Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
I'm still in training (I'll be 50 in April)
And you dare call yourself cranky? I'm lookin' for role models here. Thought you could help me out.
AH, a 50+ POSEUR!
Just wait until you start using the "large print" bike computer and can't patch a g.d. tire without your reading specs. Theeeennn you'll be cranky.
Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
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I also am the proud owner of a pair of Sidi Dragons worn daily along with all of my civilian clothes. I am not a total dunce regarding the advantages of cycling specific wear. And any ride over 30 miles will probably find me wearing padded shorts of some nature, although when I was 30 I biked from New Orleans to Vancouver, then down to Mexico on a Brooks Professional without padded shorts and had no problems.
I ride mostly for recreation - just as I ski and (very rarely) jog. I wear semi-specialize clothing for each, although there's a lot of crossover between the two. I just enjoy it more and it's more comfortable with wicking fabrics, athletic designed shorts and (baggy) tights, etc. I tend to wear the same when I commute since my commute is a pretty hilly 20 mile ride and I like the cycling clothing for such a strenuous ride and change when I get to work. Where I live, I can't run errands w/o the 20 mile hilly ride, so I rarely do it.
I've even taken to wearing my (baggy) tights, and various flavors of XC or cycling tops, jackets, etc. when I hike in the mountains. Just works better than jeans and cotton shorts and shirts. FWIW, NBD, YMMV, etc.
I do wear MTB shoes on my road bike because I can't see the dorky duck walk of road shoes, even from car to bike.
Take care.