New Zealand hotel bans cyclists in Lycra

[fiamme red]

I don't think this has been posted here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/15/lycra-ban-new-zealand-hotel-bumps-and-bulges-breakfast.

A hotel in New Zealand has banned Lycra cycling shorts as it finds the "bumps and bulges" inappropriate and "unsightly".

In an effort to "raise dress standards" the Plough Hotel in Rangiora has put out of a sign on Thursday that read: "The bicycle is a beautiful object but they should never have invented lycra! No lycra shorts allowed please."

[Louis]

Proof that idiocy is not limited to the northern hemisphere.

[Llewellyn]

The Raffles Hotel here in Perth did the same thing about a year ago using the same bull***t premise. Never mind.......plenty more cafes around that will happily take your money.

[bicycletricycle]

I guess shoes people are afraid of penises, oh well.

[rustychisel]

In a sense I feel they have the right to ask for an 'appropriate' dress code, yet hesitate to proscribe what that might be.

Off the top of my head, muffin tops, overly coiffed and supercilious waiters, whale tails and any suggestion of cameltoe would be on top of my list. Oh, and the wearing of DPM and camo garments in the urban environment. :fight:

[Tickdoc]

I kinda wish Walmart would adopt this policy:

http://trending.report/wp-content/uploads/images/walmart-people/40.jpg

[jischr]

I kinda wish Walmart would adopt this policy:

http://trending.report/wp-content/uploads/images/walmart-people/40.jpg

Please tell me this is a Photoshop image. :eek:

Butt semi seriously - there are a lot of people in lycra who have no business wearing it. Not just cyclists. Maybe 10% of 1st world occupants look good in skin tight garments. And I'm not one of them. :(

However I will continue to wear bid shorts. They're too functional to give up.

[bicycletricycle]

Do you think it's a ban for ladies in Lycra as well?

[r_mutt]

Do you think it's a ban for ladies in Lycra as well?

it's probably just men in tights that need not apply.

methinks the hotel doth protest too much :banana:

[soulspinner]

the raffles hotel here in perth did the same thing about a year ago using the same bull***t premise. Never mind.......plenty more cafes around that will happily take your money.

+1

[Cicli]

These guys showed up.
Banana smugglers.

[Vinci]

Good for them. I guess they make so much money that they don't need cyclists' business.

[gdw]

A six room hotel in a small town gets international publicity for banning folks in Lycra..... methinks their business won't be negatively impacted at all by our outrage.

[redir]

A six room hotel in a small town gets international publicity for banning folks in Lycra..... methinks their business won't be negatively impacted at all by our outrage.

Ah but a butterfly flaps its wings...

[ripvanrando]

Good for them.

Restaurants should have dress codes.

[texbike]

Meh. Good for them! I wouldn't want to see me walking around in lycra either...

Texbike

[Michael Maddox]

An interesting establishment with a very strong "locals only" attitude. I suspect they're more interested in banning "foreigners" than really banning cyclists. You'd probably get the same response walking into a dive here in the Deep South, particularly if there had been a recent influx of cyclo-tourists and the like.

[Louis]

Maybe they plan on bidding for that big ISIS Cycling Team convention coming up later this year.

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[Black Dog]

Would these ladies be allowed in?

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/9d46d86e6fc440585effe9fab12c7703a54e1a4d/c=30-0-542-387&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/Indianapolis/Indianapolis/2014/09/15/1410807332000-womencycling.jpg

[daker13]

I don't think this has been posted here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/15/lycra-ban-new-zealand-hotel-bumps-and-bulges-breakfast.

No lycra shorts allowed... says the guy in black skinny jeans. :cool:

[AllanVarcoe]

No lycra shorts allowed... says the guy in black skinny jeans. :cool:

HAHA!

I'll bet cocktail dresses are ok.

[eippo1]

If they are going for a basic level of dress in a restaurant, they should just ban lycra period. There are plenty of restaurants that ban jeans and lycra. Singling out cyclists means that they just want to get on the news.

[velotrack]

Not offended by this, at all. They don't want lycra, that's OK - that's their choice. It doesn't seem too unreasonable either. There are other places to go to, anyways.

[oldpotatoe]

Not offended by this, at all. They don't want lycra, that's OK - that's their choice. It doesn't seem too unreasonable either. There are other places to go to, anyways.

Agree, vote with your wallet if it upsets you. Private place, his choice, for good or ill.

[gemship]

Would these ladies be allowed in?

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/9d46d86e6fc440585effe9fab12c7703a54e1a4d/c=30-0-542-387&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/Indianapolis/Indianapolis/2014/09/15/1410807332000-womencycling.jpg

I dunno but at least they are clean shaven...yuk,yuk,yuk:p

[peanutgallery]

Gotta say, I agree. Some of these MAMILs should take advantage of that Costco sale on baggies. No one wants to see your junk hanging out 10 year old shorts that you are convinced are still functional

[rustychisel]

Gotta say, I agree. Some of these MAMILs should take advantage of that Costco sale on baggies. No one wants to see your junk hanging out 10 year old shorts that you are convinced are still functional

the junk or the shorts???????

[bikemoore]

I agree with the restaurant on three things: 1) they have the right to establish and enforce a dress code that they feel is appropriate for them and their clientele; 2) they are aware and willing to accept the business consequences (if there are even any); 3) depending on the nature of the establishment, cycling lyrcra kit is generally not appropriate restaurant wear. We may think we look amazing, but really we are in colorful, sweaty gym kit.

Call me overly conservative, but I quickly learned on multiple hotel-to-hotel cycling tours in Europe to:

a) Go to breakfast in normal clothes instead of the day's ride kit. There is plenty of time to eat and then change for the ride.

b) Stop for lunch at a restaurant with an outside dining area. They are numerous.

c) At the end of the ride at the next hotel, shower and change before heading to the bar for that well earned post ride beer and stories. It doesn't take that long.

The establishments and the other patrons really do appreciate all of the above and I feel a lot more comfortable following those basic manners.

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[hockeybike]

We're basically out there in underwear when we ride. We are cognizant of that, right? Expensive, fancy, fun, underwear, but underwear nonetheless.

[bikingshearer]

Simple solution: take off the lycra on their porch and then enter the establishment. :eek: They'll be begging us to put the lycra back on.

[bikingshearer]

These guys showed up.
Banana smugglers.

No, that's Team Polish Sausage.

[peanutgallery]

Both:)

the junk or the shorts???????

[d_douglas]

Simple solution: take off the lycra on their porch and then enter the establishment. :eek: They'll be begging us to put the lycra back on.

HA HA - I was riding with a family acquaintance while I was living in Europe a few years ago. We were on a multifamily holiday in Provence. He and I rode for a few hours and caught up with the gang at a restaurant with a large outdoor seating area on a hot sunny day. He proceeded to strip off his jersey and pull down his shoulder straps on his bibs while on the patio. Everyone was a bit grossed out (including his wife, who brought a dry T-shirt for him) and the other diners were surely unimpressed. I disappeared into the bathroom and changed into shorts and a T-shirt, thanks to my wife :).

I support the dress code. Some places are fine for lounging in tight clothes; others are not. That said, I can't stand seeing a dress code for 'dress' clothes vs jeans and a decent shirt, but I am a pretty casual dresser (its casual Friday at work today!)

[gemship]

Yeah we live in a funny day of the age regarding dress code. Being a heterosexual guy I have no objection to women wearing leggings, you know those form fitting pants, usually black color. They are very popular nowadays but who would've thought way back when this to be the case?