Do I -have- to wear those silly shorts?

**AuntieK** · 07-27-2006, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by chickwhorips

i just got my victoria's secret fall preview catalog and i swear everything in that looks like the 80s.

Tell me it's true! I loved the 80s and have anxiously awaited their return.

I'm tired of all the retro 70s stuff. (Can you tell when I was in HS?

Am I aging myself?)
Although, I have enjoyed the flare jeans much more than I ever would have cared to admit (I thought I was going to die when I saw they were coming back).

**chickwhorips** · 07-27-2006, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by AuntieK

Tell me it's true! I loved the 80s and have anxiously awaited their return.

here ya go: http://www2.victoriassecret.com/cata...=WA&rfnbr=3127

**pooks** · 07-27-2006, 10:45 AM

Well, if it means anything, there's a new (at least to me) alternative rock group out called Rock Kills Kid. I saw them on Letterman and then bought their album off iTunes.

They are straight out of the 80s, people. Retro is now 80s, I guess.

I feel so old.

Time to go get my new jerseys so I can feel fat, too!

**cherinyc** · 07-27-2006, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by KSH

Yes, I think so.
My butt is already huge... without extra padding added to it...so I don't feel sexy in them. I feel like I have a super-huge-booty in them.

KSH - thank you for being one who doesn't feel sexy in your bike shorts. Maybe it's something that comes with time, or the "right" short, or the "right" body shape. For me, any type of clothing that presses into a part of my body that otherwise would not be pressed (and causes that bulge on either side) is no friend of mine.
For instance, I have had a belly ring for 13 yrs now, and wear everything "low-rise" and loose (hate the feeling of something touching my belly button - it's like I am being choked

)
Most bike shorts come way up high - and make the part above the waistband bulge out - and then the grippers on the thighs cause all kinds of weird bulges.
Of course when I try to go up a size (to be looser) then there is movement/chafing, etc. Not good. Neither option make me feel sexy. Just being honest.

**chickwhorips** · 07-27-2006, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by cherinyc

For instance, I have had a belly ring for 13 yrs now, and wear everything "low-rise" and loose (hate the feeling of something touching my belly button - it's like I am being choked

)
Most bike shorts come way up high - and make the part above the waistband bulge out - and then the grippers on the thighs cause all kinds of weird bulges.

i try to get bike shorts and other stuff so it doesn't get stuck on my belly ring either. had some bad instances where i thought the ring was going to be ripped out. also anything higher than my navel makes me feel fat.

**SouthernBelle** · 07-27-2006, 11:09 AM

I have 2 jerseys that are strappy. One is a racerback, the other is skinnier straps that cross in the back. They both came from REI Outlet where I have had great luck with cycle clothing.

BTW, I'm built straight up and down, no waist. But I don't care.

**mtbdarby** · 07-27-2006, 11:15 AM

Here are the castelli shorts I was talking about! Look at the waistband - aren't these the sexiest shorts you've evern seen (at least on this model?)>

I can't believe how excited these shorts have gotten me, lol. But I can't justify forking over $150 for shorts right now either, so I dream...

**chickwhorips** · 07-27-2006, 11:19 AM

i do like the waist on it. i try to look for those like that too.

**mimitabby** · 07-27-2006, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by AuntieK

Tell me it's true! I loved the 80s and have anxiously awaited their return.

I'm tired of all the retro 70s stuff. (Can you tell when I was in HS?

Am I aging myself?)
Although, I have enjoyed the flare jeans much more than I ever would have cared to admit (I thought I was going to die when I saw they were coming back).

I often ride my bike to work and in the morning it is cool enough that i just wear my work clothing. Flare jeans are really annoying on a bike even if you have good ankle straps. It's a lot of extra material.

**Nanci** · 07-27-2006, 04:10 PM

Just got the new Patagonia Panties from UPS. I am THRILLED to have found $120 worth of panties for $40...Going to test them out as "sleeping panties" tonight! (That means no going up the butt by the panties for them to pass that test!)

I hate it when anything touches my belly button ring. I keep my cycling shorts just below it. The one I have right now is a circular barbell, or something, meaning it catches easily on the edges of things.

**run it, ride it** · 07-27-2006, 07:18 PM

My only piercings are well above the belt, safe in the bra top. No trouble there except distraction to motorists when it's pouring and I only had a white shirt left. Eeeeah.

Some of those tops are cute, aside from the terrifying patterns.

Also, bulges come at ANY weight. Even when I was an underweight varsity athlete with no boobs left, I still had love handles. Can't win!

**emily_in_nc** · 07-27-2006, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by run it, ride it

Also, bulges come at ANY weight. Even when I was an underweight varsity athlete with no boobs left, I still had love handles. Can't win!

Ain't it the truth - I am around 105 lbs and still get bulges on either side of my waist in cycling shorts (and pants). I'm only 5'2" and am curvy. I do have hips, love handles, and a butt - and plenty of cellulite in back! I ride with a TALL gal who has not a pinchable bit of body fat anywhere, and I feel so self-conscious in my bike clothes around her! She wears tiny little tanks and has no back fat, minimal boobage, no belly/hip fat, and I have all of the above. My friend is just one of those naturally skinny people who can eat anything and not gain an ounce...lucky gal!

Emily

**fatbottomedgurl** · 07-27-2006, 08:59 PM

Okay Emily~ 5'2" and 105# complaining about bulges? Hee Hee. Well, everyone will be so busy admiring your new bike new Artemis that they won't even notice. That bike makes you sexy!!!

**Nanci** · 07-28-2006, 04:46 AM

That is a great bike. I love Titus. And what a sweet deal!!

**Crankin** · 07-28-2006, 05:56 AM

It's true, ladies. Just because one is petite does not mean you don't have bulges. i am about the same size as Emily and no matter what I do (save heavy duty weight lifting and maybe performance enhancing drugs) my @$$ will never be firm. It's as flabby as it could get, even though it's smaller now. When the season started, i had the love handles over the tops of my new shorts. Now, after 3 months of riding, that's gone, but I'm sure to return next winter. I exercise all year round and ride as much as i can and my thighs are still not firm. I have friends like Emily's who have not one ounce of fat on them. And, they eat whatever they want. I have to watch everything and if i ever stopped riding, I would gain 20 lbs. instantly. It's just the way it is.... I would never NOT wear all of these cycling clothes because they make you comfortable and i don't really care if my legs look like sausages when I put leg warmers on...

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