are you rather anal about it all like me? I have a dedicated mtb gear box, with set tights, shorts, tops, winter jacket etc, often relatively cheap stuff that I don't mind putting a hole or two in, usually DHB or Endura gear which I find does the job when covered in shit. I then have a dedicated roadie gear kit box, often (read always) FAR more expensive, that bit flasher I guess, mostly Castelli, and wouldnt even contemplate subjecting it to going offroad in case I picked a stitch or something equally heinous :D.
Am I the only one this sad, or is it more common than I suspect?
I thought Endura was quite pricey !!
I mostly mix and match, though I find that pads in road shorts/bibs are sometimes a bit big for moving about an MTB saddle. I also have a couple of jackets that are ideal in a road bike crouch but just don't work in a more upright position.
some cross over but mostly my MTB gear is baggy and my road stuff isn't
I have baggy tops for the MTB and SPD's. The shorts and tights get shared and sl's for the road. I have a different helmet as the MTB one needs to carry a torch.
Grab whatever I fancy wearing. However last ride out on the MTB I wore baggies and hated it (kept catching on my saddle). May have to stick to purely Lycra.
I'm similar to OP. Expensive stuff is road only.
Although I mix and match bibs. Baggies always go on top for MTB though
Baggies for everything.
Lucky if I've done 100 miles on the road bike this year though, boriingg.
I race mtb in my lycra club kit. I ride mtb in baggies with bib shorts or longs underneath. I don't wear the expensive road bib longs off road as I don't want to rip them.
I ride to work in club kit or the nice bib longs and matching jacket. In this weather, when I get to work I change into clothing that costs about the same as the road kit (and I wear a Paul Smith Suit 😳 )
Road kit hangs in the wardrobe, mtb kit stuffed in some drawers - go figure.
I have one set of Decathlon road kit that's just to fragile for the mtb and a big box of other cycling / outdoor kit that gets used for either
Baggy-MTB
Lycra-road.
Though I have taken to wearing road caps under a MTB lid to annoy the style police. (Still on 26in too)
Yes basically. Except that white clothing doesn't get used off road. It's all just clothing, and I can't think of anything that has been so badly affected by off road rather than road riding that I would choose not to use it again except for colour.
Apart from one Altura jacket and some fingerless gloves my kit is separate for road and MTB, although have worn thick bib longs when it was too cold for baggies.
I just wear the same for everything. Will eventually get some bib shorts for the road but I'm comfy enough in my dhb mtb shorts which are light and not too baggy.
Mtb-skinsuit
road-baggy with the largest ruck sack I can find with a full bike workshop of tools and cottage hospitals compliment of first aid kit in it
The only thing that's different kit-wise between bikes is shoes. Everything else I'm happy to ride on either (and that includes club kit, Endura, Assos - as far as I'm concerned its biking kit).
Everything the same including shoes and SPDs.
All the same shoes to hat.
Same, except shoes.
All the same
Mostly different. Baggies for mtb lycra for road but some cheaper bibs/base layers cross over.
Different helmets, no peak for road and different shoes.
Lycra all round nowadays. Never thought it'd get to that stage. Used to be baggies man but compared to lycra they are a real pain in the arse and pretty uncomfortable.
[i]compared to lycra they are a real pain in the arse and pretty uncomfortable. [/i]
do people not wear lycra shorts under their baggies?
I tend to wear similar kit for both but ditch the baggies for road stuff (unless it's really wet when the waterproof shorts over 3/4 length bibs approach works well).
do people not wear lycra shorts under their baggies?
That is with a proper short underneath. I don't like the scrunching up of material that you get with baggies. Never noticed it until I went just lycra. So much free-er 🙂
Clothing wise I have some MTB only items, shorts and tops which are baggier but road kit gets used for MTBing on occasion.
Not sure I spend as much as most though, if I were buying £100+ bibs they would probably be road use only.
Different shoes and lids naturally.
Different shoes.
Race jersey for racing in any discipline. I have a few expensive bits of kit that I generally keep for the road or where I need it on the mtb/cross (e.g. my good shorts on very long rides).
The vast majority of my kit is mix and match. Not much difference between a wet training road ride and a mtb ride. At this time of year most of my riding is in the dark anyway.
MTB -
Baggy mtb shorts (no undershorts)
wicking top
flats or SPD depending on the bike
MTB gloves
Mtb helmet
Camelback
Racer -
Baggy shorts (no undershorts)
wicking top + jacket in winter
Look shoes
MTB gloves
I only use the racer for my long commute
Pretty much everything is different for me. Road stuff is all lycra, SPD SL's, peak-less helmet.
MTB is baggies shorts with old roadie bibs underneath and a t-shirt rather than a jersey. SPD's and full finger gloves complete the ensemble. Although, as mentioned above, I'm increasingly thinking that Lycra just works better on a bike, irrelevant whether it's on or off road. Certainly in the wet or the mud it is just plain better IMO.
I even have different socks, white and slightly longer for road, black and shorter for MTB.
Absolutely, everything different. Different boxes of kit for trail mtb, race mtb, road training, road racing, and TT.
Yeah some of my windtops, base layers etc cross over. Sometimes I wear lycra on the MTB, but only if I am riding my XC bike 🙂
Mix and match.
Edric 64 - Member
I thought Endura was quite pricey !!
+1
Different shoes & helmets though - different cleats on the shoes and find the visor on the mtb helmet gets in the way when on the road bike (can't see as far down the road). So, £36 on a road helmet (reduced from £60) seemed like a sensible idea. Especially as it's bright white/silver, rather than road grey like my mtb helmet.
Beyond baggy shorts v lycra I dont bother or care much about it.
I have worn lycra on MTB rides in summer but never baggies on a road bike
I have a set of road shoes though
Road lid and lycra on road and off.
Just change the shoes.
smogmonster - Member
Am I the only one this sad, or is it more common than I suspect?
Every picture in every magazine is selling you a 'lifestyle'.
It's up to you if you're daft enough to fall for it or not.
😀
Every picture in every magazine is selling you a 'lifestyle'.
It's up to you if you're daft enough to fall for it or not.
And sometimes some things are more practical that others and it has nothing to do with fashion or brainwashing.
I try to buy kit that's transferable. but baggy shorts and shoes are the exception.
I've got some nice road jerseys that only come out on sunny days though, wouldn't dream of going off road wearing them, far too nice for that!
Same base layers (shorts and tops) on road and off
Same shoes for both (sorry), though I have two identical pairs a size different for summer and winter socks.
Baggies shorts off road (fairly fitted though)
Different helmets with and without peak
Do use my expensive Gore-Tex road jacket off road, which is probably not the best idea.
for me it's the weather that dictates the clothing, and the bike accordingly
for the summer I keep aside a few of the nicer ss tops and the poshest bibs because on longer rides these make life a lot more comfy
as the weather worsens the cheaper stuff comes out in the knowledge that it could be destroyed by an off or mud etc
for commuting I use the cheap stuff
mikewsmith - MemberAnd sometimes some things are more practical that others and it has nothing to do with fashion or brainwashing.
I agree.
Mrs S has a helmet with extended protection at the back, which she uses off road.
She also has waterproof baggies for off-road, because she hates having a wet backside in the winter.
Both valid reasons.
But I think having a full set of gear for off road, just because it's a slightly different fit....
mikewsmith - Membersome cross over but mostly my MTB gear is baggy and my road stuff isn't
....isn't. 😀
Mix and match including shoes (same cleat system) but I've stopped wearing knee pads on the roadie as people pointed and laughed