bare biker butts

[bikerchick68]

OK... I gotta ask... why, oh why, don't people replace their threadbare shorts? I mean, you're on a $$$ bike riding in shorts that shoulda been replaced 400 miles ago! Don't get me wrong... I like bare biker butts... but I wanna see ALL of it or let me just dream...

there is something just... wrong about glimpsing patches thru the worn spots...

[SadieKate]

Must be the same reason why someone decided we needed white lycra shorts. Actually make that double

[runnergirl]

yeah, one of the guys on last night's ride was wearing a very worn out skinsuit...I'm sort of getting used to it. He's the fastest rider in that group, so I sit on his wheel a lot...but I concentrate on the tire.

[aka_kim]

I think no one tells them the shorts are threadbare, since it's not something noticeable until the shorts are on and the rider is leaning forward. I was riding with my roommate a few weeks ago, sitting on his wheel, and when the sun hit his back I could see everything. He threw the shorts away right after the ride.

Now I'm worried my shorts are threadbare and no one's bothered to tell me...

So how do you tell someone their butt is showing if you don't know them well?

[spazzdog]

Comment on the clarity of their tattoo

[Trek420]

aka_kim "Now I'm worried my shorts are threadbare and no one's bothered to tell me... "

as someone who will never be fast enough to ride in front of you, your shorts are fine, kim.

Bikerz was commenting, I call out bumps and signal turns....even though there's no one behind me .... ever.

"So how do you tell someone their butt is showing if you don't know them well?"

I like spazz's tattoo idea. Or work it into pre-ride routine; check brakes, inflate tires, would someone check my shorts?

[Technotart]

Heh - KSH and I were on an organized ride not too long ago and we were riding behind an older gentleman who was wearing a pair of cotton boxer/briefs - not bike shorts - the elastic around the top said Jockey - I kid you not!!!!

You have not seen threadbare until you have seen threadbare UNDERWEAR worn as bike shorts!!! You could see RIGHT through those suckers...I have to wonder if it wasn't on purpose since he had his t-shirt tucked IN!!!!!

We had to pass the guy or we woulda been laughing so hard we wouldnt have been able to ride!!!!

[CorsairMac]

since I don't have anyone to tell me - I stretch the shorts over my fist before I wear them to make sure they aren't sheer L'eggs comfort hose (in black) disguised as shorts!

[SadieKate]

So how do you tell some guy in his baggy mtbike shorts that they're not meant to lift and separate? At least on the road you can pass the guy before you starting snickering. On singletrack you get kind of stuck back there (no pun intended).

[Lynne]

First off, I thought this would be a juicy thread with pictures of lovely manly biker butts. Hmph...I'm just a little disgruntled

Now then, trust me, this is not limited to biking. Used to see this in the gym all the time. I had this problem myself a time or two, as well. I'd bend over in front of the mirror, but indoor lighting doesn't always work.

Heck, I say just tell them, whether you know them well or not (ok, not the guy you are biking past...at least someone you are biking WITH...and the guy with the underwear...that's just ew....ick....gross.....). Be like, "so, hey...have you checked out the new Pearl Izumi shorts? I'm thinking you haven't looked in a while as it looks like you might need a new pair....say....right NOW."

[skibum]

So funny that this topic came up. On a couple of recent group rides, there's been a guy wearing the same pair of threadbare shorts. It didn't help that it was an old team kit that had a gray panel strategically positioned. I was behind him on one of the rides and I got quite a view, even more so once he started sweating and gray became somewhat see-through anyways. I didn't know him and didn't know how to tell a total stranger that he really needed a new pair of shorts. I asked one of the other guys after the ride. He told me to be blunt -- hey, dude, get some new shorts, we really don't want to watch your butt-crack the whole ride. I didn't get a chance to say it, not sure I would have the guts to be that blunt. I did notice that he had a different pair of shorts on a couple of days ago so he either hasn't done laundry or someone else broke the news to him.

[mtbdarby]

LMAO! Too funny. Thank God I haven't noticed this yet in any other riders. But if you look at my avatar, you'll see why I REALLY like red shorts, lol. Of course, it's the front view I was interested in

[bikerchick68]

LOL skibum... maybe just say something like "Do you KNOW you're giving me the brown eye???"

UGH... OK I just grossed MYSELF out...

[CorsairMac]

ROFLMAO so I just had to share my story after this:

My ex-racer buddy had a pair of shorts that were long past decent and wore them on a fun ride once where I just razzed him no end about his shorts being so sheer!

so the Next fun ride with him in a pair of more "dense" shorts as I was laboring up this very steep hill-----here he comes coasting by me with his shorts pulled down around his knees! I thought I was gonna wreck the bike! when I asked him what the heck he was doing he told me that was in case I missed those old sheer shorts!!

[singletrackmind]

I didn't realize I was a bit thread-bare back there until dudes started thanking me.
Well, all they got to see was the bit of butt-crack above my chamois but still.....

I'll be a bit more careful about it from now on. I don't really care about other people's cracks though. There was this one dude I used to mountain bike with and then we'd lay around for a half hour or so after enjoying the day. I happened to pick the right? wrong? angle and noticed he had a huge display window going on around the chamois right over his horn section! Wow! How did he not know about that? Did he not know about that??

I'd tell a chick stranger about threadbaredness if I happened to notice but I don't know if I'd be able to tell a dude. I never did get around to telling that last guy.....