Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
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Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:54 am
But this wholly irrelevant rant that the public has about lycra clad cyclists. Full of malice and little else. Really, what does it matter when they are discussing road manners and things.
What I would REALLY like is to see the general public take the negative attitude to the stereotypical sports fan. The great all round Aussie sports man. The guy who thinks he is a sportsman because he can quote the bowling average of Warney and has a season ticket in the stands at the Gabba where he can eat his luke warm 4 and 20 pie and a large coke.
But I don't suppose that will ever happen when the knockers are too close to that demographic themselves. Better to work of the guilt by abusing some fit guy running around in the middle with a whistle. And on the way home do the same to someone on a bike.
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Re: Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:59 am
Anyone got a silk screening business?
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Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:31 pm
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Postby ColinOldnCranky » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:38 pm
I was thinking:bigfriendlyvegan wrote:Great thinking- put the big guy with the caption "25,000 km overweight. Life is better on a bike".
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Re: Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:52 pm
Screw that, I wanna judge. Fatty, fatty, fat, fat. Sorry, that just slipped out.ColinOldnCranky wrote:I was thinking:bigfriendlyvegan wrote:Great thinking- put the big guy with the caption "25,000 km overweight. Life is better on a bike".Don't judge me and I won't judge you.
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Postby alf » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:55 am
Most seem to mention how ridiculous they think over weight people are in lycra.
My response is always about how much admiration I feel for those individuals who despite being perceived as being the wrong shape, fitness or skill level are putting themselves out there and doing something about it. If I feel particularly snarky I might also mention how sad I feel for those individuals whose idea of loving sports is eating a bag of chips in front of TV while watching men run around in tight shorts or men in white uniforms trying to hit a ball with a stick.
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Postby r2160 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:27 am
If only the media really was fair in their reporting . . .
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Re: Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
Postby Mrfenejeans » Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:19 pm
If people think Lycra is ridiculous, I'll broach the subject once they've got themselves on a bike and ridden 31-32km an hour speeds for 2-3hours and see how easy and comfortable that is to do in their normal everyday clothes or even there "sport shorts".
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Postby Karati » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Mrfenejeans wrote:If people think Lycra is ridiculous, I'll broach the subject once they've got themselves on a bike and ridden 31-32km an hour speeds for 2-3hours and see how easy and comfortable that is to do in their normal everyday clothes or even there "sport shorts".
I stick to this sort of approach. I'm 69kgs and 173cms tall. I had a fat guy scoff at me in the lift one day. He didn't think it was too funny after I said "Come out for a ride with me and we'll see who is laughing afterwards fat man!"
Definately an exception to the rule though. Most people say nothing.
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Re: Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:05 pm
Spot on. Riders in Tour de France regalia are not alone. Just alone in being referred to disparagingly as wannabes.r2160 wrote:And yet its OK to wear a football jersey, but not play football, or wear a V8 supercar shirt but not drive a supercar?
If only the media really was fair in their reporting . . .
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Perhaps the average sports fan doesn't suffer that because it is obvious that they make no effort other than swipe their credit card across a sensor. Whereas riders do actually have at least a little in common with pro riders - they work on being fitter.
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Re: Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
Postby norbs » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:34 pm
Mrfenejeans wrote:I may be a Lycra Clad fool in the eyes of others, I couldn't really care less personally loosing 32Kg's thanks to cycling at 24 years of age it is the number one activity that turned my former slobbish life around and i owe a good part of my life to it.
If people think Lycra is ridiculous, I'll broach the subject once they've got themselves on a bike and ridden 31-32km an hour speeds for 2-3hours and see how easy and comfortable that is to do in their normal everyday clothes or even there "sport shorts".
Off topic, but yes, the progress bar IS available if you use Strava.
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Re: Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
Postby BoardRider » Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:28 pm
Admittedly he now is an supporter and quickly challenges others fitness when I am challenge and laughs at them.
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Re: Lycra - Hey pick on someone else
Postby g-boaf » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:27 am
But you do see plenty of them out on the streets in the city in FDJ or Quickstep gear - and they are out there giving it a go, however bad it is to wear that stuff. Better than sitting on the sofa and doing nothing.ColinOldnCranky wrote:Spot on. Riders in Tour de France regalia are not alone. Just alone in being referred to disparagingly as wannabes.r2160 wrote:And yet its OK to wear a football jersey, but not play football, or wear a V8 supercar shirt but not drive a supercar?
If only the media really was fair in their reporting . . .
cheers
Glenn
Perhaps the average sports fan doesn't suffer that because it is obvious that they make no effort other than swipe their credit card across a sensor. Whereas riders do actually have at least a little in common with pro riders - they work on being fitter.
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