Cycling clothes without looking a berk? - Page 3

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 09:02:09 +0000 (UTC), "Peter B"
<peter28@btinternet.com> wrote in message
<c3172h$ld1$1@sparta.btinternet.com>:

>The point is I don't perceive myself as looking a "berk"
>when dressed in lycra cycling clothes and cycling footwear
>when on a bike ride

No, the point is why should you give a flying f**k on a
rolling doughnut what you look like, as long as you are
comfortable?

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"Michael Green" <michaelrmgreen@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>
> Life will be a lot better just getting used to looking
> like a berk and wearing the appropriate kit.

And if he did that, he may eventually get round to thinking
he doesn't look like a berk...

Rich

"Danny Colyer" <danny@speedy5.freeserve.giggle> wrote in message
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>
> I tend to think people wearing football shirts look like
> dickheads. (I'm also always amused when a football player
> is accused of bringing the game into disrepute - how can
> it possibly be brought any further into disrepute?)

I am sure we can find incriminating evidence of some of your
previous examples of dress sence!

> OTOH, I got a lot of admiring glances and comments from a
> group of Italian tourists while wandering round Bath in a
> Saeco-Cannondale jersey a couple of years ago.

Comment from group of women in the pub on last CTC pub night
-- 'Oh (with sad inflection), the men with legs are going'.

T

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <outlook.bugs@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> No, the point is why should you give a flying f**k on a
> rolling doughnut what you look like, as long as you are
> comfortable?

Ahh. Another fashion sceptic.

T

Why do you think that you will look a berk? Maybe you should remember that
you will look the same whatever you wear. Its the clothing thats
different!If someone tells you that you look silly-thats there opinion only.
John.
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No direct reply option available. "Doki"
<doki@spamtroNspidar.com> wrote in message
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> What do you lot wear for riding a bike then? I'd prefer to
> avoid lycra and so on . I've been riding around in jeans
> and army surplus trousers
(p'raps
> I shouldn't have bought the lightweight summer clobber)
> and keep finding that my legs have frozen. Any ideas on
> something normal looking and a bit warmer?

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:52:08 -0000, "Tony W" <remove@chapmore.co.uk>
wrote in message <c31o4c$21mrmm$2@ID-161007.news.uni-berlin.de>:

>Another fashion sceptic.

Ho yus. It comes with being a parent ;-)

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"Tony W" <remove@chapmore.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Comment from group of women in the pub on last CTC pub
> night -- 'Oh (with sad inflection), the men with legs
> are going'.

To leave them with the ones who may be not only legless
later but also suffer other consequences of too much drink
that will render them useless to ladyfolk ;-)
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Martinm2@wcms.org.uk (MartinM) writes:

>congokid <newsabuse001@congokid.com> wrote in message
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>> In message <1079121126.12594.0@eunomia.uk.clara.net>,
>> Doki <doki@spamtroNspidar.com> writes
>> >What do you lot wear for riding a bike then?

>lycra top lycra bibshorts ^^^^^^^^^ and when it gets
>cold/wet, lycra Roubaix tights/Nevis jacket

>I may look a dickhead but at least it is functional. Why is
>it unacceptable to walk around with an ONCE/whatever top
>but OK to wear a (whatever football shirts are made of)
>O2/Vodafone top around shopping centres/in pubs/on holiday?

Where do you guys all go to find out these subtle nuances in
what is acceptable or not in various contexts?

Since I wear pretty much the same everywhere expect at
weddings & funerals I suspect I must be committing all kinds
of serious social gaffes without realising it.

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You are in good company-I actually wear exactly the same clothes daily and
to weddings and funerals.
John.
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> Martinm2@wcms.org.uk (MartinM) writes:
>
> >congokid <newsabuse001@congokid.com> wrote in message
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> >> In message <1079121126.12594.0@eunomia.uk.clara.net>,
> >> Doki <doki@spamtroNspidar.com> writes
> >> >What do you lot wear for riding a bike then?
>
> >lycra top lycra bibshorts ^^^^^^^^^ and when it gets
> >cold/wet, lycra Roubaix tights/Nevis jacket
>
> >I may look a dickhead but at least it is functional. Why
> >is it unacceptable to walk around with an ONCE/whatever
> >top but OK to wear a (whatever football shirts are made
> >of) O2/Vodafone top around shopping centres/in pubs/on
> >holiday?
>
> Where do you guys all go to find out these subtle nuances
> in what is acceptable or not in various contexts?
>
> Since I wear pretty much the same everywhere expect at
> weddings & funerals I suspect I must be committing all
> kinds of serious social gaffes without realising it.
>
>
> --
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> DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings,
> Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
> [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:22:14 -0000, in
<pp15c.3961$V11.1486@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>, "John and Pauline
at Thornbury" <john28julyx@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>You are in good company-I actually wear exactly the same
>clothes daily and to weddings and funerals.

Don't they get a bit smelly ;-)

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"Danny Colyer" <danny@speedy5.freeserve.giggle> wrote in message news:<c31jfr$kne$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> MartinM wrote:
> > I may look a dickhead but at least it is functional. Why
> > is it unacceptable to walk around with an ONCE/whatever
> > top but OK to wear a (whatever football shirts are made
> > of) O2/Vodafone top around shopping centres/in pubs/on
> > holiday?
>
> I tend to think people wearing football shirts look like
> dickheads. (I'm also always amused when a football player
> is accused of bringing the game into disrepute - how can
> it possibly be brought any further into disrepute?)
>
> OTOH, I got a lot of admiring glances and comments from a
> group of Italian tourists while wandering round Bath in a
> Saeco-Cannondale jersey a couple of years ago.

Yes, we may look odd but wearing AUK/CTC/Club jerseys
advertises what we do to anyone who is interested. Wearing a
football shirt just means you like that team; no-one would
dream of wearing a USPS top down the pub to watch Lance on
TV ( they wouldn't be showing it!) By the way I have only
ever owned one actual team jersey, A Falcon team Banana one,
because it matched my bike. I feel slightly uncomfortable
with wearing Tour de France team kit, especially maillots jaune. I much
prefer my own club/AUK as at least I ride for them. Have to
admit that Tour de France team kit does look cool though ;-)

MartinM wrote:
> I feel slightly uncomfortable with wearing Tour de France team kit,
> especially maillots jaune. I much prefer my own club/AUK
> as at least I ride for them. Have to admit that Tour de France team
> kit does look cool though ;-)

I don't think I could ever wear any sort of winner's jersey
unless I had earned it. It just wouldn't feel right.

I haven't actually bought any team kit for a few years,
since I discovered that clothes without advertising can be
bought much more cheaply than clothes that turn you into a
billboard on wheels.

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Personally I prefer lycra for shorts, and will use a base
layer and a waterproof shell on top. (maybe a fleece if its
really biting) For people who don't want to wear lycra,
possibly try stuff made for mountaineering. Company's such
as Lowe Alpine, Mountain Hardwear, Mountain Equipment, Crag
Hoppers etc make some VERY nice shorts, trousers, zip off
trousers. They also make wicking tops. This stuff is
generally excellent but will hit your wallet hard. I bought
a pair of Lowe Alpine zip off trousers last week which set
me back £65 but I think they are worth it, as the comfort
is simply unparalleled to anything i have ever worn before.
Light windproof, breathable and dried almost as fast as
they got wet!!

"Danny Colyer" <danny@speedy5.freeserve.giggle> wrote in news:c32nvn$hq1$1
@news5.svr.pol.co.uk:

> I haven't actually bought any team kit for a few years,
> since I discovered that clothes without advertising can be
> bought much more cheaply than clothes that turn you into a
> billboard on wheels.
>

I can't remember ever buying any team kit (but my memory can
be a bit iffy). I don't like the idea that I should pay to
advertise something, particularly as the company logo seems
to add a premium to what would otherwise be a reasonably
priced piece of clothing. It should be the other way around.
But then again, I'm not driven by the herd mentality that
seems to make people wear team colours or stuff like the
ned's Burberry uniform.

Graeme

Tony W wrote:
> "Just zis Guy, you know?" <outlook.bugs@microsoft.com>
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>
>>No, the point is why should you give a flying f**k on a
>>rolling doughnut what you look like, as long as you are
>>comfortable?

> Ahh. Another fashion sceptic.

As am I. Guy and I ride Weird Bikes, after all, so clearly
aren't too worried what the spectators think.

But a lot of people clearly do, with conversations running
along these lines quite common: "I could never ride a bike
like that"; "why not? it isn't really any more difficult
than a mountain bike, have a try if you like"; "it isn't
that, it just looks too *different*".

A pal is interested in a 'bent. His grown son (early 20s I
think) has told him Not To Go There, "because people will
look at you!". Tom snr. asked Tom jnr. if the various
additions to his VW Golf such as extra fruity exhaust were
designed to make it blend it into the background, but alas a
reply was not heard...

Pete.
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