Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - who are those black stripe runners?

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solostyle
08-09-05, 09:22 AM
every time i ride down the lakefront trail (chicago) i see these guys with no shirt and a black stripe around their middle just under their nipples.. about and inch and a half wide. why are they striped like that? i must know.

MsMittens
08-09-05, 09:24 AM
Black stripe? Perhaps it's the heart monitor strap you're seeing?
solostyle
08-09-05, 09:26 AM
really? hahahaha.. that's funny if that's really what it is. i'm so dumb. no but really, it looks like it's PAINTED on their skin. has anyone else seen these?

absntr
08-09-05, 09:30 AM
They're heart rate monitors.
bostontrevor
08-09-05, 09:34 AM
Sounds a lot like an HRM to me. Google image search is your friend.
pitboss
08-09-05, 09:39 AM
c'mon people. It is really obivous that these people are just wearing the adult version of these:
http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/5392/24686200972md16fy.jpg
solostyle
08-09-05, 09:46 AM
Ohhh. it is a heart rate monitor. Ok. Thanks.
eMwolB
08-09-05, 10:31 AM
every time i ride down the lakefront trail (chicago) i see these guys with no shirt and a black stripe around their middle just under their nipples.. about and inch and a half wide. why are they striped like that? i must know.

LMAO - Heart Rate Monitors!!
For a second, I thought Chicago had a new tribal cycling thing going on. :p
HereNT
08-09-05, 11:15 AM
It's modesty - they don't want people seeing their nipples...
roadfix
08-09-05, 12:08 PM
I've seen them in LA as well. They're all part of MS13.
Ira in Chi
08-09-05, 12:48 PM
From behind i think they will be women- because it looks like a bikini strap- and then they are not.
raygunner
08-09-05, 12:55 PM
I've seen them in LA as well. They're all part of MS13.

I think in Chicago they're part of some "Insane" gang.

Like the the Insane Might Dueces or the Insane Fish.
Slodo
08-09-05, 03:42 PM
LOL!! Yeah, I've seem them. It's a variation of the Trigeek lifestyle. I bet those guys must get some ridiculous tan lines. Not that I'm, um, into that kind of thing. I swear.
jasonsan
08-09-05, 04:29 PM
']c'mon people. It is really obivous that these people are just wearing the adult version of these:
http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/5392/24686200972md16fy.jpg
Hehehehe . Like they broke the leash and escaped.