Rule # 19 indicates that I shouldnt wear my mountain biking baggy shorts on my road bike:
http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/
But I prefer not to wear ballhuggers into bike stores or anyplace tha I stop.
What do you do?
First thing I would suggest is classifying the Velotwat site as trash in your AdBlock settings! That stuff will rot your brain.
Put a potato in your shorts. Make sure it’s in the front.
Put a potato in your shorts. Make sure it’s in the front.
FTW!
I suggest you grow a set and display them proudly.
First thing I would suggest is classifying the Velotwat site as trash in your AdBlock settings! That stuff will rot your brain.
You’re overdue for your name change.
John
This thread is pure gold! Do i have this right, you go out for a ride and don’t want to walk into a bike shop wearing cycling shorts (aka “ballhuggers”)? WTF? I will refer you again to Duffy’s post on this topic.
lotsa roadies sit and sip coffee in their kit…
the fact that your refer to your training kit as “ballhuggers” shows you care too much about what people think
lotsa roadies sit and sip coffee in their kit…
the fact that your refer to your training kit as “ballhuggers” shows you care too much about what people think
Okay, I’m just a guy who runs and used to mountain bike quite a bit. The road training is what I’m not used to. I can do the “kit” for a triathlon but I prefer not to walk around with my junk outlined. Maybe the road cyclist is comfortable with that, but I’m not. I was really just trying to make a joke while trying to find out if you guys walk into places dressed like that or if you wear baggies. It appears clear that no one wears baggies.
swim more… soon you’ll feel prudish in you road kit
swim more… soon you’ll feel prudish in you road kit
Hee ha yes!
it’s a funny thing… I’ll walk on the pool deck in square leg shorts, race topless in nothing but a set of tri shorts and walk through the grocery store and into restaurants in my kit without thinking twice… but I when the inlaws are visiting and I have to pee in the middle of the night, I still sprint the 10 feet to the bathroom so they won’t see me in my boxers.
Dude I wore that exact same InSport ensemble back in the day and it WAS cool. Well not on me, but on some people;) Oh thank goodness for jammers.
ahahahahahah!
I am also uncomfortable going to breakfast/etc. (unless I am in a group) with everything on display. take a pair of shorts with you and slip em on when you need to.
I don’t give a fuck about what others think. If I am out riding and stop for something I’ll go into the store with kit on. I just bought a pair of budgie smugglers for the pool as I HATE those crapy fluttery bathing suits. Oh and I’m past 60 and definitely have more weight on me than I should.
That is the advantage of age, as you get older you care less and less about what others think. I suppose the good news is that my muffin top isn’t nearly as ad as it used to be.
Hire a “fluffer”…and go to the coffee shop mid morning when all the milf is their…
I had to go out and buy an expensive bicycle, just so I wouldn’t look like a douche walking around town in my “ballhuggers”. I can’t even ride it, I just walk from cafe to cafe with it 
The matching shoes took a little while to get used to I have to say!
Just put your helmet in your lap…but only if it’s an aero helmet.
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