who are those black stripe runners?
08-09-05, 09:22 AM
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who are those black stripe runners?
every time i ride down the lakefront trail (chicago) i see these guys with no shirt and a black stripe around their middle just under their nipples.. about and inch and a half wide. why are they striped like that? i must know.
08-09-05, 09:24 AM
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Black stripe? Perhaps it's the heart monitor strap you're seeing?
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really? hahahaha.. that's funny if that's really what it is. i'm so dumb. no but really, it looks like it's PAINTED on their skin. has anyone else seen these?
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c'mon people. It is really obivous that these people are just wearing the adult version of these:
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Originally Posted by solostyle
every time i ride down the lakefront trail (chicago) i see these guys with no shirt and a black stripe around their middle just under their nipples.. about and inch and a half wide. why are they striped like that? i must know.
For a second, I thought Chicago had a new tribal cycling thing going on.
08-09-05, 11:15 AM
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It's modesty - they don't want people seeing their nipples...
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Originally Posted by The Fixer
I've seen them in LA as well. They're all part of MS13.
Like the the Insane Might Dueces or the Insane Fish.
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LOL!! Yeah, I've seem them. It's a variation of the Trigeek lifestyle. I bet those guys must get some ridiculous tan lines. Not that I'm, um, into that kind of thing. I swear.
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Originally Posted by [165]
c'mon people. It is really obivous that these people are just wearing the adult version of these:
