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Almost like you lunge, I went from a 10yo HT to a Stanton Slackline with all the trimmings and the increase in ability to carry speed through rougher sections had me stopping to calm down at the start (I've now got knee pads).
Lycra? I wear it under baggies for the padding and that combo just feels more frictionless. For me, as soon as a bloke gets any sort of gut, lycra starts to look a bit MAMIL and I became less comfortable with complete strangers being able to see the outline of my penis.
Good read that. Spent most of my childhood riding a bike because it was more convenient and cheaper than the bus. Stopped around the age of 17 when cars came onto the scene. Started again shortly after teaching my Son to ride as it was getting harder to keep up. Never stopped. Never rode a full sus always hardtails. Some nice builds with some fancy bits. Now I mainly ride a basic 29er XC HT with fast rolling tyres. Mileage and time on the bike is more important than how Gnar the trail is. Bridleways cycleways and three ply tarmac with the odd naughty footpath here and there to link every thing up. It’s all good.
I think wearing lycra should be related to BMI.
The government needs to bring in laws that once you hit a certain point (something bloody low) it should be illegal to wear it, It would save a lot of innocent members of the public having to bleach their eyes or being scarred for life.
I'm going to raise it with my local MP!
As someone who spent an afternoon having melted lycra scrubbed out of my hip/arse 15 years ago, I'm happy to fully disagree on the OPs statement that lycra is the correct tool for the job for MTB.
Give me a decent rip stop, close fit baggy with no pockets any day.
Some of the OPs comments make me think that perhaps he was always on the XC side of things anyway.