How do I look from behind?

[smurfalicious]

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]

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]

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]

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."

[fidlfreek]

JUST FYI, on a tshirt ride last summer I was behind a woman whose shorts had seen maybe a season too much of riding. They were a little threadbare and you could see through them. SEE THROUGH SPANDEX. I could see her crack clear as day.

SO danger. and yes, look at yourself in a mirror from behind in bright light every once in a while.

I COULD SEE HER CRACK! AAAAAHHH

[smurfalicious]

I COULD SEE HER CRACK! AAAAAHHH

I can no longer resist:

http://crappyoldbike.blogspot.com/20...in-bleach.html

[Miranda]

I can no longer resist:

http://crappyoldbike.blogspot.com/20...in-bleach.html

That was quite a funny read!


There a couple brands of expensive styled "muscle compression" shorts that I have put on NEW in a well lit area and been able to slightly see through them. My first thought was... omg, I don't care HOW much they are suppose to help my muscles, I'm not riding looking like a porn star.. no thx, no sale.

As far as how we look from behind in general... I've always been happy bike shorts were black... dark colors being slimming.

EDIT: OP... oh, btw... on the embarrassment factor thing, gheez... look at ME... I've been in public store dressing rooms bent over in a yoga pose checking out shorts in mirrors... wonder if it puzzles the shop boys as to what I'm doing in there?

[denny]

I can no longer resist:

http://crappyoldbike.blogspot.com/20...in-bleach.html

Thanks for the laugh with this link. It was downright hilarious!

[smurfalicious]

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.