Terrible road cycling "fashion".
05-21-18, 08:16 AM
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IMO, it all depends on who's riding the bike.
Very bad fashion can look very good on very good looking riders, and vice versa.
Very bad fashion can look very good on very good looking riders, and vice versa.
05-23-18, 09:57 AM
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05-23-18, 10:37 AM
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05-23-18, 11:26 AM
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05-23-18, 04:13 PM
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05-23-18, 08:43 PM
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Exception that proves the rule - or something like that. People can get away with wearing "whatever" in winter because it really doesn't matter. On the other hand, making a point to wear black tights and a black jacket in order to be wearing "proper" cycling gear is just trying too hard, and failing - unless one happens to be a fitness model or something, in which case one can get away with wearing anything.
05-23-18, 10:12 PM
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Cipo was one who could get away with wearing anything, and everyone else would be wearing it a week later.
A regular Duke of Windsor, that guy.
-Tim-
A regular Duke of Windsor, that guy.
-Tim-
05-24-18, 01:42 AM
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Cycling gear... unless you are a pro training then you are just a grown man out in public in cosplay.
05-24-18, 02:23 AM
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^^ Troll harder.
I'm not into the super matchy-matchy where the kit matches the helmet matches the shoes, etc. You don't have to have the same color everything.
I'm not into the super matchy-matchy where the kit matches the helmet matches the shoes, etc. You don't have to have the same color everything.
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Frankly, It's folks like you that tie themselves in a knot over something so simply as what others look like...their "kit" (now there's a fugly word).
Life is short..thoughts become things, think good ones..
(of course, it goes without saying..the less attractive underbelly of threads like this is those that "do it right" feel soo superior..apparently fragile egos need propping up..)
Life is short..thoughts become things, think good ones..
(of course, it goes without saying..the less attractive underbelly of threads like this is those that "do it right" feel soo superior..apparently fragile egos need propping up..)
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05-24-18, 10:43 AM
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05-24-18, 02:21 PM
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That particular cap is a summer skull cap.
https://www.castelli-cycling.com/us/...451604318P-010
Whether it works or not is not relevant to this thread. What is relevant is fashion. Whether the color was a good choice is only relevant with regard to fashion.
Black works well under a helmet, otherwise the cap needs to be the same color as the helmet so as not to stand out or clash. IE my helmet is white and so my skull caps are white.
That said, a summer skull cap is always fashionable. I wish people could understand this concept and apply it to summer base layers as well.
-Tim-
https://www.castelli-cycling.com/us/...451604318P-010
Whether it works or not is not relevant to this thread. What is relevant is fashion. Whether the color was a good choice is only relevant with regard to fashion.
Black works well under a helmet, otherwise the cap needs to be the same color as the helmet so as not to stand out or clash. IE my helmet is white and so my skull caps are white.
That said, a summer skull cap is always fashionable. I wish people could understand this concept and apply it to summer base layers as well.
-Tim-
