Do you like Ryder's sunglasses?

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited July 2013 in Pro race
They're slightly unattractive next to Ron's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzoFVQRBjUA
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    You know what, I'm one of the first to take the pi55 about them but secretly I quite like them. Unlike Gustav Larsson's ridiculous helmet...
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited July 2013
    They look awful.

    They are too big for him and look nothing like a cool pair of aviators like he really want them to be like.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The first time I saw them (in a pre stage photo) I thought he was wearing them as a joke
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  • ermintrude
    ermintrude Posts: 514
    They are hideous
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    iainf72 wrote:
    They're slightly unattractive next to Ron's

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzoFVQRBjUA

    How about posting a picture of Ryders stylish spec's for those of us who missed them?

    As for Ron's eyewear, well, we Americans have always been ahead of the curve. :wink:
  • TommyB61
    TommyB61 Posts: 103
    No.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    RichN95 wrote:
    The first time I saw them (in a pre stage photo) I thought he was wearing them as a joke

    ^This.
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  • TommyB61
    TommyB61 Posts: 103
    He looks like Timmy Mallett after a night on the p1ss.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Think they look ok, I ve seen worse tbh. Makes him very recognisable in the bunch,

    I couldnt pull them off though :(
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  • Drfabulous0
    Drfabulous0 Posts: 1,539
    ddraver wrote:
    Think they look ok, I ve seen worse tbh. Makes him very recognisable in the bunch,

    I couldnt pull them off though :(
    I would love to pull them off, his face that is. They are horrid and I would prefer not to have to look at them, a bit like ugly women.
  • roypsb
    roypsb Posts: 309
    Nope, hideous.
  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    Reg Holdsworth does. :shock:
  • doug5_10
    doug5_10 Posts: 465
    Along with those Selev hipster monstrosities that Androni started wearing at the Giro, these need burn into oblivion.

    Makes him look like a cartoon donkey, somehow . . .
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    As an aside, do they test for pot in the drug tests because Ryder always seems stoned to me (see also Cathy Freeman)
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    No, they have been scarring my mind since that second Sunday.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    They are complete and utter d1ckhead shades, he, and anyone else wearing such things instantly looks like a total and utter w@nker.

    (No)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Better than looking the same as everyone.

    Anything to help distinguish riders
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Better than looking the same as everyone.

    Anything to help distinguish riders

    This
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  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    They are incorrect in every way. If I was him, I would improve my form before trying to carry those fugly things off.
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  • essexeagle
    essexeagle Posts: 60
    Reminded me of pioneer pop paedo Jonathan King
  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    They are proper stylish, look a bit out of place with everyone else and their 40 year old business man Oakley wrap arounds but I think he 's quite a cool guy.

    The reactions explain why so many road bikers have hideous taste in bikes and kit
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    No I do not like them. They are borderline appalling. Totally lacking in any class. Any self respecting person would not wear them.

    I thought it was a bet as Rich has alluded to, yet it turns out he is sponsored by them/
    http://news.pocsports.com/2013/07/03/po ... -the-team/
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    iainf72 wrote:
    They're slightly unattractive next to Ron's

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzoFVQRBjUA

    They wouldn't suit you, Iain. Which is presumably the real reason why you started the thread?

    I like them, but would look a proper plum if I wore them.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    No I do not like them. They are borderline appalling. Totally lacking in any class. Any self respecting person would not wear them.

    I thought it was a bet as Rich has alluded to, yet it turns out he is sponsored by them/
    http://news.pocsports.com/2013/07/03/po ... -the-team/

    They are pretty wild looking, but at least it's not more of the same old same old as it is from most companies. Take a chance in life. Be different. Why wear something just because everyone else wears it? Sounds like something children in grade or middle school might do.

    And why is he wearing them? Because he's paid to. I'd wear just about anything if someone thought I was worth paying to have me do it. :wink:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    dennisn wrote:
    No I do not like them. They are borderline appalling. Totally lacking in any class. Any self respecting person would not wear them.

    I thought it was a bet as Rich has alluded to, yet it turns out he is sponsored by them/
    http://news.pocsports.com/2013/07/03/po ... -the-team/

    They are pretty wild looking, but at least it's not more of the same old same old as it is from most companies. Take a chance in life. Be different. Why wear something just because everyone else wears it? Sounds like something children in grade or middle school might do.

    And why is he wearing them? Because he's paid to. I'd wear just about anything if someone thought I was worth paying to have me do it. :wink:

    You are right Dennis as these Oakley Radars are a bit repetitive despite the fact they are cool. I like the fact Movistar ride Adidas.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    They are proper stylish, look a bit out of place with everyone else and their 40 year old business man Oakley wrap arounds but I think he 's quite a cool guy.

    The reactions explain why so many road bikers have hideous taste in bikes and kit

    We all know that a pair of aviators look pretty cool on some.

    On a skinny bike rider with an ugly helmet and the glasses which are one size or two too big for him.. Not so much.. Looks ridiculous. Still better than Geraint and Froome, though. Not that is tells much.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    I wish I could pull wearing something like that off, but not riding a bike. They should be worn by an 18 year old with a straw hat on covered in mud at a festival.

    Ron would've won that prologue had he not worn glasses twice as big as his face. He was sponsored by.....
    http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/giant-novelty-sun-glasses