The high cost to be a well outfitted real cyclist.
 

In the new Bicycling magazine in an article on shorts, we are informed that a $250 pair of bibs are wonderful. IMO for that price they should be able to clean your house and mow the lawn. IMO that is a really insane price, but I guess if you have that kind of money go for it. In the mean time my all up riding gear cost approx $30. I may not be with it, and really pretty, but think of all the things I can buy with the $220 still in my wallet.

Great. Thanks.

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LOL...not a single piece of my cycling wardrobe cost even half that.


This is Bicycling magazine. once again, at its finest.

The Vatican called and they have you on the short list for beatification. I hear they are thinking "St Ryanbent the Stingy":rolleyes:

I probably wouldn't spend that kind of money either but that's because I wouldn't wear bibs...childhood trauma from having to wear a girl's PE uniform and I don't see how do you go to the bathroom in those things. But I don't have too much problem paying for bicycling cloths because I consider them to be a very good value. I have 25 year old shorts and jerseys that see constant use and are constantly laundered. I paid $60 to $80 for them which works out to an absolutely crippling $3.20 per year. The horror!

Bike shorts are worth their weight in gold on a long ride. I use them on endurance motorcycle rides, too, so they kind of see double duty.

I was a bibs hater for a long time. Then I tried a pair that got handed off to me. Revelation/epiphany. Love bibs. Although I'm more an $80 bibs kind of guy than $250 bibs.

Can I ride a bike in regular street clothes, no special bike outfit? Of course! Do I? Frequently! But I also wear cycling-specific clothes when called for. Many are just more comfortable and suited to cycling than regular streetwear.

Go on.

Why do you worry so much about what other people choose to do?

A saw blade that lets you convert a recumbent into a proper bike?

Oh. Zing. :roflmao:

Here we go again. :rolleyes:

Mistake #1: thinking Bicycling magazine has any ties with reality. They will tell you which $400 helmet is the best, though.

Ever notice how some folks are equally likely to brag about how little they spent on something as they are to brag about how much they spent on something? Here we see the former.

Yeah, um....I've done pretty well never having paid more than 55 bucks for a pair of shorts, and 50 bucks for a jersey. I did splurge, and paid 100 bucks on a pair of half price road shoes a couple of years ago.


But by all means keep preaching to us non bent riding heathens....I enjoy your trolls.

Bib on a bent....:love:

Spot on!

Of course Bicycling Magazine is going to tell you which $400 helmet is best. THAT'S THEIR JOB!

Even with $250 shorts cycling is still a relatively inexpensive hobby. It's not hard to spend $250+ for a round of golf and the bibs will last longer than 5 hours...

How many times are you going to post this topic?

I'm a pretty well established cheapie, but I don't even bother with what that magazine says. First off, they won't let me in because I have an ad-blocker, and secondly, because I know nothing they recommend is relevant to me. It is like reading GQ and having a rundown of the best $300 jeans or $2000 suits: something I am never going to use. Probably a great resource for those who will use it, though.

Oh come on, you can't just throw that out there and not follow up!

I've got some bib tights. It is easy enough to take a leak, but anything more than that and I have to lose the jersey first. Rather annoying, but I can control my myself well enough that it isn't an issue most of the time.

I was yellow carded by my resident accountant last month, so I...oh look, a shiny object!

You're not supposed to go to the bathroom in them. They aren't diapers. That might be your problem.

Excellent question/point. Three days ago the OP started what amounts to the same thread as this.


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Even if I went for the $200 shorts, those things last long enough that it'd probably be only like $10-$20 a year given how long some of them seem to last. It's not like you get a new pair every six months or something. Besides, if they really are a lot more comfortable or happen to fit someone better than other stuff I'd say they're totally worth it, even if they only lasted a year or two.

links to the magazine site are DNF with an ad blocker .. they , dependent, have advertisers pushing bling kit.

Real cyclist? A friend rides his bike about 20 miles each way to/from work everyday and has been doing this for a couple of decades. He also rides to lunch, dinner, grocery, hardware store, etc. He wears normal street clothes. He has no cycling specific clothing. He's not a Real Cyclist?

I have a pair of Assos bibs that I think I paid about $220 for. They are the most comfortable shorts or bibs I've ever had and I'm actually on my second pair. Should I instead of purchased some cheaper ones that are not as comfortable?

I have sometimes wondered if social-related childhood trauma sometimes plays a role in channeling a person to more intellectual pursuits, such as engineering. How did you feel about that?

Those bicycle magazines just try to sell you a glorified lifestyle. Other magazines do the same mingled into their more practical articles.

Car comercials sell you a lifestyle you can only get went you find a way to get out of congested traffic.