Cycling summer wardrobe tip...

msmancunia

... from a girl who cares about your modesty.

Now that it's June, it might be an idea to carry out the following check;

Open wardrobe/cycling kit drawer.
Pull out lycra shorts.
Put one leg in, and then the other.
Pull up.
Turn around in front of the mirror - you may want to do a coquettish pout and bend over at this stage for comedic effect.
If you can see your bum, then THROW THEM IN THE BIN. No "but they are my favourite pair" or "I did the Etape in these" - it's time for a clear out.

I did the 52 Great Manchester cycle yesterday and for three hours I had to keep averting my gaze, such was the number of saggy, baggy see-through lycra shorts. And Chorlton Velo - yes, I'm pointing at you - that bike shop who sponsor you and told you that white/lemon kit was a good look was having a laugh. I know you like riding in a peloton, but nobody else should have to suffer the view from behind. It's a good job it didn't rain - I had to wash my eyes out with bleach when I got home as it was.

So please. Do your fellow cyclists a favour and do a quick lycra check. If in doubt, throw them out.

This has been a public service announcement from Ms Mancunia.

iPete

byke68

and what does your rear look like in lycra then?
I'm sure my behind looks great when I'm wearing my bib-tights, I've got rock-solid buns, I just worry about the front!
Anyway, I'm not buying any more lycra, getting too long in the tooth for that.

iPete

byke68 wrote:

and what does your rear look like in lycra then?
I'm sure my behind looks great when I'm wearing my bib-tights, I've got rock-solid buns, I just worry about the front!
Anyway, I'm not buying any more lycra, getting too long in the tooth for that.

Whilst only fair that msmancunia posts pictures I think she is referring to that worn out see through lycra

Initialised

msmancunia wrote:

... from a girl who cares about your modesty.

Now that it's June, it might be an idea to carry out the following check;

Open wardrobe/cycling kit drawer.
Pull out lycra shorts.
Put one leg in, and then the other.
Pull up.
Turn around in front of the mirror - you may want to do a coquettish pout and bend over at this stage for comedic effect.
If you can see your bum, then THROW THEM IN THE BIN. No "but they are my favourite pair" or "I did the Etape in these" - it's time for a clear out.

I did the 52 Great Manchester cycle yesterday and for three hours I had to keep averting my gaze, such was the number of saggy, baggy see-through lycra shorts. And Chorlton Velo - yes, I'm pointing at you - that bike shop who sponsor you and told you that white/lemon kit was a good look was having a laugh. I know you like riding in a peloton, but nobody else should have to suffer the view from behind. It's a good job it didn't rain - I had to wash my eyes out with bleach when I got home as it was.

So please. Do your fellow cyclists a favour and do a quick lycra check. If in doubt, throw them out.

This has been a public service announcement from Ms Mancunia.

Cafewanda

This made me LOL. Cheers Ms Mancunia!

roger_merriman

Ah the worn/stretched thin lycra look, yes not a good look. also the builders bum look...

mind you same goes for (mostly) ladies, and tops... I think the forum meme was ram air scoop...

mind you my wife claims that low scooped dresses on nice days, makes for *very* friendly traffic on the bike!

ThatBikeGuy

Haha white cycling shorts? No chance, not even if i was the world champ!

trogg-

msmancunia, you sure you didn't turn up too early ? :arrow: http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk/?q=node/5668

DavidBelcher

msmancunia wrote:

... from a girl who cares about your modesty.

Now that it's June, it might be an idea to carry out the following check;

Open wardrobe/cycling kit drawer.
Pull out lycra shorts.
Put one leg in, and then the other.
Pull up.
Turn around in front of the mirror - you may want to do a coquettish pout and bend over at this stage for comedic effect.
If you can see your bum, then THROW THEM IN THE BIN. No "but they are my favourite pair" or "I did the Etape in these" - it's time for a clear out.

I did the 52 Great Manchester cycle yesterday and for three hours I had to keep averting my gaze, such was the number of saggy, baggy see-through lycra shorts. And Chorlton Velo - yes, I'm pointing at you - that bike shop who sponsor you and told you that white/lemon kit was a good look was having a laugh. I know you like riding in a peloton, but nobody else should have to suffer the view from behind. It's a good job it didn't rain - I had to wash my eyes out with bleach when I got home as it was.

So please. Do your fellow cyclists a favour and do a quick lycra check. If in doubt, throw them out.

This has been a public service announcement from Ms Mancunia.

Beware....it's not only shorts you have to watch out for. I ride to work in my work clothes, and found out the hard way that ordinary trousers wear out just the same around the saddle area; whilst bending down to pick something up a couple of months ago there was a comedy ripping noise (all that was missing was some Carry On-esque music and Kenneth Williams exclaiming "Matron!!") and a resulting gaping hole. Fortunately my knee-length lab coat preserved the modesty until I was able to retrieve a spare pair that were fortunately sat in my locker purely 'cause I hadn't taken them home to wash. Phew. :oops:

David

DavidBelcher

ThatBikeGuy wrote:

Haha white cycling shorts? No chance, not even if i was the world champ!

Worse still in wet weather!

David

SimonAH

I was riding in the lightweight summer baggies (not bike specific) that I like the other day when the 'thinning through friction' effect came on with a vengeance.

I noted a small 1/2" tear in the 'gentleman's area' when getting off the bike mid-ride for a drink. This developed into a four-inch rip within a few miles......I was commando and 15 miles from home :oops: Suffice to say that I did not come up from the drops all the way home

Green Brompton

I saw this on a guy who I've often seen on my commute (but not for months). You genuinely don't know what to do. :shock:

rick_chasey

This also happens with swimwear.


Need I say more...

mtb-idle

yup, all those light colours for lycra are bad. Often used to see a guy in a kind of faded electric blue pair of shorts which would have a large sweat patch right down the crack

notsoblue

Green Brompton wrote:

I saw this on a guy who I've often seen on my commute (but not for months). You genuinely don't know what to do. :shock:

Overtake!

veronese68

notsoblue wrote:

Green Brompton wrote:

I saw this on a guy who I've often seen on my commute (but not for months). You genuinely don't know what to do. :shock:

Overtake!

I thought the wide eyed look was GB staring at said guy.

msmancunia

Veronese68 wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Green Brompton wrote:

I saw this on a guy who I've often seen on my commute (but not for months). You genuinely don't know what to do. :shock:

Overtake!

I thought the wide eyed look was GB staring at said guy.

Lol - have to admit I perfected my "staring into the middle distance" face on Monday. Not much option to do anything else, otherwise I turn into my Bridget Jones alter-ego. GB - I was concentrating so much on NOT looking ahead that I nearly fell off.

I looked at the official photos today and there was one guy who was wearing a pair of Lampre shorts (no, not that one) who was one of the guilty ones AND HE'S IN MY PHOTO! I'm just glad it's a front view and not a back one.

Green Brompton

msmancunia wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Green Brompton wrote:

I saw this on a guy who I've often seen on my commute (but not for months). You genuinely don't know what to do. :shock:

Overtake!

I thought the wide eyed look was GB staring at said guy.

Lol - have to admit I perfected my "staring into the middle distance" face on Monday. Not much option to do anything else, otherwise I turn into my Bridget Jones alter-ego. GB - I was concentrating so much on NOT looking ahead that I nearly fell off.

I looked at the official photos today and there was one guy who was wearing a pair of Lampre shorts (no, not that one) who was one of the guilty ones AND HE'S IN MY PHOTO! I'm just glad it's a front view and not a back one.

Ha - just read this... This was during my Brompton days, one of those 'I'm faster than you' guys, although I regularly stayed with him to the end... :roll:

Honestly MsM, I share your pain... it's a tad gross when you see it!