not talking about men wearing kilts while cycling. Methinks it might chafe ever so slightly :shock:

lycra on the right type of man works, kilts never work :shock:

Kieran_Burns

Is this the right time to mention I do own a kilt? (got married in it)

Roundandround

It's mostly the bikes that are attracting attention, notwithstanding the occasional less wholesome encounters.. Sorry to be a bubble burster.

NGale

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Is this the right time to mention I do own a kilt? (got married in it)

Possibly not

seeing Jake, his cousin, uncle and father in kilts last Burns Night was possibly the most traumatic night of my life. :shock:

Ride hard

Roundandround wrote:

It's mostly the bikes that are attracting attention, notwithstanding the occasional less wholesome encounters.. Sorry to be a bubble burster.

And who said the penny farthing was an ill conceived design? Haa, its the best purchase I've ever made.

msmancunia

Have to admit to enjoying the view if there's a nice pair of thighs in front of me, but speaking as a girl who had her bum smacked by one of four guys in a white astra on the way home last week, I prefer not to say or do anything about it.

whitakma

Been flashed by women twice in my life. Both when I was lycrad up on my bike. And both times rack quality was high, so I didn't feel violated in the slightest!

Paul E

NGale wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Is this the right time to mention I do own a kilt? (got married in it)

Possibly not

seeing Jake, his cousin, uncle and father in kilts last Burns Night was possibly the most traumatic night of my life. :shock:

Depends what they were doing, I wore one as it was my best mates wedding up in Scotland (oddly) and you have to put up with some abuse when wearing one, I was told that I suit one though and they are very comfy

cjcp

msmancunia wrote:

Have to admit to enjoying the view if there's a nice pair of thighs in front of me, but speaking as a girl who had her bum smacked by one of four guys in a white astra on the way home last week, I prefer not to say or do anything about it.

Whoa!

Now, be honest: if it had been a guy in a Ferrari, what would you have done?

jonny_trousers

I must say, I feel violated by this thread! The thought of you lot standing up and tensing your lycra-clad buttocks in a "Helloooooo ladies!" stylie =

medoramas

It's time to get the mankini out!