[Closed] Are sleeveless jerseys ever acceptable?

No.

Doesn't stop me wishing I looked good in them 🙂

Almost de riguer at Cannock esp this week. Second only to the vest esp when combined with 661 full face

And that's just the girls!

Yes, but they have to be TLD.

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I just wear a t-shirt.

He'll yeah....gun show time!

You've got to show the arm tats off as well as the calf ones at some point!

I've been known to wear one went it gets toasty - I used to ride the DH bike in the summer with a full face and a sleeveless jersey. It really hurt when it went wrong...good bye skin.

No. Consider that the main wearers of sleeveless jerseys are triathletes then decide.

There's a big triathlon coming up soon so I've been seeing a lot of sleeveless jerseys on the road lately. Interested to know why so many have shaved legs but hairy shoulders.

Sun's out, guns out.

No. Unless your name is Jimmy-Jo, Billy-Bob or otherwise hyphenated, you have fewer brain cells than teeth, and think your sister is oddly attractive when she's just shaved her top lip.

Oi! My sister is attractive regardless of whether she has shaved her top lip!

It's all about context and timing...

Sleeveless [U]Jersey[/U]:

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For Triathletes only! and only when actually competing, even then it looks a bit ****y but its "Functional" innit... you also HAVE to remove [b]ALL[/b] body, and ideally head hair, to prove your commitment to deleting unnecessary mass/optimizing your aerodynamics, and you must have a six pack or else you will be DQ'd...

The wearing of [I]Vests[/I] in the MTB world is more complicated and nuanced:

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Redbull sponsored Freeride Comp, Trail-Prep, inexpertly wielding a Macleod with unnecessary Goggles?... Nope!

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Slightly padded Trailcentre Mince-core Elderberry style with an MX lid?... Nope!

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Contrived [I]relaxed interview[/I] in the pits showing off the Guns a bit?... Maybe, if you are one of thetop five DHers on the planet...

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"Anticool" I can do a backflip/360/Tailwhip, I'm young and hip and protected from death by a piss pot (with the straps loose) and inexplicable Jedi like skillz?.... Basically the only time its [I]Cool[/I] but only if you're under 24, beyond which coolness slowly ebbs away... FACT!

Oi! My sister is attractive regardless of whether she has shaved her top lip!

She shaw gotta predddy mouth...

Used to wear one while guiding on the Med and in the Alps. But that's because it was darned hot (and I had the tan to pull it off).

Sleeveless [i]rainbow[/i] jersey for the win. The ever shy and modest Cipo
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[quote=rusty90 ]Sleeveless rainbow jersey for the win. The ever shy and modest Cipo

Even he's not doing sleeveless. He's just pulled the sleeves up to remove the harsh tanlines

I've got a sleeveless top somewhere, I only wear it under my pressure suit as a sweat layer and in those few seconds it's visible as I put the armour on or take it off, people point and laugh, take photos...

Even he's not doing sleeveless. He's just pulled the sleeves up to remove the harsh tanlines

I wear one now and again if it's really hot. Did Borrow Dale Bash last year in one as it was ****ing roasting.

My tops of the arms were toasty by the end of the day. 😯 I personally run "hot" anyway and what ever cools me down regardless of look i'll do TBH

Ah, Cipo - the world of bike racing is a duller place since he retired 🙁

Here you go:

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Nobody would take the piss out of you in that Shirley...

Sleeveless cycle jersey - no.

Wifebeater as part of a more manly MTB look - yes.

Fine on the wimminz as long as they have good arms ... and I think I did. 😉

I have one for hot road rides. It's a special thing for me, because it means summer.

I did the 6hr summer monkey enduro in my scabby orange 'rancid' (the band) vest..
Not sure why really.. It was hot I suppose..

And it beats the mankini.

DrP

Yes, yes it does...

Yes for when its really hot and sunny on the road or MTB.

Nobody would take the piss out of you in that Shirley...

Surely??

No. Sun's out, white sleeved long summer jersey's out (Or a white compression top).

Some of us are more melanin-challenged than others. And roadies aren't exactly known for their upper body physique 😉

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[quote=TiRed ]And roadies aren't exactly known for their upper body physique

So are sleeveless tops OK if you've got some (currently have a knee injury so just kayaking and climbing - t-shirts are starting to get tight in the right places 8) )?

Sun's out, guns out.

+100

This chap has a fine upper body physique 🙂
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I cultivate my tan lines, but Munqe Chick agrees with C-G; its fine on the ladeez, especially if theyre about to be a bridesmaid and dont want lines to ruin someone elses photos

M-C getting photobombed in Cappadocia earlier this year

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and she's doing the Wimbleball half Iron Man this weekend so I assume she'll be in a field of sleeveless triathletes (she'll be the few that doesnt look like a new-born foal on a bike...).

I never wear sleeves I would look stupid!
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If anyone can find me a hippie inspired, tie-dyed rainbow colour jersey in a basketball vest style then I'll be all over it like a rash.. Similarly a yellow smiley face motif

Only in sunny countries!
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I wore a sleeveless jersey (OK, tri top) over bib shorts on the roadie on the way home tonight. Gotta get that tan on! 8)

My four year old sons suit them and I would say its acceptable at that age.... I however would not manage to pull the look off.

Sleeveless all through summer on the road bike - all the haters are presumably jealous of my big guns... 🙂

I'm not known for my physique whatsoever, but if it's that hot who cares, wear what you want

Only if you give the wife the back of the hand regular !!!

I do, knackers to what others think 😀

I assume there's no nettles where you live.

if its hot, why not?

Pah nettles...ive eaten the little stingy buggers in competition I'll have you know...

This chap has a fine upper body physique

I wonder if he knows what an internet legend he is?

but if it's that hot who cares

this^^

I do May through September 'cause it's generally in the 80-100F temperature range in the desert

On super hot days yes. I won't with elbow pads but generally don't GAF what anyone else thinks when I'm on my bike in the woods!

Definitely. Tickets are available in the lobby.

I am also known to roll up the sleeves of my not quite short enough t-shirts. But thats mostly at work.

I won't with elbow pads but generally don't GAF what anyone else thinks

You obviously do or you'd wear them with elbow pads too 😉

I'm finishing work at lunchtime today, riding home the long way along tbe rivers on the hottest day of the year so far. Picked up my (hardly ever used) sleeveless top for the ride home, remembered this thread, put it back in the drawer. 😳

Not sure that I'd wear one on the road bike, but don't see an issue on the MTB...I've even been known to wear a wife beater vest rather than a sleeveless jersey!

Wish I'd worn the sleeveless jersey last night because it was a tad warm.

I've got a 3/4 zip sleeveless jersey.

Sometimes you need to be practically naked but technically clothed.

Perfectly acceptable if hot enough - I have friends of the view that they're just plain wrong, but personally I couldn't give a toss about their racist views (to triathletes).

Triathletes are an actual Race now?

I feel quite bad now for not fully respecting their rights as a unique, ethnic and cultural group within our society...

Of course the UKIP and BNP lot will be along in a minute complaining about how they've not integrated properly, with their strange (sleeveless) tribal clothing, odd dietary habits and inability to decide whether they should run, cycle or swim...

Meerly sleeveless is a bit over dressed for Cipo these days

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It could be worse, saw a bloke at Mountain Mayhem a few years ago, wearing no shirt or jersey at all. Problem was he was wearing only lycra bib shorts and a fullface helmet.
EEK !