All-Time WORST cycling fashion faux pas? . . .

[BumbleBeeDave]

I got my new BICYCLING magaznie a couple of days ago and I thought at first that our very own flydhest has made the cover! . . . Handsome African American man powering up a hill on a really nice bike. But then I realized there was NO way THAT could be fly-man, because fly-man has impeccable taste (obviously--look what message board he hangs out on!), does not own a Scott bike that I know of, and would never, EVER wear . . .

WHITE. SHORTS.

So that question out of the way, I began to wonder what could have posessed this otherwise intelligent looking guy to wear . . . WHITE. SHORTS.? Doesn't he know that sooner or later going up that hill, he's going to start sweating, and his ride-mates are going to be treated to a, uh, ahem, "show?"

So THEN I began thinking what could POSSIBLY be worse the . . . WHITE. SHORTS.? And, of course, I knew what to do. Ask my forum buddies.

So vote early and often! Add your own nominations!

Here's mine . . . I'd post a poll, but I can't figure out how!

1) WHITE. SHORTS.

2) The Pope's "holey" shorts.

3) Mismatched jersey and shorts.

4) Black socks.

5) Anything that Bumblebee Dave wears.

BBDave

[bostondrunk]

Can't be any worse than red saaco tights....

[OldDog]

BBD - why waste valuable riding time reading Bicycling anyway?

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . I just said I looked at the cover! ;)

BBDave

[Roy E. Munson]

All-Time WORST cycling fashion faux pas? . . .

Aren't you the guy who rides around in the Aqua Sapone kit on a bike done up like a bumble bee?

[PanTerra]

BBD - why waste valuable riding time reading Bicycling anyway?

It gets you out of the restroom faster. :banana:

[BURCH]

People that wear underwear under their cycling shorts.

BTW, I noticed black Pearl Izumi socks that were black yesterday at the LBS. Didn't think they were that bad looking. I like gray though.

[flydhest]

People that wear underwear under their cycling shorts.


. . . or under any clothing, for that matter.


oops, slipped again.

[dirtdigger88]

only one-

I know a guy who has over $12k in bicycles- mostly carbon- mostly Record- last year he rode a total of 20 miles- 20!!! Having a bike- any bike- that sits. . .that just sucks

Jason

[stackie]

BTW, I noticed black Pearl Izumi socks that were black yesterday at the LBS

...and you were suprised that black socks are black????

Jon

[BURCH]

...and you were suprised that black socks are black????

Jon

Nope, just pointing out that they can't be that big of a fashion no no (see first post item 4) if I saw so many of them at the other day at the bike shop.

[pjm]

Well, there was that Polish team with the red shorts. Please, don't anybody post that picture again!! :no:

[TriJim]

BICYCLING usually has more than it's share of fluff, but did you see their article on "the toughest man in cycling?" - Davis Phinney. The picture of the '88 crash looks painful. I thought it would be an interesting read before Open House. :)

[William]

Fly riding with his little brown shark. :eek:


William ;)

[flydhest]

is her name Jenny?

[Andreu]

Flared cycling shirts and faux denim.
(faux is french for foxy)

[William]

is her name Jenny?

She's someone you could hold on to. ;)


William

[dirtdigger88]

OUCH

http://tripeakscycling.bryceharrison.com/images/vented_shorts.jpg

Jason

[flydhest]

OUCH

http://tripeakscycling.bryceharrison.com/images/vented_shorts.jpg

Jason

cheeky bastard

[dirtdigger88]

http://www.bluemoongear.com/Babes1/BabesOnBikesRearLots.jpg cheeky bastard

speaking of cheeky

Jason

[weisan]

dirt-pal, you want us to post bond for you again? :no:

http://alicehui.com/serotta/jerkdirt/dirt_jerk.gif

[dirtdigger88]

get the bail money ready

:D

Jason

[coylifut]

c'mon man that's wrong.

[beungood]

{People that wear underwear under their cycling shorts.}

What about Compression shorts?.....

Is it me or does anyone else feel dirty when they wear spandex...... :help:




Jacko

"Everyone looks sexy on a Crom-Mo"

[RichMc]

Steady now Dirt. Don't tease us like that and, please, watch out for those schizophrenic swings. Whooo, that last one hurt. Do it again and you may have to face down time. :no: :D

[Big Dan]

Dirt..that's rough buddy....forget dinner for me.......
Are those from the "girls gone wild..Wisconsin" video??... :eek:

I'll be on a liquid diet tonight.......... :beer:

[William]

Some where on the web some one is saying "Yeah Baby!" I' just not sure where. :confused:

Dirt though has obviously been there. ;)

William

[BumbleBeeDave]

None of those are Mrs. Dirt, are they, guy? God help you if they are.

And we wonder why there aren’t more women on the forum . . .

BBDave

[djg]

. . . I just said I looked at the cover! ;)

BBDave

the time-honored refrain of the caught red-handed, and red-faced, men everywhere: "No, honest, I don't buy it for the articles."

[BumbleBeeDave]

I, uh, er, aaaah--Oh, never mind! :rolleyes:

BBDave

[jerk]

back to the topic at hand. first of all bumblebee man, white shorts are fast, and tough and the best if you are fast enough and lean enough to pull them off. best shorts ever are giordana tenax bibs in white. super hardcore muscle-compression bibs that just feel fast on, and really work at massaging the muscles and postioning things so pedalling hard just feels right....anyway, white is tough and white is fast and white shorts are euro and pro and match white shoes and white bar tape which is also pro. of course they look stupid on a guy going 15mph with a 90mm stem and black dress socks and hairy legs....but that guy looks stupid in anything.

jerk
(where is the jerk's picture of mario cippolini in the best young rider jersey complete with white shorts smoking a camel and getting yelled at by ferretti? the jerk is pretty sure he posted it on some incarnation of this forum....)

[John H.]

1: bibs on the outside. or bibs with no shirt at all.
2. shorts (non bib) where there is a gap between the shorts and jersey in back.
3. jerseys that are so long that the pockets hang down.
4. helmets tipped back on the head.

[Bruce K]

Helmet on backwards! :eek:

[cycleman_21]

....anyway, white is tough and white is fast and of course they look stupid on a guy going 15mph with a 90mm stem and black dress socks and hairy legs....but that guy looks stupid in anything.

....)



Heeyyyyyy...wait a minute.... :rolleyes:

RC

[cycleman_21]

Full team kit in a spin class :p
:rolleyes:

Ron C

[Dr. Doofus]

bacon double cheeseburger

unwrapped

in jersey pocket

[Elefantino]

The only problem is if you're dark-haired, like me, white shorts tend to show a bit too much information.

What is a bigger question: Why does everybody wear black shorts? Just because?

C'mon. Put a little color into your cycling life. Buy colored shorts. If nothing else, a blue, red, yellow, green or pink butt is easier for drivers to see. Like this ... :butt:

And none of this nonsense about "they get too dirty." That's what the washing machine is for. And if you don't wash your shorts after every ride, then you are the biggest cycling fashion faux pas. :no:

[Ozz]

What is a bigger question: Why does everybody wear black shorts? Just because?
everybody looks good in black.....

[scrooge]

I remember seeing a pair of spandex shorts in Performance or Nashbar a couple of years ago that were colored to look like stone washed denim. Not my personal favorite.

[mikemets]

4) Black socks.

I wear black socks more often than not.

[spiderlake]

Hmmm, I must be a fashion "don't" because all I wear are black socks. I agree with Jerk that if you can pull of white then by all means, have at it! White is fast and white, imho, is cool for those that fit the jerks description above.

[Andreu]

.....Sr Spiderlake....you would be lynched over here for just wearing socks!
Even the proudest red-blooded spaniards tend to wear shorts even after 2 bottles of bulls blood!
Wow,
A

[Kevan]

with a beer gut. Unless the team hasn't been around for 10 years or longer.

Would wearing one of those Pink Floyd jerseys be acceptable? I've had a real hanking for one.

[William]

Would wearing one of those Pink Floyd jerseys be acceptable? I've had a real hanking for one.

Wish You Were Here.

XOXOX

William :p

[Ozz]

Wish You Were Here.

XOXOX

William :p
on the Dark Side of the Moon....

[Kevan]

Animals!

[Ozz]

Animals!
"Ummagumma".....was the name of the tires that came on my Specialized Allez (circa 1993). Grey, gooey tread, real soft...didn't wear well, and grey on a silver bike, with white bar tape was sooo bland. A real fashion faux-pas.

How's that for getting us back on topic! ;)

[William]

"Ummagumma".....was the name of the tires that came on my Specialized Allez (circa 1993). Grey, gooey tread, real soft...didn't wear well, and grey on a silver bike, with white bar tape was sooo bland. A real fashion faux-pas.

How's that for getting us back on topic! ;)

Have a cigar, you're going to go far. ;)


William
(and we're off again:D )

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . have your pudding if you don't eat your ummagumma MEAT?!?! ;)

Another brick in the monolithic wall of irrelevant forum humor. :rolleyes:

BBDave

[saab2000]

About 13 years ago the Carrera team had denim colored shorts. Some people didn't like them, but I thought they were cool. I went the GP Gippengen in Switzerland and saw Stephen Roche and Ralf Sorensen riding with those things and thought that they were the first cool colored shorts.

The ugliest ones IMHO were the Castorama shorts from about 1990 or sometime around then.

But maybe the worst ever were some worn by a forgettable Swiss team called Pneuhaus Frank or something like that (it is a small chain of car tire shops in Switzerland) and they had some hideous light blue with some sort of gridwork patchwork on them. Ralf Jaermann was on that team.

The zebra pants of Cipollini were also ugly, but he made them cool. Nobody else could have except him.

[saab2000]

"Ummagumma".....was the name of the tires that came on my Specialized Allez (circa 1993). Grey, gooey tread, real soft...didn't wear well, and grey on a silver bike, with white bar tape was sooo bland. A real fashion faux-pas.

How's that for getting us back on topic! ;)

I heard that those Ummagummas were horrible and they had to recall them and take them off the market or something. Really bad from what I recall.

[BumbleBeeDave]

<<The zebra pants of Cipollini were also ugly, but he made them cool. Nobody else could have except him.>>

WATCH IT! :mad:

Them's fightin' words! Take 'em back or I'll be forced to post a pic of ME in MY zebra stripes! ;)

BBDave

[William]

<<The zebra pants of Cipollini were also ugly, but he made them cool. Nobody else could have except him.>>

WATCH IT! :mad:

Them's fightin' words! Take 'em back or I'll be forced to post a pic of ME in MY zebra stripes! ;)

BBDave

...and the shades....and the helmet....
:cool:

William

[dirtdigger88]

Careful with that axe, Eugene!!

if not you may become

Comfortably Numb!!!!!

you may wind up with Several Species of Small Amimals Gathered Together in a Cave Groving with a Pict.

hows that for obscure Floyd references

Jason

[Ozz]

My goodness, you came up with "More" "Relics" than "A Saucerful of Secrets"! The topic is"Obscured by Clouds" and I hope this is "The Final Cut". :beer:

[Kevan]

the Floyd jersey is acceptable.

[dirtdigger88]

Sit back an listen to "A Collection of Great Dance Tunes" and think of the "Echos" of e-richie pounding on "Meddle". Remember to "Breath" or you will surely get "Brain Damage"- Then you will have to say "Good Bye Cruel World" and you will be "Waiting for the Worms". It is "Us and Them" and we are all full of "Young Lust" ;)

Gotta go

Jason

[flydhest]

William,

I stand by my general philosophy that if you win, anything you wear is cool. You only have to worry about appearances if you get dropped.

[J.M. White]

the Floyd jersey is acceptable.


Floyd's pink jersey? I didn't think he was in the Giro!

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . only Bill Bove was approved to wear pink in any ride OTHER than the Giro?

Saaaaaay . . . . Where the heck IS Bill lately? :confused: :confused: :confused:

BBDave

[Ginger]

Barbie heard what he was doing with Pink and beat him up.

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . she was dating Kevin now? :rolleyes:

BBDave

[William]

Obviously this thread was started (and continues) during a Momentary Lapse of Reason.


William :rolleyes:

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . if Kev is going to wear that PARTICULAR outfit to open house? And does Skipper know about him and Barbie?

BBDave

[Kevan]

that this Kevan stay WAY clear of this here thread.

Late'a!

[Ginger]

I'm still waiting for BBDAve to post something both intelligent and cycling related. Haven't seen much of that from him lately.


Just what are you trying to turn this board in to? Sure, some of it's fun...but try to pace yourself big fella!

[sspielman]

I am not sure who this Kev guy is, but he most definitely looks the sort who would opt for a "French Fit".......

[BumbleBeeDave]

I wrote something about the Giro just the other day. But it seems almost all of the equipment questions that come up these days have been done to death in the past. Just not very interesting. Is creating OT threads now off limits, even if they are labelled as such? :confused:

BBDave

[ClutchCargo]

:eek: http://store1.yimg.com/I/velogear_1849_15303397

[PanTerra]

The one on top is great but I wouldn't be caught wearing the one below it. What were they thinking? The one on top is great but I wouldn't be caught wearing the one below it. What were they thinking? :banana: :banana:

[Spinsistah]

None of those are Mrs. Dirt, are they, guy? God help you if they are.

And we wonder why there aren’t more women on the forum . . .

BBDave

God knows what kind of wheelset could handle that much weight.

Of course, if I looked like that I'd have to shoot myself. That is if Mr. Metro didn't shoot me first.

[Spinsistah]

Well, there was that Polish team with the red shorts. Please, don't anybody post that picture again!! :no:

This is ugly........................[IMG]

[sspielman]

One thing about that team....At least it is easy to identify the riders in the lineup....Instead of "Third from left" one could say "one o'clock" three o'clock" etc......sheesh, you can practically tell their religion...

[Too Tall]

Pic of me before I owned a Serotta.

[Dr. Doofus]

how'd they

paint

that pearl logo?

and

isn't latex

rather warm?

[ClutchCargo]

sheesh, you can practically tell their religion...


whattayamean? looks to me like they all have helmets :D