Are these cycling shorts?

[tailingloop]

An interesting sighting this afternoon. Sun in the eyes made for a difficult quick photo from my phone. Enjoy. :eek:

[Louis]

Maybe if you're a triathlete...

[parris]

i just threw up

[Shoeman]

Nass T!!!!!
and not in a good way!!!!!!

[jasonification]

the stuff nightmares are made of...

[pjm]

That poor saddle.

[sandyrs]

I've seen dudes around here rocking worse.

[pinkshogun]

ok, what Paceline member is this?

[skijoring]

Cheekies!

[Steve in SLO]

Taken on April 1?

[tailingloop]

I took the pic this afternoon in Mission Viejo, CA. Not an April Fool's joke.

[Louis]

This may be a stupid question, but is the rider a man or a woman? Can't really tell from here...

(I'm guessing man)

[tailingloop]

I'm pretty sure the rider was a woman, but I can't say with 100% confidence because I looked back quickly after I snapped the photo. In retrospect, I'm glad it was such a brief encounter, otherwise the image would have forever been etched into the annals of my memory, and I'd have to seek psychiatric counseling to cleanse my mind of the impurities.

[Steve in SLO]

Perhaps you would like to rephrase this: "I'm glad it was such a brief encounter".

[cadence90]

In retrospect, I'm glad it was such a brief encounter, otherwise the image would have forever been etched into the annals of my memory, and I'd have to seek psychiatric counseling to cleanse my mind of the impurities.

So, instead, you generous, kind, sensitive soul you...you decided to, what, "share" this synapse-searing snapshot with your innocent fellow PLers, in some desperate attempt to corrupt them as well, and so spread the damage across as wide a spectrum as possible? :confused:

That's just mean, man!

As Steve just pointed out, some "encounters" really should be kept private....

[R3awak3n]

those are the new Q36.5 shorts, highest venting technology, lightest, new space age materials.

[Peter P.]

I'm pretty sure the rider was a woman, but I can't say with 100% confidence because I looked back quickly after I snapped the photo. In retrospect, I'm glad it was such a brief encounter, otherwise the image would have forever been etched into the annals of my memory, and I'd have to seek psychiatric counseling to cleanse my mind of the impurities.

I can't believe your camera functions after taking that photo!

"Brief" encounter-get it?! Heh heh!

[CampyorBust]

Yeah poor saddle but really I feel for the brifter. That lever shape is instantly recognizable.

[cadence90]

CampyorBust, didn't you read the latest installment on tailngloop's insta-feed blog? :confused:

That bike was simply a test-ride loaner...apparently, he/she/it came back and immediately stated, "Nah, dudes, I need Shimano brifters...or Bust!"

[dancinkozmo]

rectal floss

[Dead Man]

I dont know.. Thats kinda hot

[oldfatslow]

To all you haters who are in perfect shape and eurostyle, she's out there riding her bike. She's not sitting on the couch watching TV. She's probably buying bikes and stuff at your local bike shop. She's supporting our sport.

Take a look in the mirror and unless you look and ride like Sagan how about focusing on being encouraging?

This is a small world and I surely wouldn't want this lady out riding her bike to be discouraged by the likes of you.

Ride your bike!

[numbskull]

Is that a lady?

[ColonelJLloyd]

Someone lost a bet.

[ultraman6970]

Looks like a dude to me. But Im wondering the same thing.

Is that a lady?

[Duende]

Don't think it's a lady... More like some dude who shares Rickard Simmons's fashion sense.

I bet that dude knows exactly what he looks like and is having a go at the public at large. :)

[shovelhd]

I'm feeling nauseous.

[fuzzalow]

I dunno what gender but he/she is out there riding a bike so that by itself is a "more power to you" moment right there. To the world at large cyclists all dress funny anyway so what is the harm in pressing the exhibitionist outrageousness to boldly go where no man has gone before. Pretty cheeky of this person if you ask me.

Take a look in the mirror and unless you look and ride like Sagan how about focusing on being encouraging?

I ride in the look & style of EuroPro Sagan except much, much slower. I got no problem with how this person dresses. But that is not the same thing as encouraging of the mode of fashion in its expression...if he/she's got the attitude, heck, why not?

[Tony T]

Someone lost a bet.

Yep, looks that way to me also.

[happycampyer]

those are the new Q36.5 shorts, highest venting technology, lightest, new space age materials.I think these are the Q35.6 anti-wheelsucker shorts.

[Seramount]

it's an order of magnitude better than the 'thong dude' that rides here...

[Black Dog]

Everyone riding a bike is a cyclist. Everyone. None of us a better person than the other because of how, why, where, or how fast we ride.

[Louis]

Everyone riding a bike is a cyclist. Everyone. None of us a better person than the other because of how, why, where, or how fast we ride.

"Better" is a complicated word.

That person may be an incredible singer or artist, or a brilliant nuclear physicist or maybe an epidemiologist who has saved countless lives in third-world countries, but when it comes to cycling gear s/he is obviously many standard deviations from the mean and IMO not "better."

[Black Dog]

"Better" is a complicated word.

That person may be an incredible singer or artist, or a brilliant nuclear physicist or maybe an epidemiologist who has saved countless lives in third-world countries, but when it comes to cycling gear s/he is obviously many standard deviations from the mean and IMO not "better."

I agree, not average. But the vitriol towards those that stray from the mean is groupthink at its worst. This sport of ours certainly has more than an average amount of groupthink.

[firerescuefin]

I think something can strike you as odd and funny without making you a judgmental A-hole.

That original pic would make nearly all of us all chuckle if we saw it in person....If you don't find it odd or funny, I don't classify you as a superior brand of human. If you think you are, then run with that thought... buy a beer, and toast yourself.

[Seramount]

Everyone riding a bike is a cyclist.

dictionary-based semantics...

not all that accurate in the real world.

[Tony T]

Everyone riding a bike is a cyclist…

http://i.imgur.com/84Jrk.gif

[Black Dog]

I think something can strike you as odd and funny without making you a judgmental A-hole.

That original pic would make nearly all of us all chuckle if we saw it in person....If you don't find it odd or funny, I don't classify you as a superior brand of human. If you think you are, then run with that, buy a beer, and toast yourself.

Look. I agree. It is nothing if not unusual. It is the simply crass coments to that these threads froth up along side some good old snobbery that seems a bit offside. Not calling out anyone in particular, just being the humourless wanker by reminding us all that we are that rider to someone in some way.

[skijoring]

it's an order of magnitude better than the 'thong dude' that rides here...

We need photo proof. :hello:

[CromoSapien]

... I'm glad it was such a brief encounter, otherwise the image would have forever been etched into the annals of my memory, and I'd have to seek psychiatric counseling to cleanse my mind of the impurities.
“You keep using that word. Are you sure it’s spelled the way you think it’s spelled?”

:) A bit of Princess Bride parody, in keeping with the thread theme...

[flydhest]

I agree, not average. But the vitriol towards those that stray from the mean is groupthink at its worst. This sport of ours certainly has more than an average amount of groupthink.



I might agree with this, if others here concur.

[Seramount]

We need photo proof. :hello:

ok, you asked for it...

[Powerfibers]

I'm glad it was such a brief encounter, otherwise the image would have forever been etched into the annals of my memory, and I'd have to seek psychiatric counseling to cleanse my mind of the impurities.

I think something was etched into her annals! (I think we spelled that wrong!) LOL:banana:

[steamer]

Every single one of us is a freak...... to someone else.

Let your own personal freak flag fly. Nobody gets an award for blending in. :banana:

That said, those are terrible shorts.

[Fivethumbs]

If you've ever make fun of someone's tan lines, you can't complain.

[William]

Nothing out of the ordinary going here folks...





:)
William

[William]

Btw, I've seen weirder stuff out there...







William

[unterhausen]

at least the guy on the hanging bike is wearing pants. Did you actually see that one in the wild, or is that a scavenged pic?

[William]

at least the guy on the hanging bike is wearing pants. Did you actually see that one in the wild, or is that a scavenged pic?

I have not seen one on the wild. Tucked in jersey's with bib shorts I have seen out there. I don't get it, but who am I to rain on their tucked in parade? :)









William

[Dead Man]

Maybe its guys who poop a lot

[coffeecake]

One group of dorks in spandex making fun of another group of dorks in spandex.

The B, I agree.

I dont know.. Thats kinda hot

[dancinkozmo]

One group of dorks in spandex making fun of another group of dorks in spandex.

The B, I agree.


speak for yourself im no dork in spandex...i only wear wool

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2793/4068580749_d29c66712d_o.jpg

[oldpotatoe]

One group of dorks in spandex making fun of another group of dorks in spandex.

The B, I agree.

Time to resurrect this..we are all dorks.