Any other Mamils?

[JtB]

Come on ladies, there’s nothing wrong with lycra, a few discrete bulges (middle age spread etc.) and going commando in cycling shorts. Nobody is forcing you to look if you don’t like what you see are they? ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608

 

[Kiwiavenger]

I saw that earlier, was interesting!

Im stuck in the middle, too old for the teenage elite chaser, too young to be a mamil!

 

[ianrauk]

I also read that then noticed the piece is over 2 years old.

 

[Pauluk]

Nobody is forcing you to look

Yes but its a bit like when you were a kid looking at horror films through your fingers. You didn't want to look but some how your eyes are drawn towards the horrible.

 

[captain nemo1701]

The CTC forum has a thing about lycra too:
http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=68078
And in case you're wondering, that's the Polish cycling team, all fine upstanding men...
Why is it that the male bulge causes so much hilarity?. After all, everyone knows what's down there. Goodness me, in medieval times male codpieces were all the rage, thus providing the Blackadder writers with a lot of k**b gags. What happened to the liberated society of the 21st century?.

 

[thom]

It's not just cycling with this issue

 

[DCLane]

Guilty of pretty much all of it ...

However - I'm healthier, more energetic, etc.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I also read that then noticed the piece is over 2 years old.

Yes, it's odd how the story seems to have been bumped up again in the BBC's pages. The Guardian covered it yesterday here

 

[Drago]

I'm a Mamil, though I can at least fill it properly, if I say so myself

 

[countertony]

I figure I'm a proto-MAMIL, in that I'm only in my late twenties, but trying to shed some of my 110 kilos (unrelated to my cycling - I've always loved that but I love food even more, alas.) Lycra's just damned comfy, and doesn't look at all weird to someone who grew up watching Star Trek: TNG.

 

[biggs682]

no way jose !

 

[Hover Fly]

I won't wear lycra, but do get:-
Give me some dialogue from your day

 

[G2EWS]

Yep I reckon I'm a MAMIL for sure.

But I already have the sports car and won't have the motorbike otherwise it would kill me!

Chris

 

[Firestorm]

The article is also similar to a part of Dara OBriens stage show of a few years ago

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That seems kinda sad for some reason or other. Me I don't qualify, too old, coming up to 61, been cycling too long, over 40 years and I've not got the disposable income, my disposable income might just stretch to buying the Mrs a cup of tea and a bacon butty in the local market cafe. And I'm glad I don't qualify.