Fifty Plus (50+) - Would you?

OK, I don't know what on earth possessed me but I took the plunge and ordered a pair of these:
http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/250/AA-CNMS-BL-FRONT.jpg

I don't know if I was on crack or what but this is what showed up on the order (and what I received)
http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/250/AA-CNMS-RD-FRONT.jpg

Yikes! My LeMond is BLUE, what am I to do with RED shorts. I did try them on briefly -they're really nice (uh-oh)- and Nashbar appears to now be out of the blue. So, would you wear read shorts with a blue bike? I do have that red 50+ jersey on order. My Kaitai is black; nothing wrong with red & black. Am I crossing over into DG territory? ;)

DG's preference for white bikes makes more sense every day. :D

I wear blue on my red/black/white bike all the time, but then again I have been accused of being fashion impaired.

So, would you wear read shorts with a blue bike?

I may have worn read shorts. But I won't tell you how well-read or by whom.

I gues that's kind of my point, too... I am decidely NOT fashion conscious so why should I -or anyone else- care? Function over form, right? I can still get a blue pair and have two.

All I try to do is to not look ridiculous ... and I don't always succeed.

I never attempt to match my bikes' colors to my clothing.

"read shorts"??? ACK! I did say that didn't I? Oops

Get a white jersey and you'll be all patriotic-like. Get bibs and you'll be even more comfortable. My latest pair of bibs are Volers from Hammer Nutrition, who, in exchange for selling them for the bargain price of $45, puts their big red logo on both legs. (Call me a ho, but I'm willing to suspend my no logo principles to save $25.) Every time I wear them (every third day in the laundry/kit rotation) I also wear my red jersey, and coupled with my green Klein it feels a little bit like Christmas.

They will go well with the 50+ jersey.

(Call me a ho, but I'm willing to suspend my no logo principles to save $25.)
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you're a ho

:D

keep them they look like they will make your massive quads look even massiver (is that a word?)

and for the record I've never seen SaiKai's quads, I'm just assuming they are massive

keep them they look like they will make your massive quads look even massiver (is that a word?)

and for the record I've never seen SaiKai's quads, I'm just assuming they are massive

Yeah, you'd better believe it! :lol:

I am beginning to develop "biker's thighs". I look like the Incredible Hulk.

I wear blue on my red/black/white bike all the time, but then again I have been accused of being fashion impaired.

I been asked "Fashion Victim, or Ensembely Challenged?"

OK, I don't know what on earth possessed me but I took the plunge and ordered a pair of these:
http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/250/AA-CNMS-BL-FRONT.jpg

I don't know if I was on crack or what but this is what showed up on the order (and what I received)
http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/250/AA-CNMS-RD-FRONT.jpg

Yikes! My LeMond is BLUE, what am I to do with RED shorts. I did try them on briefly -they're really nice (uh-oh)- and Nashbar appears to now be out of the blue. So, would you wear read shorts with a blue bike? I do have that red 50+ jersey on order. My Kaitai is black; nothing wrong with red & black. Am I crossing over into DG territory? ;)


Am I the only one with the nerve to say no way in hell will those look right on your Lemond???? You will just not be able to wear them whilst riding that one. If you want them for the KaiTai and swear you will only wear them on that one, you may keep them. But only if.

Either that or what the hell, get a hi vis yellow jersey too and clash everywhere.

Am I the only one with the nerve to say no way in hell will those look right on your Lemond???? You will just not be able to wear them whilst riding that one. If you want them for the KaiTai and swear you will only wear them on that one, you may keep them. But only if.

Either that or what the hell, get a hi vis yellow jersey too and clash everywhere.

A brave man speaks up! See, you are just voicing the very doubts I am expressing.
Now, as for the hi vis yellow... I already have that covered with this (part of the same order as the shorts)
http://www.nashbar.com/nashbar_photos/250/EN-LJ-HV-FRONT.jpg

:eek: My EYES! I must avert my eyes! Aaaaiiiieeeeeee!!!!

Am I the only one with the nerve to say no way in hell will those look right on your Lemond????

EX-FRED ALERT!!!

A true Fred would embrace the color clashing.

No, you're crossing into OCP territory. Come back to the light...

EX-FRED ALERT!!!

A true Fred would embrace the color clashing.

You should have seen me this morning, black shorts, black socks, tan shoes, Sage and Cream bike, and Blaze Orange Tee shirt (wicking kind, from target). It was pretty early, andI did want to be seen... But my bottles are green to match my bike... if that helps.

I have a white bike with red trim, and I wear a blue jersey and a red helmet. I get saluted on the roads al the time.

Anyone ever read the Rivendell catalogue? They insist that no one should have any trouble wearing a long-sleeve seersucker shirt while riding, regardless of the time of year.

A seersucker shirt, these red shorts, maybe some Birkenstocks to go with your pedals. I think it would be a killer look.

Anyone ever read the Rivendell catalogue? They insist that no one should have any trouble wearing a long-sleeve seersucker shirt while riding, regardless of the time of year.


I used to have a Rivendell membership. I could handle the wool hairshirts, but the relentless rants about seersucker pushed me over the edge into the sinful world of lycra.

Yeah, you'd better believe it! :lol:

I am beginning to develop "biker's thighs". I look like the Incredible Hulk.

That claim is nothing without pics. Brag about them, post em.:p:D

DG's preference for white bikes makes more sense every day. :D

I feel vindicated!!! :)

EX-FRED ALERT!!!

A true Fred would embrace the color clashing.

Not quite. A true Fred would be UNAWARE of the color clashing.

Not quite. A true Fred would be UNAWARE of the color clashing.

Great point. To say it another way, true Freds are totally clueless.;)

SKT

You ought to feel lucky in having a blue bike that you wish to Co-ordinate with. Those red shorts will go well with a 50+ jersey by the Way.

I have to look for gold clothing. Not quite my colour.

Yeah, you'd better believe it! :lol:

I am beginning to develop "biker's thighs". I look like the Incredible Hulk.

My theory is that that's what causes baggy short wearers to cross over into the Dark Land of Lycra--certainly did it for me. When I noticed that the parts of my legs that used to be, um, jiggly were now muscle, suddenly Lycra seemed like a really good idea. The old "if you've got it, flaunt it" principle in action, I guess.(Please note this only applies during saddle time!) Of course, the fact that Lycra is very comfortable on the bike doesn't hurt either. Similarly, when I noticed that my stomach was going in rather than out when I bent over I developed a sudden need to replace my baggy T shirts with Euro cut jerseys. When your physique starts looking better than it has in a decade or four, you get these strange urges.

I look like the Incredible Hulk.

You mean your face is red and deeply wrinkled?

No, that's the Thing... the Hulk was green (well, orignally gray but that's another story)

I look like the Incredible Hulk.

You mean your face is red and deeply wrinkled? No wait, that was another one. You mean your face is green and you it seems apparent that you and Barry Bonds have the same doctor?

You mean your face is red and deeply wrinkled?

Terrierman, serious question: are you colorblind? Because a red hulk and a green hulk would* look exactly the same...

I really don't know much about fashion, but wouldn't red go better with a blue bike than a different shade of blue?

Terrierman, serious question: are you colorblind? Because a red hulk and a green hulk would* look exactly the same...

No, I'm just posting impaired.

Try wearing them and observe whether your bike complains.

Go to Home Depot and buy a quart of red paint and a brush .. problem solved!

You could look at it as BLACK shorts (which of course go with everything!) with a smidgeon of red trim :D
But since I ride a red bike with black shorts and a light blue JOLT COLA jersey most days mayhap you won't want to take my fashion advice :eek:

It boils down to this. Freds wouldn't even buy those shorts, and OCP'ers wouldn't be caught dead in the wrong color scheme. If you keep them, you'll be living in some God-forsaken Twilight Zone where nothing can be taken for granted. I'd send 'em back.

Geez, dude - the solution is pretty simple.

Buy another bike.

EDIT: fixed. :p

I used to have a Rivendell membership. I could handle the wool hairshirts, but the relentless rants about seersucker pushed me over the edge into the sinful world of lycra.

I'm all for wool clothing (merino wool that is) but I totally do not get the "seersucker" shirt for summer riding that Rivendell advocates...... I'm glad I'm not the only one.....practicality is good, but I don't see how a long sleeve button down shirt in a non-stretch fabric could be comfortable for bike riding.....but that's just me.

But another bike?

But another bike?

To but or not to but, that is the question.

Geez, dude - the solution is pretty simple.

But another bike.

+1

People CARE about stuff like this? People over 30? I had no idea.
My advice is that if the shorts are comfortable, wear them. A person who sees you going by and says, "Oh, look, that old fart's shorts don't match his bike" is not a person you want anything to do with anyway.

+1? No, I don't think so. For any number of reasons.
I wanted the blue because, well, I like blue. Red... well, let's just say I am ambivalent about red.
I've never been one to worry about "fashion" but my wife is a pretty snappy dresser and *has* corrupted me a bit. Still, I was OK with it until SHE said: "You're going to wear THOSE with a blue bike?"
The seeds of insecurity have been planted.

[QUOTE=SaiKaiTai;5034158Still, I was OK with it until SHE said: "You're going to wear THOSE with a blue bike?"
The seeds of insecurity have been planted.[/QUOTE]

Just say "yes" and be done with it.

But I've already got too many bikes! :D

Paint the bike white.:D

I have blue bikes and trying to get the correct Hue of Blue to go with them is impossible. The best matching colour to go with Blue is RED. And the red does not have to be the same shade either. Now you imagine this bike in Offroad trim with red tyres and red hubs on the wheels and you have a colour co-ordinated bike. Only problem is that after 5 minutes offroad and I have a brown- mud stained bike and there is only one colour that goes with Brown- More Brown.

As I wrote earlier, I don't care about matching colors. But I don't like wearing red. So I would have been upset upon opening the package. Silver trim, fine. Green, fine. White, fine. Yellow, okay. Red ... yech.

I think the red shorts will make you look fat. Check the original pics you posted. Red shorts have fat thighs. Just sayin.

So you try the shorts for a while...if you like 'em, order another pair in your
preferred color. Meantime use 'em and enjoy them.

There's usually only two types of observers out there anyway....People watchers who
most likely won't even notice the bike...and equipment ooglers who probably
won't remember anything at all about the bikes owner/rider.

The only one who'll be aware of rider/bike color coordination will most
likely be you.

But then I'm kinda Fredish.....

Happy Trails