Since when did road cycling get overrun by wusses?
08-25-15, 01:06 PM
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Yes, but to assign wussy boy status to modern techno-padded spandex leads one to believe that non-padded spandex shorts are for tough guys.
From cyberland, picturing a man in spandex telling another man he's wearing wussy spandex is more entertainment than the thread itself.
From cyberland, picturing a man in spandex telling another man he's wearing wussy spandex is more entertainment than the thread itself.
08-25-15, 01:07 PM
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08-25-15, 01:12 PM
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Are you sitting there wearing spandex right now. 'cause I'm not. It isn't about what you (and I) wear (he repeated for the umpteenth time), it is the ATTITUDE toward it. I buy moderately priced shorts, because I know they will feel just as good to me as the crème de la crème. Or maybe I should say they will feel as good as they need to, beyond which it makes no difference. If you are comfortable, you are comfortable, enough said.
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08-25-15, 01:17 PM
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Are you sitting there wearing spandex right now. 'cause I'm not. It isn't about what you (and I) wear (he repeated for the umpteenth time), it is the ATTITUDE toward it. I buy moderately priced shorts, because I know they will feel just as good to me as the crème de la crème. Or maybe I should say they will feel as good as they need to, beyond which it makes no difference. If you are comfortable, you are comfortable, enough said.
08-25-15, 01:54 PM
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My 1990s Pearl Izumi and 2015 Boure PRO shorts with flat synthetic leather chamois are more comfortable than any diaper short I've tried with a possible exception for my 2015 Voler Black Label shorts with 120kg/m^3 foam under the sit bones.
That's not how I remember it. In fact I don't think modern shorts contribute diddly-squat more to comfort than the old fashioned ones did.
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Padded shorts contribute 50% to the comfort of a cycling experience? Really? So everybody who used to ride on unpadded genuine chamois was only half as comfortable as they could have been if modern shorts had been available...and the most expensive ones, of course?
That's not how I remember it. In fact I don't think modern shorts contribute diddly-squat more to comfort than the old fashioned ones did.
Please discuss...and, oh yeah, you kids get off my lawn before I turn the hose on ya'.
That's not how I remember it. In fact I don't think modern shorts contribute diddly-squat more to comfort than the old fashioned ones did.
Please discuss...and, oh yeah, you kids get off my lawn before I turn the hose on ya'.
In what world does a grown man sporting a diaper and a fruity colored shirt seem manly?
08-25-15, 02:12 PM
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50%, I have no idea but much better (remember, 74.78% of all statics are made up on the spot). Go ride an old pair of chamois shorts and a Brooks B17 saddle and report back. When I rode that stuff I was a teenager and 50lbs lighter. I remember when I bought my first synthetic chamois shorts (back in ~1982), I took two pair of them along with 2 pair of leather chamois shorts on a 6 week bike camping trip. I mailed the leather chamois shorts home after the first week. There was no comparison, the synthetic chamois was much more comfortable.
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50%, I have no idea but much better (remember, 74.78% of all statics are made up on the spot). Go ride an old pair of chamois shorts and a Brooks B17 saddle and report back. When I rode that stuff I was a teenager and 50lbs lighter. I remember when I bought my first synthetic chamois shorts (back in ~1982), I took two pair of them along with 2 pair of leather chamois shorts on a 6 week bike camping trip. I mailed the leather chamois shorts home after the first week. There was no comparison, the synthetic chamois was much more comfortable.
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survey says 100% of me doesn't give a squat about what other people wear, ride, think! 
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