Cycling Shorts/Tights - Etiquette?

Idiophreak

sdavies13 wrote: »

Fastest journey was the homeward one which took 1 hour 41 minutes to complete, compared to my usual tube journey time of 1 hour 30 minutes.

Hopefully with further practise and gaining familiarisation with potential routes my times will improve and get close to the pubic transport time.

Well done on getting out there and doing it!

...and never mind getting close to the tube time, give it a couple of months and you'll be smashing it

Marco_Panettone

Good effort! What's the journey? Others on here might know some routes.

sdavies13

Well I am cycling from Dagenham Road, Dagenham to Newgate Street, London.

Currently using a variation of a route suggested by https://www.cyclestreets.net (their balanced route takes in a number of back streets whereas I go along the A13 cycle superhighway up to Leighmouth).

I did try a more direct route last Sunday but despite being a Sunday the traffic through Commercial Road - Aldgate East intimidated me.

custardy

If you want something less blatent 'I'm cycling'
How about these?

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/altura-ascent-trousers?ebcTag_source=home-06-09-13&ebcTag_medium=home&ebcTag_content=kit&ebcTag_campaign=ascent

Marco_Panettone

Have you tried the LCC route-planner? http://lcc.org.uk/

1886

I'm a regular mountain biker, go to wales etc a lot. I've only ever seen a couple of guys not wearing shorts over padded shorts. Padded shorts on their own is just wrong, leaves far too little to the imagination

Think Linford Christie

Marco_Panettone

1886 wrote: »

I'm a regular mountain biker, go to wales etc a lot. I've only ever seen a couple of guys not wearing shorts over padded shorts. Padded shorts on their own is just wrong, leaves far too little to the imagination

Think Linford Christie

It's all about context - I've never seen a roadie in baggies, and mountain-bikers in lycra is odd.

Horses for courses.

custardy

Marco_Panettone wrote: »

It's all about context - I've never seen a roadie in baggies, and mountain-bikers in lycra is odd.

Horses for courses.

havent been MTBing long enough



used to be the norm (not me in the pic!)
personally I wear what suits me
for up to 10 miles or so,it doesnt matter
baggy shorts,casual wear or whatever
on the road bike i might wear lycra shorts,but prefer more casual tops

Prothet_of_Doom

sdavies13 wrote: »

Thanks all for the suggestions but afraid I'm going to chicken out and wear shorts over them. Once I am more comfortable (and more "aerodynamic") I will consider dropping the shorts :eek:

We are a close knit bunch, some guys in their fifties and some of them I have worked with since I left school! Being a baudy engineering crowd there is quite a bit of ribbing goes on and I know it would calm down eventually but not having really ridden a bike in over 20 years I need to maintain what little semblence of confidence I have, otherwise I might slip back into letting the tube take the strain (and die in my 60s like both my parents or my 50s like my sister).

Cheers all!

You give Engineering a bad name. Engineering types believe in Form following function, so if the function of your clothing is right, it looks right. :rotfl:

Marco_Panettone

custardy wrote: »

havent been MTBing long enough



used to be the norm (not me in the pic!)
personally I wear what suits me
for up to 10 miles or so,it doesnt matter
baggy shorts,casual wear or whatever
on the road bike i might wear lycra shorts,but prefer more casual tops

I don't "do" off-road. Bunch of weirdos if you ask me - whatever you're wearing! ;-)