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Dear Forum members, I swim about five times a year so I see no reason to rush out and buy some fashionable knee-length swimming shorts especially as my old Speedo briefs are in good condition. Being a cyclist I have a flat stomach and decent glutes and legs so it's not as if I'm offending the eye.
Mrs Gti keeps muttering "stranger danger" when I do wear my Speedos. I view this as verging on treachery to one's spouse.
Who's right? Please arbitrate.
I'm going to need to see a photo in Brucy stance before I can decide.
As Mrs Dubs points out; unless you are David Beckham, she is not interested in seeing you in Speedos.
Are you wearing them to the park? If so, she is right.
In the pool and on the walk to/from the changing room. She is wrong.
No, absolutely not, ever.
I bought long ones out of pure shame. Guess I just feel more comfortable in knee length lycra 🙂
No worse than a lycra clad roadie. Carry on.
Nowt wrong with wearing Speedos.
Although Decathlon now do a pair of swim shorts that don't increase drag too drastically and are quick drying.
Mandatory in some public pools in France and Italy, though I think they permit lycra trunks that don't go narrow around the thighs/hips.
Aussies call em budgie-smugglers.
Mrs Gti is right.
if you're down the pool for two hours at a time with swimming cap, goggles, floats and energy drinks on the side, and you're cranking 15second lengths in four different strokes then yes. Otherwise stick to the shorts 🙂
Lots of French holidays mean I've worn Speedo's lots of times but always feel a bit weird in brief style ones, so bought some shorts style ones.
These are better, but Living in the UK means my tan generally only starts at the knees down so I always have a white stripe below the trunks, so I have just purchased some longer ones which just look better IMO.
Obviously as jimdubleyou points out if you look like David Beckham, you can do what you like!
if you're down the pool for two hours at a time with swimming cap, goggles, floats and energy drinks on the side, and you're cranking 15second lengths in four different strokes then yes
You missed the bit where after 15 second lengths you fanny around in the shallow end for 45 seconds changing kit, on-boarding fluids and yarning to equivalently arrogant punters. In your speedos.
Anyone else finding CFH's GIF strangely hypnotic?
Poidh
If you're swimming then all good, wear the right clothes for the activity regardless of your physique. For anything else bung some shorts on.
Being a cyclist I have a flat stomach
Say what ? A flat what ?
I have a very flat stomach, but to see it I have to lie on a glass table face down.
In the pool environment or the beach, of course. In fact the only thing acceptable rather than these bloody silly baggy things that serve no purpose except to make you look like Don Estelle. (ask your mum
You described them as old.... This could be the issue, get a set of new ones as they could be going thin and see-through 🙁
As others have said, get the fitted boxer short style ones
thin and see-through
Ewwwww 🙁
I used to have a pair of those trunks but got thrown out of a pool when the "s" wore off
Just wear some tight boxer short type trunks if you really insist.
It is your right, of course to wear speedos. But outside an Olympic event, it's generally viewed as a bit crass.
They are the best clothing for actually swimming in, just as lycra bibs are the best thing to cycle in. I wouldn't walk around town in either.
DrJ - Member
thin and see-through
Ewwwww
And thats coming from a doctor. He thinks it's disgusting and he probably spends a sizeable proportion of each day with a finger up am old man's bottom.
Being a cyclist I have a flat stomach
That is genuinely one of the funniest things I've read in ages on here. I hope the OP is serious and has just never, ever seen another cyclist before 😀
Regarding Speedos the answer is no if just messing around in the pool on holiday. If you're actually doing lengths etc then go for it.
Being a cyclist I have a flat stomach
Just to be clear, we mean "flat stomach" just like we talk about "flat earth", right?
It's not so much whether the OP has the stomach for his speedos, it's whether anyone else has.
grumpysculler - Member
Being a cyclist I have a flat stomach
Just to be clear, we mean "flat stomach" just like we talk about "flat earth", right?
As in believe in it despite all evidence to the contrary, or that its not been true for years?
Being a cyclist I have a flat stomach
You've not ridden with other forum members then?
And thats coming from a doctor. He thinks it's disgusting and he probably spends a sizeable proportion of each day with a finger up am old man's bottom.
And to be honest, I'm getting a bit tired of it.
As in believe in it despite all evidence to the contrary, or that its not been true for years?
Either, take your pick.
Even if the second choice is correct, it still amounts to the same thing after all.
How he thinks he looks:
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How he actually looks:
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Gaaaah! In defence of my stomach, it's not like the second picture! Nothing looks worse than a roll or blubber hanging over a tight pair of trunks and I ain't got that.
FWIW I sent a pic of myself and my son in cycling gear at Cap Formentor to my agent in South Africa, as it was she who gave me the Qhubeka jersey I was wearing. "You look hot!" she commented. "Yes" I replied, "It was 32c and we were sweltering!". "No, I mean HOT BODY!" she replied.
So there!
Not acceptable.
Swimming at the pool, they're swimming clobber, whatever.
At a BBQ, probably a faux pas. Unless there's pampas grass out the front.
They're fine
And to be honest, I'm getting a bit tired of it.
Ok if you're going to be like that about it we can swap places for a bit.
Southern Comfort what a great ad.
perfect choice although I have matured into jammer versions these days
They do bring back memories of our paedo swim coach who deliberately ordered all our speedos two sizes too small especially for the lifeguards 8O.
It's a very British thing to get so uptight about this sort of thing.
As you can see when you go on holiday to Europe, none of them give a shit..!
[quote=ourmaninthenorth ]It's a very British thing to get so uptight about this sort of thing.
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FWIW I sent a pic of myself and my son in cycling gear at Cap Formentor to my agent in South Africa, as it was she who gave me the Qhubeka jersey I was wearing. "You look hot!" she commented. "Yes" I replied, "It was 32c and we were sweltering!". "No, I mean HOT BODY!" she replied.
Pictures of you in your Speedos need to be posted on Mumsnet and a link provided for our amusement
Mine,drying 😀
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Also they don't get bleached from daily use and you can legitimately whistle Club Tropicana as you swagger into the arena.
Best be happy with your lot though because although you may walk in with a marginal outline, after half an hour of swimming, they are essentially shrink wrapped around every inch of you.
At the pool the old boys in speedos, non cycling short style, look like 1970s wrestlers. I d avoid personally. New decent trunk style ones are expensive though, even in the sale are 30 quid.
Blimey that's a lot for a garment I only wear on a few days a year.
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I am bemused by this social conservatism. Grow some!
Never did get the french obsession with the bloody things. First occurrence was when I went to the pool wearing regular lycra swimshorts and dived in with the shout of "PAS DE BERMUDE!" ringing my ears. I ignored it and swam a length to find an apoplectic lifeguard waiting for me at the other end just shouting it over and over till I got out. Now I can see an issue with cut off jeans, but what's the deal with wanting to see my, admittedly damn attractive, inner thighs?
For swimming lengths in a pool? Carry on.
For beach/ taking kids to pool then no.
Never did get the french obsession with the bloody things. First occurrence was when I went to the pool wearing regular lycra swimshorts and dived in with the shout of "PAS DE BERMUDE!" ringing my ears. I ignored it and swam a length to find an apoplectic lifeguard waiting for me at the other end just shouting it over and over till I got out. Now I can see an issue with cut off jeans, but what's the deal with wanting to see my, admittedly damn attractive, inner thighs?