Uniform? Tosh!
Much easier to get train tickets, site passes out of a pocket on your shorts, plus it reduces the "jey factor" by 110%. FACT.
Bike Forum
[closed]
Baggies and Lycra! Wrong or Right
-
Posted 2 years ago #
-
djglover:
what purpose to the baggies serve other than to ensure you are conforming to the mountain biking community uniform....
What does it matter if the wearer is happy with the combo?
Posted 2 years ago # -
what purpose to the baggies serve other than to ensure you are conforming to the mountain biking community uniform and are not considered an outcast in the same way that an intersex child with a hairlip might have been in Victorian times?
Baggies are generally warmer.
Baggies are generally tougher if you crash, and cheaper than lycra so sacrificial.
Baggies don't show off your every curve if you're conscious about it.
Baggies come in nice colours.Ride with what you like.
Posted 2 years ago # -
I was in Fuerteventura on a beach where it is mixed windsurfing/kiteboarding.
One "dood" was doing both (very well, it has to be said). He was happy to wear just a wetsuit for the windsurfing but when he went kiting he stuck a huge pair of 3/4 length baggies over the wetsuit - just because it was the uniform.
So it's not just us. But it's a bit like asking why do we wear trousers when we go to the shops? Why not just underpants? Oh, the pockets of course.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Dougal dougal. I played golf with a cheap 200 pound set and beat most comers and I've been out for the last three days on the bounce on th bike, even avoiding Saturday because it's busy. Try harder with your sarcasm sweetie!
Sorry, I didn't realise that you were riding at an Elite level despite your indecision about clothing choices. I look forward to seeing you beast the field at the first round of the BMBS.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Just buy some baggies with a built in lycra short.
Posted 2 years ago # -
On the MTB If it’s cold then its Bib shorts + Knee warmers or leg warmers + baggies if it’s wet and cold then the Bib shorts + knee warmers/leg warmers + cut off surplus water proofs, if the weather is warm then I wear Endura padded boxers under baggy shorts, they are great…
Can’t see much wrong with layering up/down as the conditions dictate, never been that keen on just lycra for “proper” MTB riding, id rather tear some cheaper baggy shorts in a crash than rip through a nice pair of bib shorts and have my arse hanging out for the rest of a ride… Having said that if I’m out on the road bike then I just wear the lycra, just the “Uniform” for Roadies and XC racers innit?
I guess it’s part function, part “Uniform” (is that such a terrible thing?), I can’t say I get that hung up on what others wear, in much the same way you can ride whatever bike you like; I think riding in whatever kit you like is perfectly acceptable…
Posted 2 years ago # -
Wear whatever makes you comfortable on the bike, buqqer appearances.
There's no way anyone past their teens can look 'cool' on a bike anyway - whatever you wear non-bikers will think you look like a prize coq
Posted 2 years ago # -
"Sorry, I didn't realise that you were riding at an Elite level despite your indecision about clothing choices. I look forward to seeing you beast the field at the first round of the BMBS."
Dougal it was merely a simple question, but I don't like to be branded an "all the gear type" I have one bike and no bike specific clothing. If I only i was rich and could afford all the posh altura? gear.
Posted 2 years ago #
Topic Closed
This topic has been closed to new replies.
