[Closed] Cycle Clobber - Fashion Faux Pas

I like that jacket.
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This winter, Brasher hiking boots with biblongs, the full Max Wall.

Mostly at night, to be fair.

That jacket looks all right

Worst offenders are the people who wear grey tracksuits to ride around Cannock when it's wet. A wet saggy tracksuit with a huge shit stripe up the back is not a good look

Combine with a 2-litre drinks bottle in a carrier bag on the bars for the full look

Apparently wearing lycra on a black run. And riding an XC hardtail.

Apparently. 😐

That's a nice jacket. Really nails the, [i]"Roma Gypsy down the dole office"[/i] look.

That's alright I reckon, it's trying a bit hard to be High Street but it's not too bad at all.

The thing with any cycling kit is that you're a grown man/woman riding a bike, you look an idiot however you dress. This is the reason I now dress entirely functionally when aboard a bike, and this means Lycra as it is the best tool for the job.

I think that jacket is smart - in a nod to mid eighties breakdance.

I have some Lycra with white panels - I only wear them in the dark or when temperatures are over 25 degrees. 😐

I sometimes see a not so slim chap round Sheffield on a road bike in full white Lycra. And I do mean full; long legs and arms.

Seems an odd choice of attire to me.

White lycra bib shorts matched with hairy pasty white legs . I was young and foolish.

tlr - Member

I sometimes see a not so slim chap round Sheffield on a road bike in full white Lycra. And I do mean full; long legs and arms.

Seems an odd choice of attire to me.

There's a not so slim (see obese) guy I see cycling around Belfast wearing extremely short, pink, jogging shorts. And when I say short I mean shorter than Daisy Duke's shorts short.

I have that jacket, my 3 year old thinks i'm spiderman when I wear it. Beyond that it's a great jacket and far less horrid than a lot of stuff you see

Top PSA on that jacket many thanks!

I have that same jacket and I had a random couple tell me that they thought I was Spiderman coming towards them on a bike. I took it as a compliment. I also think the jacket is a great fit and keeps the wind off.

did your mrs sleep through the entire 70s and 80s?

that jacket's got bags of retro chic..

@ Yunki, exactly...now where is my Grifter?....

Heads up - that jacket isn't so great if you're tall but not wide. I'm 6'3 and a medium had sleeves that were too short

Otherwise felt great though, cuffs weren't elasticated

i tried on a helmet (apparently my size!) that'd go with that jacket
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Yeah I tried one of those at the weekend. They're a bit different eh

Full team Sky regalia for proper knobbers, unless you are a member of team Sky then you have no choice!

rocketman - Member

Yeah I tried one of those at the weekend. They're a bit different eh

handy for your riding pals as when it rains there's room under the peak for everyone

With that jacket, you could be an extra in

Yeah, about that - last year I bought myself a cheap jacket because I rarely wear them, it looks a bit like this...

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It's meant for hi-viz road riding, but being the practical chap I am I don't care as long as it stops my getting soaked through.

FF to last week, and I bought myself a new bike, it looks like this...

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So now every wet ride I look like I'm about to slap someone in the face, because you know when you've been Tango'd.

That helmet looks like its been designed to make you look like....

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@ rOcKeTdOg - I tried one of those Fox Metahs on. For an expensive helmet it looked massive, wider than a Catlike Leaf! like a 90's day glow 747 perched on top of my boat.

Team Sky kit (or any team your not a member of) +1

Heads up - that jacket isn't so great if you're tall but not wide. I'm 6'3 and a medium had sleeves that were too short

Shouldn't really suprise you but at 6'3 you aren't exactly a 'medium' sized person.....of course the sleeves were too short, it was made for someone about 5'7 lol

(6'2, slim built, XL fits perfectly)

That jacket looks like it was inspired by the old Nike Windrunner jackets we used to wear as kids back in the eighties.

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I think its pretty kool

rOcKeTdOg - Member
i tried on a helmet (apparently my size!) that'd go with that jacket

Apparently baggies in an XC race aren't the done thing

Who'd have thunk it? But then it's been twenty years since I raced XC. I promise to break out the Lycra on Saturday.

rOcKeTdOg -
i tried on a helmet (apparently my size!) that'd go with that jacket

Proper laugh-at-loud at that helmet. And I thought Fox wanting £100 for their shorts was their biggest joke!

bensales -
Apparently baggies in an XC race aren't the done thing

Except no-one gives a shit

IMO -Rocketdog looks more like big bird than woody woodpecker .
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Two words for you all....

Biker
Fox

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