bicycle culture

**KnottedYet** · 10-12-2006, 07:07 PM

Don't let him be intimidated by the Harley riders.

Remember: "Leather or lycra, we both wear black."

**hellosunshine** · 10-13-2006, 03:23 AM

several years ago we had a GOLD BIKE SCHEME in town,council sprayed bikes gold,left them in special bike parks,the idea the general public could borrow one,and return it to any of these bike parks.

well,lo n behold they were are nicked!aint rocket science is it!!!!plonkers.

**Bad JuJu** · 10-13-2006, 04:06 AM

Occasionally, my neighbor and I ride our bikes to a little local place for breakfast--it's only a few miles, but then we always want to ride home the long way. We both have Terry skorts, so we usually wear those, mostly for the fun of it. But if I didn't have the skort, I'd have no trouble going into the restaurant--well, it's just a little cafe, really--in bike shorts. I'm pretty short, so my tops usually cover my-ahem-rear assets, but even if they didn't, I kinda feel like Lisa--black lycra smooths out a lot of lumps and bumps and the black is slimming. Besides, I'm old enough to feel like if people don't like what they see, they don't have to look.

But I'm thrilled that it's getting cool enough to wear knickers here for cycling--I just love my knickers, and in fact just got a new pair by Shebeest. Might try a pair of the spinnakers from Terry--they look so cute, with the slit in the hem. And I'm thinking they'd be nice for spinning class, when I also want to do a little strength workout before class.

**Mimosa** · 10-13-2006, 04:41 AM

That's why most people over here have a town bike for doing simple trips (to the shopping centre, going to school, going to a friend, just getting some fresh air, you name it). You don't have to dressup, just your normal clothing will do. But then we don't have any hills in this country

. It's easy to go everywhere when it is flat and there are paved cyclepaths everywhere.

**KnottedYet** · 10-13-2006, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by hellosunshine

several years ago we had a GOLD BIKE SCHEME in town,council sprayed bikes gold,left them in special bike parks,the idea the general public could borrow one,and return it to any of these bike parks.

well,lo n behold they were are nicked!aint rocket science is it!!!!plonkers.

Gold bike!?!? Flossie, RUN!!

(my bike is gold)

**pooks** · 10-13-2006, 05:54 AM

Thanks for all the answers! I don't worry about my road shorts (maybe I should, ahem) but he never wears shorts of any kind so he's more self-conscious about it. I never knew why until recently -- one of his friends in high school was a football player with huge muscled thighs, and my husband had what he considered to be "skinny" legs and so was self-conscious. He actually has beautifully shaped legs - but old baggage is hard to discard, sometimes!

It's so cool this morning I think I'll wear my jeans to Starbucks.

Oh yeah, re: the gold bike scheme. Great idea! Well, except for the "people steal bikes" part!

**cherinyc** · 10-13-2006, 06:05 AM

For me, it's not the leg part of the bike shorts that I am selfconscious about, it's the way the chamois part lays in the buttocks area. If my butt in the shorts just looked like, my butt in the shorts - well I would be greatful for the spandex holding everything in a defined shape.
BUT (no pun intended) it's the diaper effect of the chamois in my most comfy shorts that I hate.

**pooks** · 10-13-2006, 06:13 AM

I think I'm too dorky to care about the diaper butt. Because first I had to get over the idea of wearing spandex without a big loose t-shirt to cover up my sins, and I started feeling all biker-chick tough. Dudes, this is what we wear; deal with it.

And I thought the diaper butt was just part of the look.

By the time I started reading about people who hated that look and were looking for different styles of chamois, I'd already taken on that "deal with it" mantle and I don't even think about that part. (Of course, I'm also not looking at that part, if ya know what I mean.)

**mimitabby** · 10-13-2006, 06:46 AM

Originally Posted by hellosunshine

several years ago we had a GOLD BIKE SCHEME in town,council sprayed bikes gold,left them in special bike parks,the idea the general public could borrow one,and return it to any of these bike parks.

well,lo n behold they were are nicked!aint rocket science is it!!!!plonkers.

Does nicked mean stolen?

**mimitabby** · 10-13-2006, 06:50 AM

We were riding our bikes through a resort town, and we all stopped for lunch, a tandem group. We found some picnic benches and grabbed one. Across from us, resplendent in all their black leather, was a group of motorcycle tourists.
Here we were, in our rainbow bicycle array, and there they were in black. We
approached each other and made bike jokes. My camera was forgotten unfortunately... it would have been a great shot!

I'm like Lisa. People are just going to have to get used to me (and others) in bike duds.
I yam what i yam.

**pooks** · 10-13-2006, 07:07 AM

Nicked does mean stolen.

And I read a funny story on bikejournal about cyclists and bikers meeting up at the same convenience store. One of the cyclists referred to himself as a "biker," and the Harley-guy said, "No, we are the bikers. You are the bikees."

Badabing!

**cherinyc** · 10-13-2006, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by pooks

One of the cyclists referred to himself as a "biker," and the Harley-guy said, "No, we are the bikers. You are the bikees."

Badabing!

I don't get it.

**pooks** · 10-13-2006, 07:22 AM

***ers DO.

***ees get DONE TO.

(*** can mean anything you want it to.)

But you might think, "prison humor."

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-13-2006, 07:57 AM

Well, there is diaper butt and then there is DIAPER BUTT. My Shebeest and LouisGarneau padded tights and knickers just look like some very descrete gently rounded padding with a defined line of stitching around it, so unless you have no brain you easily can guess what it is (Oh, it's stiched in, so I guess it CAN'T be an incontinence napkin!). No giant pillow effects.

Then again, I once tried on some really expensive PI shorts that had chamois that stuck out in the back like a SHELF! I could have lined up some jars of jelly on that baby! Other than that slight "issue" however, those shorts fit me fine.

(but no, I did NOT buy them!)

So I think if the chamois doesn't stick out in bizarre clownlike ways, I have no problem with people seeing it.

**cherinyc** · 10-13-2006, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

so unless you have no brain you easily can guess what it is (Oh, it's stiched in, so I guess it CAN'T be an incontinence napkin!). No giant pillow effects.

Then again, I once tried on some really expensive PI shorts that had chamois that stuck out in the back like a SHELF! I could have lined up some jars of jelly on that baby! Other than that slight "issue" however, those shorts fit me fine.

(but no, I did NOT buy them!)

I think living in an area with so few bicyclists (relative to the population at least) like I currently live in, keeps people from knowing what that chamois stitching is. Until a few months ago, I wouldn't have known...this is trully an auto-full, bicycle-less area. It's trully over-crowded (with morons).

Secondly? I think I DID buy those PI shorts you mentioned. Most expensive pair I own (got them 50% off

) but the chamois sticks out like a shelf. Like you said.

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