are they waannabe roadies?
it looks dreadful
doesnt make you go faster
doesnt make you a better cyclist
Actually it does make you go faster, that's about the one fact surroudning baggies/lycra. It my be a small advantage, but it does. Hence skinsuits in the DH World Champs previously.
lalalala! I can't hear you
Why do you care?
What's a waannabe roadie?
Is this a troll?
Why am I even writing this?
are they waannabe roadies?
I mostly ride on the road now and having baggies flapping around would be a pain in the arse and uncomfortable.
i do it to show what a large man organ i have
£1 to the first one who says I am a total **** 😉
because deep down they've always wanted to be a female gymnast
njee20 - MemberActually it does make you go faster, that's about the one fact surroudning baggies/lycra. It my be a small advantage, but it does. Hence skinsuits in the DH World Champs previously.
it may make gee atherton faster but not me
if you are bothered about shaving hundreths of a second off your sunday ride then i guess it makes sense
Wearing tight Lycra makes me feel slightly liberated.
It won't make them faster when they come off and shred their arse cheeks on a rock garden 😯
... and how much of their riding time is actually racing??? I bet 99% of DH World Cup Riders wear baggies when not racing.
It won't make them faster when they come off and shred their arse cheeks on a rock garden
Conclusion: Baggy wearers are fat clumsy gimps that don't know how to ride. Most of the lycra wearers I know have the skill to get through rock gardens without falling off.
Next you'll be telling you wear pads because you're hard. 🙄
best tool for the job innit.
junkyard - you are a total ****, now where's my quid?? 😉
Comfort and when I'm comfortable I ride faster. Simple really
Why do people wear lycra shorts?
Because they're comfortable.
Your experience may differ from that of the author.
If you're not riding naked you're not doing it right..
Because I'm too lazy to take them off before i go for a ride 🙂
Gee Atherton on the road. Piss pot and lycra. Rock on.
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It won't make them faster when they come off and shred their arse cheeks on a rock garden
Whereas, your baggies will make you just glide gently over them....
Lycra wearers don't ride rock gardens.
It won't make them faster when they come off and shred their arse cheeks on a rock gardenWhereas, your baggies will make you just glide gently over them....
Conclusion: Baggy wearers are fat clumsy gimps that don't know how to ride. Most of the lycra wearers I know have the skill to get through rock gardens without falling off.
Next you'll be telling you wear pads because you're hard.
Why is it lycra fans get so tetchy when questioned about their choice of riding atire?
No different to making any other choice with your mountain biking...
Choice of bike, components, trails, terrain, distance etc.
Whatever floats your boat.
The trails I ride are narrow and techy, and damn sketchy after even a hint of rain. A pair of baggies doesn't prevent injury but it certainly reduces it.
'Coz they're comfortable. Under my baggies. Innit.
Why is it lycra fans get so tetchy when questioned about their choice of riding atire?
To be fair, that first quote is a valid comment, there was an insinuation that you'd be far less hurt with baggies, which is of course total bollocks! You may get away with a bit less grazing with baggies in the event of a serious crash, but that really is about it, don't kid yourself otherwise!
Compression effects of lycra on the quads 'may' lead to performance improvements and better recovery from a ride...making you faster.
That and without a pad my ass doesnt like being on the saddle for long.
As I said... you makes your choice and you go ride.
Nowt wrong with lycra shorts, I just choose to wear them under my baggies... best of both worlds 😀
Lycra wearers don't ride rock gardens
Yessss.....of course.... 🙄
Personally I find my baggies snag on my seat whereas lycra doesnt..but hey ho whatever floats yer boat..
I wouldn't ride without lycra. I'm skinny enough to make it look good 😉
In reality, it's a LOT more comfy (good bibs notwithstanding).
Lycra wearers don't ride rock gardens.
Thanks, I must remember this, any other pearls of wisdom you'd like to impart?
Baggies are a fashion item, full stop. I can think of no other reason for wearing them on a bike.
Lycra wearers don't ride rock gardens
You should come riding with me and my lycra wearing friends, bet you wouldnt have that view after that day 😉
it's so they can check each others nobs out, thus making it an easier decision who they want to stroke during their mid-ride, behind the bushes gay sex session.
they're quite clearly not thinking about the children.
This from a white man with dreads 🙂
I wear them because I like them, and look flipping awesome in them.
'cause I wanna show of my legs as I overtake you. Make you swoon and fall off.
[The funny thing is not that some people wear lycra without baggies sometimes, but that anyone should GAF. That anyone should GAF enough to post about it on a message board... is a pretty sad indication of the OP.]
Because they dressed up in their mothers/sisters clothing as a child and can not longer get away with it. Instead they now wear fairy suits and shave their legs as its *ahem* acceptable in certain circles.
dreadlocks are for hippies, i am not a hippy.
(cut them off last october)
(still have them in a box)
(i hope they've bred and made lots of baby dreadlocks)
(or some mice are using them for a nest)
(i look 20 years younger with short hair)
when you're riding along in a tight pack, it's much easier to admire the svelte contours of a posterior if it's wrapped in lycra
Nothing to see here - no rock gardens - no sir...
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Lycra bibs hold my developing belly in check.
(I say this on the back of a full cooked English for lunch)
I wear both for long rides. Lycra gives the padding and holds stuff in place better and the baggies provide me with useful pockets.
The sight of my guns in lycra crushes the baggy brigade before they've even turned a pedal.
Why not wear a safari jacket and pith helmet as well 🙄
Tweed plus 4s for me with a shell suit top.
But really who cares?
But really who cares?
Me. I do.
Do you want to talk about it?
If you'd like, can I start with telling you what I wore last wednesday? 😀
Go ahead my child.
Will you wear it for me now? 😉
Seen more Clowns dressed in baggies than I have Lycra tbh - and ageing doods with breeks half way down their shins are beyond ridicule. But at the end of the day who reallly GAF.
http://www.scottsdalegolf.co.uk/product.php/13015/stromberg-golf-plus-twos-pt9-wool-blend-donegal
There, I did it, I'm out....
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it's so they can check each others nobs out, thus making it an easier decision who they want to stroke during their mid-ride, behind the bushes gay sex session.
You've put some thought into this haven't you. Anything you'd like to tell the group, sweety 😉
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There, I did it, I'm out....
Wrong. But yet so right... 😳
Isn't that what Rapha are basing their new range on?
Lycra just feels comfy. I can cycle down the shops and don't really stand out amongst the other shoppers.
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Its Testicle control for me. I wear normal shorts over the top cos I like pockets
I could buy some proper baggies but I aint spending 50 quid on shorts
Ride 500 miles in 4 days then you might notice the difference.
Legs just shaved, I will lterally be one slick ****er on Sunday.
Why is it lycra fans get so tetchy when questioned about their choice of riding atire?No different to making any other choice with your mountain biking...
Choice of bike, components, trails, terrain, distance etc.
Whatever floats your boat.
The trails I ride are narrow and techy, and damn sketchy after even a hint of rain. A pair of baggies doesn't prevent injury but it certainly reduces it.
What makes you think I was tetchy, I haven't found the code yet that allows me to write between the lines. 😉
I am, however, interested in what injuries a pair of baggies will prevent and please don't tell me that cuts a scratches are injuries.
Baggies are just a fashion thing... 🙂
Lycra = functional. Baggies = posing looking "cool"
I commute in lycra, but then, unlike some, I've got the figure for it.
I wear lycra cos I'm an old git that don't care less what I look like or what other people think I look like. And why should i put something baggy over the top to make me sweat even more than I do whilst flying along the trails?
Because, as Ned Flanders said, 'it feels like I'm wearin' nothin' at all....'
Legs just shaved, I will lterally be one slick ****er on Sunday.
knobber?
As a grown-up on a bicycle, and concessions to fashion seem pretty much irrelevant.
i wear lycra because i have an average (read:MASSIVE) sized penis.
Lycra gives you an awesomely crisp tan line and also because it's more aero when on the roady. Also, if you start to sweat, you dry off quickly. Baggies come on when i get back on the MTB.
If I wanted to be a roadie, I'd buy a road bike and be one.
I don't care how they look, why would I?
I don't think they make me faster, or a better rider. They don't snag on the saddle, give me freedom of movement, are comfortable and stay up keeping my lower back warm and not exposing my a**e.
Because you can't get tan lines as sharp as this with baggies.
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Shows off my cock nice........innit
I love Lycra, there I said it. Even did some DH at Warncliffe in Lycra...
Lycra offers the following benefits over baggies:
- increased comfort, baggies over Lycra won't help, if anything it's just worse
- when it rains Lycra stays in position, baggies go baggies and don't dry as quick
- don't snag on parts of the bike, for example when you're doing some boom knarly steep sections and your arse is right over the rear wheel
- look better if you have the figure...
- shows off shaved legs 😉
- just shows you mean business and are clearly faster than any baggy riders! 😉
Cos it's comfortable to ride in, it deals with sweat/rain well (I mean it dries out quickly), it doesn't flap or catch on branches and stuff. I don't like the way baggy shorts rub/drag on the skin on the front of my legs on each pedal stroke.
Oh, and I look amazing 8)
Allegedly
- just shows you mean business and are clearly faster than any baggy riders!
Oi will, I'll remember that next time you are mincing your way down a descent! I always thought you rode slow cos you were on a full rigid but having seen you on your ardcore ardtail I now know it's just cos you wear Lycra!
How's things btw?
Lycra feels better, fits better ,with bib shorts your back stays covered.Its not flapping around like a pair of baggies.I think baggy wearers just worry about their tackle being on display .
I think baggy wearers just worry about their tackle being on display .
Or lack of. 😀
Lycra is just a brand name anyway is it not, Spandex is the real term, or is that not used anymore as it is well associated with 70's glam rock and "Lycra" is the prefered name for the Spandex wearing XC jey boys, 😆
Here's an experiment for the naysayers 😛
Go out on a road bike (the riding style and power delivery differ vastly when climbing, even tho they both have two wheels) and cycle 120+ miles at 60-70% race pace (not stops, just re-fuel and go) in your baggies, camelbak and flappy gore-tex.
Repeat wearing lycra, jersey....not forgetting the embrocation 😯
I'll put money on the 'ensemble of choice' 8)
Oi will, I'll remember that next time you are mincing your way down a descent! I always thought you rode slow cos you were on a full rigid but having seen you on your ardcore ardtail I now know it's just cos you wear Lycra!
How's things btw?
Haha! Obviously slower than you! Missing the peaks! Chris organising a ride anytime soon? Might make my way up and ride some real trails again!
drop him a mail, theres some plans for a couple of weekends time i think
Well these threads have shown one thing, STW isn't a place for sharing opinions and personal choices - its about being right or wrong.
I wear lycra cos I'm an old git that don't care less what I look like or what other people think I look like. And why should i put something baggy over the top to make me sweat even more than I do whilst flying along the trails?
+1
I was having a conversation about this at Kielder and came to the conclusion that 100 miles in wet baggies would not be as comfy as 100 in miles wet lycra
Actually it does make you go faster, that's about the one fact surroudning baggies/lycra. It my be a small advantage, but it does. Hence skinsuits in the DH World Champs previously.
Ok I am sorry I do apologies, because if really you have this skills you're awesome. So far for me laying of the brake more, cornering faster will make me faster than wearing a useless item of clothing.
As I said I find baggies comfier than lycra, I have the correct shape to look good in it but I can't see the point: too hot, no pocket to put the map and the bars, easily ripped while riding through thorn tree it's a bloody night mare to take a pee/poo with them (you have to get completely undressed).
I have just ridden 1900m of altitude gain over 6 hours. I did just fine with a baggy, my pockets have been most useful to hold the food and having a leak is damn easy.
There is a reason other than fashion which make baggies so popular in MTB, but then seems like most of lycra wearer are only capable to ride their bike around a muddy field for a couple of hours.