[Closed] Lycra

i do but i use mudguards. I know someone who uses lycra with no mudguards and he says they wear through after 2 seasons i think or something. For the sake of not killing kit i think using a mudguard (or even shorts?!) is an acceptable compromise.

Them lycra?

Would you like to try asking your question again in English?

Yeah I notice the mistake

How does it cope in rain and mud?

it gets wet and muddy.

next question.

It gets wet and muddy. Much like everything else does.

Uh fine?

Are you curious? Or just bi?

Have a look on that Google for the 3 Peaks cyclocross, or Paris Roubaix, or any other number of wet and dirty races where people wear lycra.

The really silly thing is people wearing big baggy shorts in the wet and the mud; Yes, you might look the part, but you are carrying extra weight and flapping in the wind... 😉

Is it warm when it gets wet?

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Not if you are standing about in car parks, or 'sessioning' that 'gnarly' dropoff, but for riding, it's good.

If you don't wear Lycra when riding then you can't possibly be a proper rider, and that means you turn your bike upsidedown to remove a wheel. You must also be uncomfortable with your sexuality and not be happy with your body. Well that's what the MAMILS will tell you.

I wear baggys and can't stand Lycra. Read into that what you will.

Well, with the option of wearing large flapping mud filled shorts or leggings that don't produce burn marks. I know with I'd prefer.

I wear lycra shorts, sometimes I turn my bike over, sometimes I don't, I have mudguards, tubeless tyres are fine but I don't notice the difference when I put a tube in, I rarely wear a helmet, I have been known to ride a full suspension bike on the canal path, I've never ridden a trail centre and i don't much care how many fingers anybody uses to operate their brakes.

aP - you fill your shorts with mud?

Is it warm when it gets wet?

Not if you are standing about in car parks, or 'sessioning' that 'gnarly' dropoff, but for riding, it's good.

In classic STW style, some people just can't resist having a little sneer at those that have a slightly different preference can they.

lycra in mud and rain is cold and wet
waterproof overshorts solve the problem
and yes turning bikes upside down to fix a puncture is easier

Lycra is mainly for the bedroom

I don't own any baggy shorts, just lycra here. However if i am going for a ride with my 6 year old son, then I keep my jeans on 🙂

rOcKeTdOg - Member
Lycra is mainly for the bedroom

LOL

APF

I'm Lycra through and through, but if I decide to wear knee pads I cant bring myself wear lycra with them

Lycra under baggies here.

Although I may pluck up courage and just wear the lycra for my next cross bike ride.

In classic STW style, some people just can't resist having a little sneer at those that have a slightly different preference can they.

Agreed.

I couldn't care less if somebody wants to wear just lycra on a bike. I don't like wearing lycra but that seems to bother some cyclists.

lycra is far more comfier practical.

the use of plenty mudguards on my bike helps greatly in this weather.

sefton - Member
I'm Lycra through and through, but if I decide to wear knee pads I cant bring myself wear lycra with them

+1

I don't find Lycra comfy at all. I doubt that it is because I'm 15 stone as I have seen blokes much bigger than me in it.

I do wear padded lycra liners when on long rides to reduce arse pain but they just don't feel right to me. I don't mind that wet baggys are heavier than wet lycra it wasn't something that I had actually considered until now. Whenever I speak to people on the trails it seems that often those dressed in full lycra take themselves a bit too seriously. I'm not saying you all do and people in baggys can take themselves too seriously too.

It seems, as with many aspects of MTB, that there is a them and us mentality. Whether it be lycra or baggys, flipping your bike over to change a puncture or not, if the plane will take off on a conveyor or not. Some people need to chill out.

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"I wear lycra shorts, sometimes I turn my bike over, sometimes I don't, I have mudguards, tubeless tyres are fine but I don't notice the difference when I put a tube in, I rarely wear a helmet, I have been known to ride a full suspension bike on the canal path, I've never ridden a trail centre and i don't much care how many fingers anybody uses to operate their brakes."

Burn him....

Hold on, hold on...

I took the original question to be a sneer and was answering in kind. Everyone who rode mountain bikes when I started rode in lycra, because that's what people used to ride bikes in. The alternative was woollen jerseys and woollen shorts.

The current fashion of baggy clothing is exactly that; a fashion, a uniform that is led by the magazines, and is adhered to by 'mountain bikers' like some badge of belonging. How many 'I've got a road bike but I'm going to ride it in my baggy shorts' comments do we see?

Baggies are practical for that kind of messing about in the woods, but for actually going out and doing more sporty style riding, they are less practical than lycra.... especially in the wet.

U stick with yer Bally pants, and I'll stick wi me baggies, if they get soaked then I'll take that chance! 😆

When I had a road bike I wore my baggys and my Giro Xen with the peak on. I did get a few disapproving looks from roadies. They were probably annoyed with me for not following 'The Rules.'

Like I said I don't get on with lycra, so I'm not going to wear it to conform. I am more than happy for everybody else to wear lycra just don't try to force others into wearing it.

I_Ache - Member
If you don't wear Lycra when riding then you can't possibly be a proper rider, and that means you turn your bike upsidedown to remove a wheel. You must also be uncomfortable with your sexuality and not be happy with your body. Well that's what the MAMILS will tell you.

I wear baggys and can't stand Lycra. Read into that what you will.

I'd read into it that you can't possibly be a proper rider, and that means you turn your bike upsidedown to remove a wheel. You must also be uncomfortable with your sexuality and not be happy with your body.

When I had a road bike I wore my baggys and my Giro Xen with the peak on. I did get a few disapproving looks from roadies. They were probably annoyed with me for not following 'The Rules.'

*note the 'to', you might not get chaffed by baggies, but some people will, so why take the risk, and they clearly drag more as they inflate like swiming trunks full of air as soon as you stop pedaing downhill!

I've been wearing Lycra on my bikes since the late 70's and it's the most suitable thing I've found to wear so far. If you're insecure about your body wear baggies it won't affect me either way.

I ride road as well as MTB and I have adopted lycra on the MTB as it is loads more comfier. No snagging when shifting off my seat etc. I prefer it but others don't.

Lycra, with waterproof shorts over the top when it's wet.

Not to preserve the lycra or ought, just cos this is a comfy combo. No-one likes a soggy crack.

I might keep them for the drier days or put a mudguard on.

I don't find Lycra comfy at all. I doubt that it is because I'm 15 stone as I have seen blokes much bigger than me in it.

Physically comfortable or discomfort at your own body image?

The latter would explain your sneery resentment of us skinny MAMILS that can wear it without being uncomfortable about our body shape.

I wear Lycra bib shorts which I find to be the most comfortable and less likely to snag on the saddle unlike those big baggy things some riders wear, but they are more likely to tear if you fall off! 😉

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I wear Lycra bib shorts which I find to be the most comfortable and less likely to snag on the saddle unlike those big baggy things some riders wear, but they are more likely to tear if you fall off! 😉

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Nick, I don't find it physically comfortable although you could argue that has something to do with my weight. And not all MAMILS are skinny, look at the punchy bloke in the NZ video. In fact I would probably associate a MAMIL with somebody my size or bigger.

That whole paragraph was aimed at the STWers that insist their way is the only way to do things like we were starting to see in the posts above mine.

In classic STW style, some people just can't resist having a little sneer at those that have a slightly different preference can they.

Agreed.

I couldn't care less if somebody wants to wear just lycra on a bike.

Sometimes I wear baggies over lycra, other times not - all depends on the weather and how thick the lycra is.

Lycra for me now a days, I used to say I would never be seen wearing lycra but after too many wet, muddy, uncomfortable rides in baggies I took a leap of faith with lycra and haven't looked back since.
Although I do feel a bit of a gimp when going to Tesco to pick up some riding snacks 😳 Gives the old dears something to look at 😯
I'm a big fan of the UK made Lusso gear, great value, fit and performance is great.
Some folk I ride with are still resisting the Lycra and are a tad embarrassed to be seen riding with lycra gimps, one day they will succumb to the lycra way.
I often invert my bike, sometimes while riding. 😀

I wear lycra short, - yes
Sometimes I turn my bike over, sometimes I don't -I usually do
I have mudguards - yes (sometimes)
Tubeless tyres are fine - yes but I have tubes at the moment
I rarely wear a helmet - I wear one if I might fall off
I have been known to ride a full suspension bike on the canal path - yes
I've never ridden a trail centre - I do, it's good fun
I don't much care how many fingers anybody uses to operate their brakes - I use two.

sometimes Ii wear lycra. sometimes i wear baggies. sometimes Iw ear baggies over lycra. WTF

lycra is for those stuck up kind who like to imagine they are pro riders.

well that's why i do it. 😉

oh and the other point is that I have a scar running from the top of my arse to the back of my knee from a nasty crash that shredded some lycra, baggies would have helped there

Just to be contrary, I wear baggies far more often on a road bike than an MTB. That's mainly because I take my kids places using a road bike - and I prefer not to go to Tumble Tots where I'm the only male over the age of 4 wearing lycra bike shorts!

Oh, but just to be even more contrary, I almost always wear baggies when riding the uni - for just messing around with some short liners, but for proper rides usually wearing lycra bibs underneath. Not really sure why, but I've got into the habit now, and it just feels right.

Hmmm, I wear lycra, usually under baggies on my MTB or if I'm likely to be spending lots of time in a pub or something.

The main reason I ditch the baggies on the MTB is when the weather's too rubbish and the baggies just get heavy and start falling down/catching on the saddle and stuff. I really don't understand what the OP is getting at when he asks how lycra copes with mud/wet.

Then again I am part roadie I guess.

i wear baggies on xc bike so as not to upset folk at the sight of my knob bulge, and to give me an ipod pcket.

anyoneelse have serious issues with saggy wet short/saddle interface?

soon as it starts raining my shorts start getting snag tastic! ****ing dangerous!

Yep, crotch snag is the biggest issue with baggies. I don't know if he can be held directly responsible but I seem to remember shorts crotches being significantly higher before this man came along...

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I wear lycra bib shorts as they're comfy...sometimes I wear shorts over the top. On the road bike lycra is great in the wet
White lycra is all wrong however.....

white lycra is wrong. as is yellow worn out lycra, and pink lycra.

any of these in the wet are exponentially worse.

lycra shorts should always be black, and a i salute teams with non colour-matched kit that let their lads have black shorts!!!

Sometimes I wear lycra over baggies.

what is really wrong is team issue/replica lycra on fat middle aged people, your not benefiting from the aerodynamics......

replica kit is odd in general.

why would i want to ride in sky kit? i don't get it.

especially at that price!!!

Lycra on the road bike, and as extra layers in the winter on the MTB.
Baggies (but not too baggy) on the mtb for abrasion resistance when the inevitable fall happens, and for putting things in pockets.
Jeans for commuting, with a trouser clip round my ankle. Unless I'm on the belt-drive bike when there's no risk of an oil-stain.
I wear what I find comfortable for the situation and don't give a flying fig what anyone else thinks.