Why do people wear baggy shorts?

Nobody deserves to see their fellow man in skin tight lycra. Jesus.

double post

Wear baggies if you want.

I’ll wear lycra and I’ll go up real mountains wearing it. What I look like isn’t really a consideration when I’m picking my riding kit out of the cupboard.

i do so i wear old worn out lycra that you can see through if the sun is out

Quality!

While we’re at it

What’s with the ‘pop socks’ things I’ve seen some people wearing?

don’t want to look like some kind of oddball deviant whilst sitting having my coffee and cake after/during a ride

Us lycra wearers don’t stop for coffee and cake, we’re out training, taking things seriously, it’s a serious business.

I’ve ridden a lot in Italy and Spain dontchaknow, and roadies there take a great deal of pride in what they wear, even to the point of white lycra kit. Well when you’ve been sitting behind a group on a long days ride in blazing sun and 40C, the last thing you want to see is the arse of some dark haired italians pubes all sweaty and almost see through…

Baggy shorts look better end of! Not too keen on just wearing Lycra and having a bit of tight tissue paper under my arse crack and around my legs. Though Lycra is good for cutting through the wind. The type of riding I do though makes no difference if I get there 10 mins earlier due to less drag. I would rather get there and not look like a total mincer with a scrunched up nob sack poking out of some shiny things that make you look like the extra member of the village people!

Not to mention Lycra is about as good as rice paper when you fall off or stick your leg in a thorny bush. Chuck them in the bin after! Lycra to me only as a place on the track or the TDF, or club races etc.

I would rather get there and not look like a total mincer with a scrunched up knob sack poking out of some shiny things that make you look like the extra member of the village people!

If thats how lycra makes you look, then I cant imagine baggy’s do you many more favours.

Thankfully I look like an athlete when I wear lycra.

I ripped the arse out of my baggies in a crash once and had to complete the ride in biblongs. It was horrible, I felt naked, never again.

Also a decent pair of baggies give you another layer of something before your skin which is useful when you inevitably fall off as above saved me a fair bit of lost arse cheek on that occassion.

Can we wind this up. It’s stopped raining, I want to go out and I still don’t know what I can wear.

Road ride on knobbly treaded mtb if that’s any help.

you’ll need mudguards then…

Thankfully I look like an athlete when I wear lycra.

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😀

To be honest I had to start wearing them. The bloody women were throwing themselves at me in my lycra one piece. I couldnt stop at traffic lights for being thrown from my bike and pinned to the floor by at least a dozen at a time…………..

sorry, wrong forum!! 😉

i love this we all look like ****ts to the public anyway arguement, but at the end of the day when the helmet comes off and your standing at the bar you’re just bloke in shorts, tshirt and trainers. Now the merits of this look is debatable but at least you don’t look like you’re queueing for the Powerrangers booth comicon 2005.

I think lycra is better for long distance and muddy conditions as its more comfortable. However 99% of the time I wear baggies as I dont think people need to see just how huge my package is 🙂

Looking back through this thread it also seems to be a common trait for baggy short wearers to consider themselves to be endowed with horse sized wangs.

I wear lycra coz baggies get in the way and I get too hot mostly. I also wear knee and shin pads – I look ridiculous 😕 but not as stupid as I’m going to look this weekend 😯

but not as stupid as I’m going to look this weekend

Are you into LARPing or something?

wow, this one has gone on a bit! CBA to read all 6 pages so im sorry if this has already been suggested but is it something along the lines of

cyclists= happy to wear lycra

mountain bikers= prefer to wear baggies

im sure the guy who said you arent a proper cyclist if you do less than a 100 miles a week, you are just buying in to a lifestyle was trolling but there probably are plenty of folk who think more distance= more serious cyclist, like being serious is something to aspire to. ive been mtbing for 20+ years and have never been serious about it in so far as trainig or competing but i try to ride 2-4 times a week and fit my work and life around this. ill ride rain or shine, get up ridiculously early to fit a ride in, lose sleep over getting excited about an upcoming ride etc. fwiw i ride a bit of everything from jumps and dh to a couple of hours blast to an all day epic. but i wear baggies so im only buying into a lifestyle…

Looking back through this thread it also seems to be a common trait for baggy short wearers to consider themselves to be endowed with horse sized wangs.

When I’m cold, wet and knackered, my gentlemen’s vegetables practically disappear, so wearing baggies hides the lack of bulge….

Looking back through this thread it also seems to be a common trait for baggy short wearers to consider themselves to be endowed with horse sized wangs.

No ‘considering’ to be done. It’s fact. 😉

Let’s all stop the silly bickering and go and read this inspiring thread instead (it even features nipples).

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/with-pics-the-best-adventure-best-ride-ever-gr5-transalp

If it’s hot and I’m not going near a shop just endura Meryl 3/4 lycra. Good knee stinger protection. When its a bit cooler baggies. When its warm no one wears a t shirt then puts an expensive non breathable nylon coat over the top, even though it would offer more protection ,cover beer bellies and scrawny arms.
When swimming I got fed up with baggy shorts bunching up and falling down.So I got some cycle short swimmers and immediately went from the slow lane to medium.

Its fashion people – Simple as.

Any you know what, people who claim not to be bothered about at least not appearing unfashionable are proper weird.

MTBer wear baggies because its fashionable. So flipping what.

I switched from lycra to baggies last year. More practical for my riding – tougher when you fall off or hit foliage, more weatherproof keeping the wind/rain off but cooler in summer, on long rides or if it’s very cold and wet I’ll wear lycra underneath for the best of both worlds, most of the time I just wear normal unpadded underwear. Those who think you have to wear shorts with those chamois things probably don’t realise you don’t have to sit down all the time!

most of the time I just wear normal unpadded underwear.

😯

How is this possible????!!

it’s just a fashion led by the fact that mountain bike riding is now for fat old men who feel gay in lycra.
oh and so they can get all padded up to ride the same stuff people always rode in lycra on hardtails.
bless em.

still though if it keeps you happy.

I am quite particular about the specific undergarments – they have to be synthetic stretchy boxers – loose cotton would be just awful. I ride a hardtail with a dropper post and therefore spend a lot of time out of the saddle one way or another.

The comments made by guys about almost any woman in lycra shorts is reason enough for me to wear baggies.

Only one person is allowed such a view of my arse!

I know exactly how I look, but I’ll continue to wear the most appropriate kit for what I’m doing!

Cycling isn’t a ‘cool’ sport – there’s even an article on the BBC today about it.

As I said before though, I’m not fat. Perhaps if I was I’d feel more embarassed and wear baggies.
Damn I knew I should have click on this thread. But hey ho too late.
You’re an imbecile, that is all you are. You are not fat well good on you, neither am I (9% body fat last time I checked and I’ve lost weight since) but you know what I don’t wear lycra. But I am sure you’re the kind of sad plonker who think that you’re so much better than the next rider because you don’t have a bear belly and that because you can wear lycra it makes you so good. Lycra are useless why easy they are too hot, too un-comfy and the padding is an absolute misery as it just make your ball hitch due to the amount of sweat they catch (oh and before you argue, that is with the very latest chamois from fox). You know what I wear baggy because they make sense for my sport MOUNAIN BIKING. When you have a bag, jersey pockets are useless. Therefore shorts pockets come in handy for bars, map and money. And yes I need a bag because I usually ride for more than half an hour, with very little to refill so having 3 litres of water is a bare minimum. Oh and a tube a pump a tool tyre levers and a jacket for thunder storms.
Now where do I stuff all that in lycra you’re moronic idiot.

it’s just a fashion led by the fact that mountain bike riding is now for fat old men who feel gay in lycra.
oh and so they can get all padded up to ride the same stuff people always rode in lycra on hardtails.
bless em.

I’m not picking on you, similar things have been said already. But, my personal experience of MTB going back 17 years, is from an outdoors enthusiasts perspective. I (we) had no road/race/lyrca background. We walked/climbed/mountaineered in the mountains and took up cycling in the mountains aswell. I(we) felt more comfortable in our adapted outdoors gear, not roadie gear which is alien to me and many others. It’s as simple as that for me. I’ve never raced or owned a road racing bike. I don’t feel any affinity with road racing or their attire. There are fashions, of course, but no different to any other leisure/sport including road racing. XC racing is a sort of crossover, but irrelevant to your average MTBer.
AFAIC, this is the history of MTB, outdoors people and none road cyclists taking up bikes in the mountains and/or similar, it’s a different sport, different bikes, different clothes.

C’mon then GW, explain your point? You said that you don’t put your saddle up to ride 5 miles, and that I should try it as I may have more fun. I’m not sure how you’re qualified to comment on the amount of fun I’m having. Please explain this further.

I don’t really need to know how much fun you’re having at present to simply suggest you try something slightly different than you’re used to to see if you enjoy it 🙄
to put it in the most basic form, Manuals, jumping and hopping are not anywhere near as much fun with the saddle at full extension as manouverability is massively compromised, for me I have the most fun with it completely slammed, I don’t really expect you to understand this if you’re not even prepared to try it. I’m not saying you should ride like this all the time either, just try it 😉 FWIW I do also ride XC and road with my saddle at optimum height for pedalling too.

Also I’d like to know how I’m blinkered?

You simply come across as very narrow minded in your views, read back through your own posts, if you don’t get it from reading your own arguments you probably never will

Email in profile if you prefer!

Email you? WTF for? Get a grip!

We walked/climbed/mountaineered in the mountains and took up cycling in the mountains aswell.

This.

It’s all down to personal preference, my personal preference is not to look like a right **** in lycra, that’s why I wear baggies.
Unless you ride for htc or sky etc there is no need for lycra.

I ride in my pants.

Why do people wear baggy shorts?

Yeah, Why ?.

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Never wear lycra or undershorts, hate ’em. I like to dangle free with standard boxxers and baggies.

Loads of big all day rides, even 10@KT. No probs.

it’s just a fashion led by the fact that mountain bike riding is now for fat old men who feel gay in lycra.
oh and so they can get all padded up to ride the same stuff people always rode in lycra on hardtails.

I’ve been riding since 1990 and never worn lycra only as it always seemed a bit ****, unless you’re racing. Meh, takes all sorts I suppose.