How do I look from behind?

**Biciclista** · 12-28-2008, 06:25 PM

and I thought we were talking about what kind of mirrors to wear on our helmets!

**kjay** · 12-28-2008, 06:31 PM

RolliePollie, you sure made me chuckle. I have a hunch there are a number of gals out here who wonder the same thing but probably just haven't voiced it. It has occurred to me, but I don't want to know how I look.

**Pedal Wench** · 12-28-2008, 06:37 PM

That's great!

I had the opposite. Kinda thought I wouldn't look too bad. But, after our first bike trip, when my BF took about 200 pictures of my bottom, I realized that I don't look nearly as cute as I thought I did.

**smurfalicious** · 12-28-2008, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by Pedal Wench

I had the opposite. Kinda thought I wouldn't look too bad. But, after our first bike trip, when my BF took about 200 pictures of my bottom, I realized that I don't look nearly as cute as I thought I did.

Oh, you're not alone. I was forced to participate in this photo shoot for work to get some "fall colors" stock photos. I was crying the night before and the morning of because I did not want to do it. So as it turns out there are shots of me from behind and insult to injury I'm next to my super skinny coworker. Yeah, what looks great in jeans does not carry over to bent over in spandex.
*sigh* Hot racer boys don't make passes at slow pedaling girls with fat a**es.

**Tokie** · 12-28-2008, 06:57 PM

Ah now Smurf, there is someone for everyone! I have a cycling friend with very generous hips and her devoted husband is a skinny little guy. My how do I look from behind moment came when I got a narrower saddle. I had to ask my DH - does this saddle make my butt look bigger? He just laughed. Of course, when I bought my silver cycling shoes, I also asked the guy at the store if they made my feet look bigger (since they weren't black) he just laughed too. I don't think men think of these things! And some men just love big (fill in the blank) on women! We are supposed to have the womanly curves, after all! Don't tell yourself that you are going to be overlooked - just be your loveable self. You never know what your true love may look like either! Tokie

**Biciclista** · 12-28-2008, 07:24 PM

beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I'd be willing to bet that my DH would love being behind any of you gals on your bikes.

**msincredible** · 12-28-2008, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Biciclista

beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I'd be willing to bet that my DH would love being behind any of you gals on your bikes.

My DH once suggested a women's cycling jersey.

On the back it would say:
"Stuck behind me?
Enjoy the view."

**smurfalicious** · 12-28-2008, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by Tokie

Ah now Smurf, there is someone for everyone! I have a cycling friend with very generous hips and her devoted husband is a skinny little guy.

Oh, I've never had a problem reeling in the tall skinny boys I adore so much I just feel pudgy right now. I started losing a heap of weight this summer and then decided to give up nicotine so I ate everything in sight for a while. So I'm less likely to develop cancer, but if I'm going to build a harem of skinny climber boys like my boss jokes about, well I need to stop slacking.

And in my defense the pics were more of a 3/4 shot and since black offers little in the way of definition it made me look like I was all butt.

Okay, in looking back at those pics, not so awful. It says "Custom Bike Love" above my hips so perhaps that serves as a distraction. Coworker is crazy skinny and also not of sauerkraut heritage therefore she does not have potato pickin', birthin' hips.

My friends used to have a little "game" we'd play when we got down on ourselves. We called it the gene pool game. The idea was, if you could have a new body but you had 50/50 odds of being smoking hot or butt ugly would you take it, or keep the one you have? That usually puts it back in perspective.

**RolliePollie** · 12-28-2008, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by kjay

RolliePollie, you sure made me chuckle. I have a hunch there are a number of gals out here who wonder the same thing but probably just haven't voiced it. It has occurred to me, but I don't want to know how I look.

You never know...it might not be as bad as you think! I was expecting sheer horror, but my first reaction was more like "huh...well, that's a relief" because my imagination had pictured something much, much, MUCH worse.

I told a male cycling friend about my mirror experiment and he fell on the floor laughing. I suggested he try it...the last time I rode with him, his shorts were so worn out I could see his bare bottom right through them!

**michelem** · 12-29-2008, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by RolliePollie

I suggested he try it...the last time I rode with him, his shorts were so worn out I could see his bare bottom right through them!

This happened on my first organized ride. A scary sight!

**RoadRaven** · 01-01-2009, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by michelem

This happened on my first organized ride. A scary sight!

You know whats scarier than too much information from behind?

Too much information from in front!!!

A guy new to our club at a club criterium in November chatting to me (on marshalling duty) while waiting for his race... I glance down to see what brand his shorts are - big panel down the side - and guess what I can see just to the right of the chamois stitching? Pubic hair... garrgghh... I have nothing against the hair itself, but it did look rather gross under the circumstances...

He had a hole in his shorts where the fabric had thinned and ripped away from the chamois...

Sorry to get side-tracked... back to your usual channel now...

**Trek420** · 01-01-2009, 10:00 AM

Don't worry about the view. If they see it, means you passed them

**OakLeaf** · 01-01-2009, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by RoadRaven

Pubic hair... garrgghh...

Another reason to keep the whole lawn mowed, not just where it might chafe... it does have a tendency to work its way through Lycra above the chamois...

**DebTX** · 01-01-2009, 12:39 PM

Never even thought about the rear view, a nightmare to consider

When I see pics of myself on the bike, I mostly hate the stomach roll that is the result of elastic waist bike shorts coupled with a ninety degree body fold (compounded by 20+ pounds of extra weight, which is really the culprit

).

**MauiRockHopper** · 01-03-2009, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by RoadRaven

You know whats scarier than too much information from behind?

Too much information from in front!!!

A guy new to our club at a club criterium in November chatting to me (on marshalling duty) while waiting for his race... I glance down to see what brand his shorts are - big panel down the side - and guess what I can see just to the right of the chamois stitching? Pubic hair... garrgghh... I have nothing against the hair itself, but it did look rather gross under the circumstances...

He had a hole in his shorts where the fabric had thinned and ripped away from the chamois...

Sorry to get side-tracked... back to your usual channel now...

So was he a natural blonde?!!? LOL

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