Clothing Choices for the Middle Aged

[I like Skol]

TMN to nickyboy

(Are we allowed to do that or is it a joke that has been thrashed to death in the past?)

 

[Fab Foodie]

 

[potsy]

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Sack the photographer

 

[potsy]

Gratuitous streetview pic of bikes outside a C&A:
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It's an old Dutch company that only left the UK in 2000 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/792028.stm - just how short is @Drago's memory?

I still wear a pair of gloves I bought around 1998 from C & A, best ones I've ever owned, cannot bear to part with them.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Sack the photographer

Agreed!

 

[I like Skol]

I still wear a pair of gloves I bought around 1998 from C & A, best ones I've ever owned, cannot bear to part with them.

Why, is the string for them tied through that smelly old worn out coat you wear?

 

[Floating Bombus]

[QUOTE 4804703, member: 259"]You can't go wrong with crimplene.
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Is lycra the new crimplene? I guess if you wear crimplene on the bike and lycra on your smart-casual day-in-town, then it is.

 

[Tim Hall]

How about these:

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"You must be taller than this to go on this ride"

 

[perplexed]

I went to Burnley this afternoon for a medical assessment, Now i thought there were some scruffy people in Accrington, but Burnley shocked me! The typical middle aged person there seems to wear the scruffiest clothes they can find and they all seem to have a fag hanging out their mouth and an elbow crutch on their arm!

I'm disowning this thread...

Don't you mean disrobing it?

 

[John the Monkey]

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[User32269]

You look alright there, those black slip on shoes in that other photo need to go to Oxfam/ charity though and you would be better off wearing something like a chelsea boot, the nice modern ones or an outdoor type trainer.

And getting some grown ups bikes would help the look...

 

[Nigeyy]

This thread got me thinking.... is it only me who......

harbours a secret want to go for the baggy just post-knee length cycling trousers, a tweed cap, jacket, silk cravat and Argyll socks? And then ride on an old English 3-speed (replete with artisanal front shopping basket)? Admittedly to balance it, I would certainly quash any desire to shout out "Tally-ho" or "what, what".*

I should add I cycle to the local supermarket on an old Rudge 3-speed, but my front basket is a modern wire cage jobbie that doesn't look that good. And I've never seen those cycling trousers on sale anywhere, ever.


*just had a sudden thought, the deliciousness of calling out to my teenage daughters while doing this would be simply iirresistible. 'Bout time I got my own back.

 

[raleighnut]

This thread got me thinking.... is it only me who......

harbours a secret want to go for the baggy just post-knee length cycling trousers, a tweed cap, jacket, silk cravat and Argyll socks? And then ride on an old English 3-speed (replete with artisanal front shopping basket)? Admittedly to balance it, I would certainly quash any desire to shout out "Tally-ho" or "what, what".*

I should add I cycle to the local supermarket on an old Rudge 3-speed, but my front basket is a modern wire cage jobbie that doesn't look that good. And I've never seen those cycling trousers on sale anywhere, ever.


*just had a sudden thought, the deliciousness of calling out to my teenage daughters while doing this would be simply iirresistible. 'Bout time I got my own back.

Moleskin 'Breeks' fit the bill?

 

[User32269]

Have a long held desire to include the Russ Abbot comedy scarf as part of my cycling kit...

 

[Dave 123]

This thread got me thinking.... is it only me who......

harbours a secret want to go for the baggy just post-knee length cycling trousers, a tweed cap, jacket, silk cravat and Argyll socks? And then ride on an old English 3-speed (replete with artisanal front shopping basket)? Admittedly to balance it, I would certainly quash any desire to shout out "Tally-ho" or "what, what".*

I should add I cycle to the local supermarket on an old Rudge 3-speed, but my front basket is a modern wire cage jobbie that doesn't look that good. And I've never seen those cycling trousers on sale anywhere, ever.


*just had a sudden thought, the deliciousness of calling out to my teenage daughters while doing this would be simply iirresistible. 'Bout time I got my own back.

This kind of carry on is normal in Cambridge.