Are you a "lycra losers"?

[Fab Foodie]

I'm fat too so I stay well away from road bikes. The 'Elephant on a razor-blade' look is not a clever one ;0)

But it shows a great feat of balance!

 

[CopperBrompton]

As a friend of mine once wisely remarked: "Lycra is a privilege, not a right." I don't wear it ...

 

[dellzeqq]

I love those guys, really gnarled grimpeurs and totally cool.
I fit the Aussie bitches stereotype, and don't give a sh1t, you can do that when you sit on your arse earning money all week and have a nice bike

damn right. Cobber. Whenever someone looks at the lovely Floreanna and says 'nice bike' I say 'middle-aged male jewellery'.

 

[snorri]

Her greatest venom is reserved for "the proudly corpulent middle-aged warriors who need the real spanking.

Would that describe anyone here?

Patrick Stevens:?:

 

[threebikesmcginty]

There's an interesting cycling sub-culture here in France; the retired roadie. Expensive bikes, team kit, the works. They definitely don't need to squeeze into their lycra, there's nothing on them! To be admired rather than derided imho.

Last time I went to France the first cyclist I saw, in Ouistreham so about 200 metres into France, was an old roadie - at least 70 - with full team lycra riding a lovely Colnago. It was a blessed relief after seeing all those ghastly BSOs strapped to the back of British cars on the ferry.

I find it slightly embarrassing to overtake these fatties with their lycra and their flashy road bikes. It seems like bad manners in some strange way.

It's even worse if they overtake you....

 

[Kirstie]

Does this woman know nothing?

What she is referring to is called the 'aerobelly', and it significantly enhances performance, balance and speed**









**downhill with a tailwind.

 

[snorri]

What she is referring to is called the 'aerobelly', and it significantly enhances performance, balance and speed**

It is well proven, the bulbous bow on a ship enhances performance, but on humans?

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

yes

 

[Kirstie]

Yes, if one spreads one's knees wide enough to accommodate it.

 

[Mac66]

Yes, if one spreads one's knees wide enough to accommodate it.

So many things come to mind

 

[Joe24]

No, I'm a murderer.
This crazy woman in a car was pointing for me to get off the road, i ended up going past her, so she was leaning out the window while I was infront of her, she told me to keep off the road because I don't pay tax or have insurance, I told her why i didn't pay tax, and I had insurance, so she called me a murderer.
So there you go, I'm a murderer for riding a bike!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Kirstie's right. Why even the sloping 'Compact' frame was designed to allow greater volumes of Aero-belly. Giant made the first one after signing Jan Ullrich who had a difficult time in the off-season steering clear of the Pies. It's no coincidence that I also ride an early Giant compact frame. In fact, the main reason why sloping frames are now so popular is because more and more people are realising the advantage of the aerobelly.
Hell, even Lance has a bit of slope to the ole top-tube these days...

 

[levad]

"the proudly corpulent middle-aged warriors who need the real spanking. You know who I'm talking about. They sit on their well-fed butts all week, raking in cash to buy their next $10,000 carbon fibre Italian import, then squeeze into hideously tight lycra every weekend for some male bonding on bitumen."

She doesn't say where I can get the spanking

No, I don't have a $10,000 carbon bike, I am not "raking in the cash". I wear black or dark "cycle specific" clothing and ride a steel framed bike to work every day, all year, any weather (well, maybe not ice after last winters experience!).

but (or butt) where can I get the spanking ....

 

[Slim]

Does this woman know nothing?

What she is referring to is called the 'aerobelly', and it significantly enhances performance, balance and speed**


**downhill with a tailwind.

+1

Some people have a six-pack. Mine's a one-pack



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[akaAndrew]

...a flagon even