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Old 07-09.-2006, 02:21 PM   #1
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Does anyone else who is tall feel weird in cycling shorts?
Im tall and skinny and my legs look a mile long.
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Old 07-09.-2006, 04:18 PM   #2
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hmm depends on whether you're male or female...
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Old 08-09.-2006, 12:41 AM   #3
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Does anyone else who is tall feel weird in cycling shorts?
Im tall and skinny and my legs look a mile long.
Same (I'm 6'5"), but it's not weird for me unless I'm wearing especially short cycling shorts.
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Old 08-09.-2006, 07:32 AM   #5
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ride harder.... get bigger thighs....


and all will come into focus.

i know what you mean. im 6'3" and 170 lbs. low body fat. i went to my trainer and he said, "man, you have a perfect climbing body". to which i replied, "thats exactly why im here, im sick of people saying that". he chuckled.
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Old 09-09.-2006, 06:22 AM   #6
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Does anyone else who is tall feel weird in cycling shorts?
Im tall and skinny and my legs look a mile long.
It makes my third leg look a mile long because it is a mile long. Well, used to be. Used to get caught up in my chainrings if I didn't tuck it in my sock.

I remember one time I was riding down the road and I saw a rodeo cowboy trying to rope some doggies and I showed him what was up right there from the saddle of my trusty Schwinn Varsity. Of course, that was in my younger days, before the chainsaw accident. Now it's a bit shorter but it gets the job done. It's only as long as my arm, not my leg anymore. Can't feel much since that day I was cutting down a sturdy old oak tree out in front of my double wide, but that's a question for a different forum.
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