A Matter of Style: Looking Good on the Bike
08-15-18, 12:59 PM
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08-15-18, 01:53 PM
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Almost every time I have seen you mention Rapha, it comes off in an exclusive and elite way, often with a derisive comment about the unwashed masses.
Your reaction to what then comes in response is like someone unnamed on twitter tweeting a vitriolic and controversial declaration and then claiming victim when people react negatively.
08-15-18, 02:08 PM
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08-15-18, 02:11 PM
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Its sorta what happens when you start a thread to troll people by posting a picture of an expensive base layer, waxing poetically about the packaging, and then asking if you should hold onto it for value.
Almost every time I have seen you mention Rapha, it comes off in an exclusive and elite way, often with a derisive comment about the unwashed masses.
Your reaction to what then comes in response is like someone unnamed on twitter tweeting a vitriolic and controversial declaration and then claiming victim when people react negatively.
Almost every time I have seen you mention Rapha, it comes off in an exclusive and elite way, often with a derisive comment about the unwashed masses.
Your reaction to what then comes in response is like someone unnamed on twitter tweeting a vitriolic and controversial declaration and then claiming victim when people react negatively.
08-15-18, 02:16 PM
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It's all good. Only 2 of the 8 pictures in the collage feature bikes. Coincidentally, that's the same number as feature my wife. Hmmm...
08-15-18, 02:24 PM
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08-15-18, 02:25 PM
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Personally I'm into the old style kit and have acquired loads from ebay over the years, as it happens I posted some of them earlier on another thread. As you say, to each his own and I'm sure some will hate my kit, but this is what floats my boat. https://www.bikeforums.net/20507360-post26.html
08-15-18, 04:03 PM
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Ha yes sorry reading that back I did sound a bit harsh, but for me that was all a thumbs down. I'm afraid I'm the wrong person to ask about buying modern kit so couldn't recommend anything current.
Personally I'm into the old style kit and have acquired loads from ebay over the years, as it happens I posted some of them earlier on another thread. As you say, to each his own and I'm sure some will hate my kit, but this is what floats my boat. https://www.bikeforums.net/20507360-post26.html
Personally I'm into the old style kit and have acquired loads from ebay over the years, as it happens I posted some of them earlier on another thread. As you say, to each his own and I'm sure some will hate my kit, but this is what floats my boat. https://www.bikeforums.net/20507360-post26.html
08-15-18, 04:14 PM
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You guys tell me what we should wear. Cargo shorts, flip flops and an untucked undershirt like half the men walking around out there?
I see guys dressed that way all the time, some of them with very nicely dressed women at their side and wonder how easy it would be for the first guy wearing a sports coat with ten bucks in his pocket to steal his girlfriend.
Any of the guys in the article are dressed better than most guys walking around.
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I see guys dressed that way all the time, some of them with very nicely dressed women at their side and wonder how easy it would be for the first guy wearing a sports coat with ten bucks in his pocket to steal his girlfriend.
Any of the guys in the article are dressed better than most guys walking around.
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How about .... no one tells anyone what to wear? How about, if you are not intelligent enough to dress yourself to your own standards, you work on that? And how about, here in the Land of the Free .... you try not to pee on everyone who isn't "free" exactly the way you want them to be?
You know what's funny .... this winter economically challenged kids and elderly folks and veterans ... will all be suffering horribly for lack of proper winter clothes. You want a project, try that one.
You know what's funny .... this winter economically challenged kids and elderly folks and veterans ... will all be suffering horribly for lack of proper winter clothes. You want a project, try that one.
08-15-18, 04:32 PM
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How about .... no one tells anyone what to wear? How about, if you are not intelligent enough to dress yourself to your own standards, you work on that? And how about, here in the Land of the Free .... you try not to pee on everyone who isn't "free" exactly the way you want them to be?
You know what's funny .... this winter economically challenged kids and elderly folks and veterans ... will all be suffering horribly for lack of proper winter clothes. You want a project, try that one.
You know what's funny .... this winter economically challenged kids and elderly folks and veterans ... will all be suffering horribly for lack of proper winter clothes. You want a project, try that one.
08-15-18, 04:41 PM
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Total nonsense. Within a group of cyclists, there are absolutely those that look good versus don't. Real recognizes real, as JayZ says.
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Is this your go-to response in every discussion you ever have in which someone expresses something other than 100% praise for the current situation?
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So true. The fittest roadies are generally the most grotesque looking. Bony hips, no upper body, generally no shape. There's some shade being thrown on triathletes, but their bodies are generally much more "fit" looking than pure roadies. I actually get asked if I do tri, because I work out my upper body in the gym and have actual shape to my torso and arms, and have more of that body shape than pure roadie/climber.
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You've never seen the women walking around the store in PJ pants? Come on.
08-15-18, 04:56 PM
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Lol....if I thought anyone in my Saturday morning group ride would notice, or care, I would wear different color socks, one high, one low, and a sleeveless jersey !
.........and if it did “upset” one or some.......I would do it every week !
.........and if it did “upset” one or some.......I would do it every week !
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nothing wrong with that physique.
I’m 6’2” and between 173-180#.
Kayaking keeps my upper body tight, and I swim regularly. Running? No thanks.
<edit> does your retreating hairline bother you yet?
I’m 6’2” and between 173-180#.
Kayaking keeps my upper body tight, and I swim regularly. Running? No thanks.
<edit> does your retreating hairline bother you yet?
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How about .... no one tells anyone what to wear? How about, if you are not intelligent enough to dress yourself to your own standards, you work on that? And how about, here in the Land of the Free .... you try not to pee on everyone who isn't "free" exactly the way you want them to be?
You know what's funny .... this winter economically challenged kids and elderly folks and veterans ... will all be suffering horribly for lack of proper winter clothes. You want a project, try that one.
You know what's funny .... this winter economically challenged kids and elderly folks and veterans ... will all be suffering horribly for lack of proper winter clothes. You want a project, try that one.
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I saw the A group returning from their ride this morning- very well dressed.
I wish I was fast enough to wear that stuff.
I wish I was fast enough to wear that stuff.
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