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cantdrv55 08-31-09 12:00 AM

Roadies, what do you wear when you're just tooling around town on a bike?
 
Or do you not just tool around?

Anyway, I tend to wear cotton Old Navy cargo shorts and Andiamo liners. Thing is, those liners tend to droop down and sag unlike my road kit/bibs. Do you wear road shorts/bibs under your street clothes or have you found something better than liner underwear?

BoodBianchi 08-31-09 12:35 AM

bibs and t shirt

Carbon Unit 08-31-09 01:17 AM

I always were the same thing when I ride--shorts, jersey, cycle shoes and a helmet. If it is cold, I may also wear arm and leg warmers, wool socks and a jacket.

furyx 08-31-09 01:32 AM

regular clothes

Skones MickLoud 08-31-09 01:33 AM

Nothing.

spinerguy 08-31-09 01:50 AM

Any shorts and a t-shirt. Pretty much I reserve my poser costumes for longer weekend rides.

I was very temped to get some puma manpris last week but my sexual insecurities got the best of me.

Jay-W 08-31-09 02:25 AM

Flip flops and a...hang on..

kwrides 08-31-09 04:06 AM

I wear mtb shorts if I'm doing something like going in the grocery store. However, they are definitely not nearly as comfortable as my bibs, so if I'm just sightseeing with the possibility of grabbing coffee, I wear my roadie kit.

txvintage 08-31-09 04:09 AM

When I am "JRA" I don'tuse a road bike, I use my tourer. I can wear regular shorts and t-shirt for those little short runs thanks to a trusty Brooks B-17. .

mrvrsick 08-31-09 08:33 AM

Whatever combination of shorts and shirt I'm wearing. No liner. No cycling shoes.

DataJunkie 08-31-09 08:35 AM

I don't tool around on my geared road bike. I pick my fixed gear or my mountain bike and whatever I am wearing that day.

mrbUSA 08-31-09 08:46 AM


Originally Posted by DataJunkie (Post 9587804)
I don't tool around on my geared road bike. I pick my fixed gear or my hybrid and whatever I am wearing that day.

yes

UGASkiDawg 08-31-09 09:14 AM

I don't just tool around.....I don't own anything but a roadie and it's not made for tooling around....I have a scooter for that

ChltCat 08-31-09 09:20 AM

I was out riding yesterday and got passed by this guy wearing only his shorts ...and a lot of back hair...I guess it's what he doesn't wear when he tools around :)

San Rensho 08-31-09 09:30 AM

When I tool, I ride my Raleigh 3 spd, so I wear anything I want.

fatallightning 08-31-09 09:37 AM

Cutoff shorts, t shirt , vans and a cycling cap. If I'm just tooling around I'm usually not riding more then a few miles so I eschew cycling undies.

silversx80 08-31-09 09:44 AM

I tool around on the motorcycle with usually a jacket (w/armor), helmet, boots, gloves and either jeans or armored pants. The >$3K road bike is not for tooling around because:

1) no lock, feel weary leaving anywhere out of my sight
2) clipless pedals
3) uncomfortable without bibs

BillyD 08-31-09 09:58 AM

Yeah, clipless pedals make the main road bike impractical to tool around on . . . instead I'll use the platform pedal road bike.

I'll wear shorts, jeans, sweats, whatever, but I will usually still wear a bike jersey . . . we poseurs must maintain at least some style while on the bike. ;)

Sundae 08-31-09 10:00 AM

I have two pairs of bike shorts that have an outer liner to make them look like regular athletic shorts. I'll toss on one of those and a t-shirt.

As for bike choice, depends where I'm going. If I have to lock up the bike for any real amount of time, I hop on the hybrid. If it's a longer ride or just short lock-ups, I use the road bike. My pedals are 1/2 platform and 1/2 clipless, which is very convenient for the occasional rides where I can't bring bike shoes.

TMonk 08-31-09 10:16 AM

I usually tool around in a skinsuit (with HRM under), and some shoe covers for good measure.

Sometimes ill use the aero helmet but I think that it's a bit excessive

SkyeC 08-31-09 10:53 AM

uh, normal clothes and my track bike.

the only locking up my road bike sees is inside my apartment at night.

heavyMetal 08-31-09 11:20 AM

A monkey suit.
http://dev1.boomersdomain.com/store_...pstr106800.jpg

caloso 08-31-09 11:34 AM

Whatever I happen to be wearing. All my road bikes have Ultegra pedals, which are wide enough to work as platforms for short casual rides.

noisebeam 08-31-09 11:37 AM

I wear my cycling shorts under regular shorts & a comfortable not too loose shirt.

msincredible 08-31-09 12:08 PM


Originally Posted by caloso (Post 9588803)
whatever i happen to be wearing.

+1


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