Why Bike Shorts are Black

[OakLeaf]

I've had mud on the back of my shorts (and jersey) plenty of times, and it never looked like that...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

What's on the back of dude's shorts is probably mud...

Yeah right. Mud.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

What's on the back of dude's shorts is probably mud...

Yeah right. Mud.





...........or maybe..... FUDGE!!!!!

[Eden]

OK - so here's the front of big Tom on that same year. He's covered in what, hmmmmm mud.... OK maybe its dust and sweat, but mixed that makes what? mud. I won't exclaim positively that he did not poo himself, but I rather suspect not.

[boy in a kilt]

Note how clean their bikes, socks and shoes are. Also note the distinct lack of poo-looking material on the other guy.

If that's mud, somebody threw it at his butt so it'd look like he dropped a big a big deuce in the saddle. If it's dirt and sweat, one must ask how he managed to get so much dirt in that one spot?

[Eden]

I suppose this fellow was right behind him..... (yes this really is another rider from the same race)


I still think its probably mud.

[boy in a kilt]

Ok, that is Tom Boonen at the 2007 PR. I'll buy that.

Someone threw mud at Tom Boonen's butt. Or he sat in it. That's all the farther I'll yield.

[Zen]

OK - so here's the front of big Tom on that same year.

That photo is making me have lewd, lascivious thoughts and is very appealing to my prurient interests.

he'll clean up just fine whatever it is

[elk]

I suppose this fellow was right behind him..... (yes this really is another rider from the same race)


I still think its probably mud.

well i sure hope so!!

[OakLeaf]

So when do we get our TE calendar of half-dressed male cyclists, each of whom has been described by TV commentators as "BIG," smeared all over with mud?

[beccaB]

I second that idea, but I'm sure my husband wouldn't like it.

[boy in a kilt]

Now that the modern society has most women struggling for an obtainable standard in physical beauty, they've turned toward ensuring all men have an Adonis Complex. Either you succumb and work out obsessively, or you just ignore it.

[OakLeaf]

Oh BiaK I'm sure you're delectable too with mud all over you.

I hope SG doesn't mind my saying it

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Someone threw mud at Tom Boonen's butt. Or he sat in it. That's all the farther I'll yield.

Somebody threw poo at his butt.

[boy in a kilt]

Oh BiaK I'm sure you're delectable too with mud all over you.

I hope SG doesn't mind my saying it

She's pretty flexible about that. Granted, she is very visual and hopelessly biased. Last drill I came home covered with dust (thanks to 25+ mph winds and dust at Yakima) and reeked of sweat, dirt and cordite. She didn't care.


Tom must have been attacked by the rare northern European primate Flahute fanaticus. Found in northeast France and central to southern Belgium, it only comes out in the early spring. Normally sedate due to massive quantities of strong Belgian-style ales, it becomes easily excited by passing bicycle races. Loud screaming and feces-throwing behavior have been noted.