How old is too old for Lycra 🥴
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raleighnut
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Nah I was diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic about 18 months ago so I've been eating better and drinking less, lost a good 10kg since. My biggest weakness was bread (Toasted mainly but quite a few butties too) and packets of Biscuits with a cuppa.Towards your knees?
EDIT for me Carbohydrate is really bad nowadays.
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newfhouse
Resolutely on topic
Yes, bread is bad news. I got into the habit of having a couple of slices of toast at work after riding in. Not good. Now I’m mostly working from home I’ve been able to knock that on the head because we don’t buy bread.Nah I was diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic about 18 months ago so I've been eating better and drinking less, lost a good 10kg since. My biggest weakness was bread (Toasted mainly but quite a few butties too) and packets of Biscuits with a cuppa.
EDIT for me Carbohydrate is really bad nowadays.
Rusty Nails
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At 73 I am quite slim and still wear lycra when riding but must admit to looking increasingly like a badly made sausage.
Well it gives my wife a laugh as I leave the house on my rides.
Well it gives my wife a laugh as I leave the house on my rides.
PaulSB
Legendary Member
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Bibs every time..........great for keeping everything in place!
Dwn
Senior Member
I'm a recent covert to Bibs, but couldn't do without them nowBibs every time..........great for keeping everything in place!
Darius_Jedburgh
Veteran
I just can't imagine riding in shorts. They just seem so wrong.
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
A well-known northern racing club bans from the club runs any member who is amateur enough to get chain oil on their leg.
In the early days of skinsuits Cycling [Weekly] advised that testers of pensionable age shouldn't wear lycra as they tended to resemble 'sacks of firewood'.
I'm coming upto 51 and look like a sack of spuds in lycra. Do i still wear it?, Of course i do.
It's comfortable, wicks the sweat away and it's stops all that chaffing that loose baggy shorts would cause. I see many people older and in worse shape than me wearing it too and they don't give two hoots either. You wear what ever you want buddy and enjoy your cycling because that's all that really matters. Wearing lycra just makes cycling that more comfortable
It's comfortable, wicks the sweat away and it's stops all that chaffing that loose baggy shorts would cause. I see many people older and in worse shape than me wearing it too and they don't give two hoots either. You wear what ever you want buddy and enjoy your cycling because that's all that really matters. Wearing lycra just makes cycling that more comfortable
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
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- Huntingdon, UK
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But I still wear it at 58. Bollox to everyone else.
But I still wear it at 58. Bollox to everyone else.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Yep. It lies and is crap
Wear what you like but don't feel you have to persevere with the padded pants if they don't work for you.
MntnMan62
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Nah I was diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic about 18 months ago so I've been eating better and drinking less, lost a good 10kg since. My biggest weakness was bread (Toasted mainly but quite a few butties too) and packets of Biscuits with a cuppa.
EDIT for me Carbohydrate is really bad nowadays.
I hear you. When I last had bloodwork done it seems I was pre-diabetic. I sort of noticed that but never discussed my results with my doctor so the "message" never got through to me. I am scheduled for new bloodwork in two weeks. The last few weeks I've begun watching my sugar, carbs and calories hoping maybe I can avoid the diagnosis. But I've also been feeling some neuropathy in my feet and have a feeling I've got it. I too love my carbs in all forms. We'll see if I'm joining you.
