Bikers!!!

I just like the way the seat makes me feel.

you ought to try it on a Harley if you like that vibration between your legs.. :smokin:

You can't look any worse than me. I wear full lycra that's all sorts of colours, I'm going really fast so I don't look pretty and half the time my *kitten* is hanging out so It can't get much worse. I've got the trek 2.1 racing bike it's a really nice bike but I don't mind other cyclists, as long as you stay in the lane so I can go past you relatively easily then it's cool. It's the people that come off the kerbs after trying to take a shortcut that really annoy me because I'm going much faster and there's cars around.

Oh and to add to that, I did that route on a brompton one of those little fold up bikes, 20 mile round trip and I didn't care one bit! I switched to a mountain bike, then a 1980's racing bike then a road bike so I've enjoyed them all, never let people make you feel like that, the fitness levels are going up too

there is that guy that rides in a thong on 360...

That's a mental image I just didn't need....

He's REALLY tan! lol

LOL I would hope so!! I never create a mental image of these kinds of people being in shape though... I always go to something you'd see made into a motivational poster, ecard, or something you'd see on Tosh.0

Who cares what they think? My bike is from '88 and I don't wear any of those "uniforms". Oh and I ride motorcycles too and don't wear those silly outfits that the image seekers like to wear.

I just like the way the seat makes me feel.

you ought to try it on a Harley if you like that vibration between your legs.. :smokin:

You tell her brother! :drinker:

I wear plain black tri shorts and whatever T-shirt is at the top of the pile in my drawer. For rainy & cooler weather I used my fluorescent yellow running shell (you can see me a mile away & it does double duty with my running) - I picked up an entry level road bike a couple of years ago after riding a metric century on my commuter bike (and I joined a tri club)

I don't worry about what others are wearing, just that they don't do anything stupid that endangers me.

Where I come from, it's much more car drivers v cyclists than "serious" cyclists v. "casual" cyclists. I think that most people don't really care if you're serious about it or not.
Just like how I go "running" in yoga pants and a baggy tee and "run" a 12-min mile on a good day. I'm sure there are runners out there who would look down on me for not being a "real runner", but I'm pretty sure those kinds of people have their own issues and would find something they don't like about me either way.

On a side note, I have a father and a friend that often bike 50 miles as a "casual" bike ride on the weekends, and neither of them *ever* wear spandex.

Do hardcore bikers look down on non-hardcore bikers? Like, I ride my bike (mountain) to work, and I wear my helmet, some yoga pants and a tee shirt. This guy passed me today all decked out in his matching riding gear, his road bike, and all. I felt like the poor kid with the dirty face and a paper sack lunch.

LOLOLOLOLOL :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I feel the same way some times I pass two hardcore bikers one is an older guy he always says keep going or hoorah or your doing great. The other one I pass is an older woman I smile and say hi as I do everyone and I get like a *****y half smile like why do I have to waste my face muscles smiling at you! hahaha

I was another one assuming (hoping) it would be a motorbike thread.

Shame :sad: