Originally Posted by nayr497

Yep, but the problem is that they absolutely do not look great. It's nature, dude. You stay away from the scary looking things in the jungle, they might eat you or poison you. I steer clear of tasteless humans. An overweight middle-aged guy with a braided goatee and garish kit 100% looks horrible. That's his option. And it's my option to shake my head and wonder how he ended up with such sartorial ineptitude.

Also, we're not talking about some guy who walked down to his local shop and needed some bibs and socks to ride. We're talking about guys spending time and money to seek out these kits. And they're overwhelmingly abysmal. And now it has become an arms race. I was in the biggest city in my state last weekend for a wedding. Saw tons of roadies downtown. One after another had on some terribly ugly clothes. It was comical by the end of the weekend. I tried, in vain, to find one classy looking rider. Nope.