Now I get the Lycra thing!
03-09-13, 04:33 PM
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Now I get the Lycra thing!
I sucked it up and bought spandex shorts for cycling. I did 20 miles today and I was sooooo comfortable! It was alot easier to keep my pace. I was getting sore in basketball shorts. I want to get bibs but the shorts were cheaper. I'm a believer now.
03-09-13, 04:53 PM
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I sucked it up and bought spandex shorts for cycling. I did 20 miles today and I was sooooo comfortable! It was alot easier to keep my pace. I was getting sore in basketball shorts. I want to get bibs but the shorts were cheaper. I'm a believer now.
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Attach some clip-on suspenders, loosen the waist drawstring, and you have budget bibs.
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Yup...turns out there's a reason we all look kinda strange out there. It's just better.
Welcome and congrats! You have a lot of awesome discoveries and times ahead of you. Kinda jealous.
Welcome and congrats! You have a lot of awesome discoveries and times ahead of you. Kinda jealous.
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03-09-13, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by oldbobcat
Attach some clip-on suspenders, loosen the waist drawstring, and you have budget bibs.
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Originally Posted by Psimet2001
Yup...turns out there's a reason we all look kinda strange out there. It's just better.
Welcome and congrats! You have a lot of awesome discoveries and times ahead of you. Kinda jealous.
Welcome and congrats! You have a lot of awesome discoveries and times ahead of you. Kinda jealous.
03-09-13, 07:07 PM
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Save your cash, get some bibs. Some people swear by shorts, but the majority of cyclists that try bibs stick with bibs. I am but one of that majority.
03-09-13, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BoomMcNasty
Welcome to the dark side.
03-09-13, 08:27 PM
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i wear bibs because they make me look like Andre the Giant....that and they are so comfy.
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Originally Posted by slowride454
i wear bibs because they make me look like Andre the Giant....that and they are so comfy.
or THIS Andre the Giant?
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Unfortunately the first one.
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Originally Posted by slowride454
Unfortunately the first one.
03-10-13, 11:55 AM
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I just got some shorts yesterday. The difference is astounding, I can't believe I wasn't riding with them the whole time.
03-10-13, 05:00 PM
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break out the razor and do the legs..silky smooth tanned legs =speed plus the ladies luv it
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Originally Posted by roadiejorge
wait until you try bibs....and a cycling jersey....and cycling shoes...
03-10-13, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cafzali
Can someone explain the value of bibs? I've been "back on the bike" since '08 and have pretty much everything you need, and like most of us, I've bought some things I just wanted. Yet, I've always opted for traditional cycling shorts rather than bibs. Is there really a benefit or is it more of a preference thing?
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Originally Posted by jsutkeepspining
i do it just cuz im sexy
03-10-13, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cafzali
Originally Posted by roadiejorge
wait until you try bibs....and a cycling jersey....and cycling shoes...
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I admit that I"ve yet to try bibs and wonder what the advantage could be - I suppose they stay pulled "up" better.
But early on I did go through that sequence of discoveries - from cut-off sweat pants to shorts, from t-shirts to jerseys, from gardening gloves to padded cycling gloves, etc. With each step I became more of a mamil and more of an embarrassment to my teenage daughter, but the gear does what it is supposed to do in a way that the fred uniform does not.
But early on I did go through that sequence of discoveries - from cut-off sweat pants to shorts, from t-shirts to jerseys, from gardening gloves to padded cycling gloves, etc. With each step I became more of a mamil and more of an embarrassment to my teenage daughter, but the gear does what it is supposed to do in a way that the fred uniform does not.
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I ride with a buddy who's partially moons me while riding with his shorts. I've been trying to get him to convert to bibs. They keep the chamois in place better IME.
At least when I ride with him it makes me HTFU and pull
At least when I ride with him it makes me HTFU and pull
