Roadies, what do you wear when you're just tooling around town on a bike?
08-31-09 | 12:00 AM
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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?
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?
08-31-09 | 01:50 AM
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Any shorts and a t-shirt. Pretty much I reserve my poser costumes for longer weekend rides.
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08-31-09 | 04:06 AM
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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.
08-31-09 | 08:35 AM
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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.
08-31-09 | 09:30 AM
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When I tool, I ride my Raleigh 3 spd, so I wear anything I want.
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08-31-09 | 09:44 AM
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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
1) no lock, feel weary leaving anywhere out of my sight
2) clipless pedals
3) uncomfortable without bibs
08-31-09 | 09:58 AM
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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.
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.
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08-31-09 | 10:00 AM
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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.
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.
08-31-09 | 10:16 AM
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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
Sometimes ill use the aero helmet but I think that it's a bit excessive
08-31-09 | 11:34 AM
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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.
08-31-09 | 12:08 PM
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