You all have probably seen this one floating around but in case you haven't... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2869069/Oh-shame-married-MAMIL-s-Middle-Aged-Man-Lycra.html
On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 10:08:06 AM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote: > Fo much of my life (I’m 55) my bicycling clothing was whatever I happened > to be wearing at the time. “Let’s go for a ride” “OK.” Hop on bikes a > go. Blue jeans, tennis shoes, T shirt, whatever. Around 1985 I bought my > first pair of cycling shorts (Black Bottoms). I didn’t wear them on every > ride, in fact I usually wore rugby shorts. I decided to get into racing > bikes around 1992 and bought the clown suit- shorts, club jerseys, etc. I > raced until 2000, wearing the clown suit on every ride. After I decided I > was tired of training and tired of being away from home for so many hours > almost every day, I still rode a fair amount and wore the clown suit. In > the past 2-3 years I have gone back to regular clothes for the most part. > I still wear cycling shorts but they’re underneath regular shorts or > trousers. I usually wear T-shirts instead of jerseys, etc. I have some > more cycle-specific cool/cold weather garb that I still use as it works > well, but I have some “civilian” stuff that works well too (boiled wool > jacket, for example). > > An interesting thing has happened. Most racers no longer acknowledge me > or return my waves; I just get the steely dismissive stare through the > sungoggles instead. This doesn’t really seem like a problem, to be honest. > Regular people do smile, wave, say hi; car drivers are more courteous. I > spend less time getting ready to ride and am out the door quicker. I am > every bit as comfortable if not more than when I was wearing bike clothing. > When I get home I don’t have to change before hanging out with people. I > can meet somewhere by bike for dinner without sticking out like a sore > thumb in the restaurant. And, quite frankly, no one wants to look at a 55 > year old dude in lycra- and maybe not even back in my svelte, athletic, > muscly racing days. I still have all my old club jerseys for sentimental > reasons, I had a team full of people I really liked, but I rarely wear them > any more. > > There aren’t any down sides. Normal clothes are a win for me and for > everyone else. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
