i train in a warm climate and don’t wear a shirt. i’ve noticed a few guys wearing a bra-type shirt for training/racing. wtf? it can’t be to keep you warm so why not go shirtless? or at least wear a manly shirt! lol!
Ahem…manziers…and they look best when worn with Speedos.
“manziers?” lol. with all the “hot guy” pics postings and now these man-bra manziers, wtf did i get myself into…as a new triathlete!!!
don’t get me wrong, i’m very secure in my sexuality, but what’s wrong with this picture??? guys? help me out here…
We have to wear a shirt for all races in our area. Wish we didn’t since it’s a sure way to get dorky tan lines.
BTW, it is legal in Ontario for women to go topless also.
Manziers? I think “bros” is the proper appellation.
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It’s not a manziers - it’s a BRO
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We have to wear a shirt for all races in our area.
What is the point of that rule, anyway?
Dunno Vitus. I’m not the guy who made the rule up. I’d probably race topless If I could.
You forgot about the whole shaving thing as well.
So let’s see. Tights, shaved legs, “manziers”/Bro’s, matching shoes to bike colors…never mind I’m going to go play some football or beat someone up.
~Matt
I’m sure it comes down to not wanting to scare the locals. I seem to remember lots of people (male) in just the brief, helmet and shoes back in the 80’s. For me it is sun protection issue but then I tend to not wear a bra/bro which provides only nominal coverage.
wahahahaha! you’re killin me man!
i’m getting enought shit from my non-triathlete buds for being a tri-wuss with all the latent suppressed-homosexuality jokes…
is there a high percentage of gay triathletes in all seriousness?
"why not go shirtless? or at least wear a manly shirt! lol! "
Shirtless? Oh man…ouch, my eyes! Please don’t!
By “manly shirt” you mean one that conceals the bulge around the midsection?
Only people who can’t wear them because they would look like a poked sausage make fun of them.
I wouldn’t say “gay” but it frightened me how many of these guys scored really high on the metrosexual test. I have questioned whether I was being groped or ran into in a couple mass start swims now that I think of it…
Hey are all you guys gay?
~Matt
The only thing worse than a pudgy middle-aged guy without a shirt on is a pudgy middle-aged guy wearing a man-bra.
I got one of those tops in a race goodie bag once. I put it on and paraded around the house to squeals of derisive laughter from my wife and sons. I will never, ever wear that thing.
I did actually run without a shirt on a few times. But it was on vacation in another city where none of my neighbors would see me.
Only people who can’t wear them because they would look like a poked sausage make fun of them.
Tell me you didn’t say that with a straight face.
Lots of guys are athletic and muscularly lean enough to run shirtless … and avoid the “man-bra” “manzier” or “bro” out of sheer principle. Just because you CAN wear something doesn’t always mean you SHOULD.
case in point. check out the guy (?) on the far right wearing a man-bra and speedo. if i hadn’t noticed his hairy chest, i would swear it was a chick. very androgynous.
i’m still curious… why even wear a man-bra if its too hot to wear a shirt? and if a race requires a shirt why wear one for training? and why do races even require a shirt if you can wear a race belt?
i know i know too many questions! 
“I’m sure it comes down to not wanting to scare the locals.”
I came from that era( the early 80’s) and that’s what we did - we did the whole race in a speedo. Some even did an IM like this - Yikes!!!. I am sure that it scared more than a few people. And then people started to hang out like that all over the place. Hence the underpants runs at various IM races as a backlash against that.
The good news is that triathlon specific race apparel has evolved to the point now wher there is very functional kit that is modest, practical but not restricting in anyway.
Fleck
“Hey are all you guys gay?”
That would explain the overcompensation of the hottie thread and the populaity of the man candy threads with all the guys…kj
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Yup, I used to race in the grape sling too. No shirt. I remember a quote from Scott Tinley… “If you wear a speedo in a hotel lobby, you are undoubtedly German.” I still laugh at that one. But even still, a “tri jersey” is just 2" too short. I mean, if you’re gonna wear a shirt, make it a shirt. Not some bra.
That’s a man-bra? I would have called that a “half-shirt” or something like. Seems like most triathletes in hot climates wear something similar to that. Seems like they are doing their best to wear something that conforms to regulations, decreases air resistance, yet lets heat escape.
When I hear man-bra, I think of that queer get-up that Hunter Kemper wears.
If races are going to allows man-bras and half-shirts, it really doesn’t make sense that they don’t allow people to go shirtless. Society has changed since 1980. Really.