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Aside from all the other interesting history, it's great to recollect the pre-spandex, pre-"fashion" days of the sport.
by eplanit 12y ago
Aside from all the other interesting history, it's great to recollect the pre-spandex, pre-"fashion" days of the sport.
- scarecrowbob 12y agoI don't see why spandex is fashion. I don't wear it because I look good in it (I think it looks dumb, and I'm old enough to start to have a belly), I wear it because it's hot in Texas and it is the least amount of clothes I can wear and still feel like I have enough clothes on. Now, bar ends and disc brakes, that's fashion. :D
- maxerickson 12y agoI was visiting someone in Montana and we decided to ride down an easy mountain trail/road. I melted a tube riding the brake.
- sliverstorm 12y agodisc brakes are not fashion, man. I hemmed and hawed about them a few years ago, and now I'm never going back. Rim brakes come nowhere near the control and stopping power, which I am indescribably grateful for as I'm rocketing down my local rockbed trails.
- taude 12y agoDisc brakes, fashion? You must not be riding the right trails.
- scott_karana 12y agoNo kidding, especially when you consider mud.
- mtbcoder 12y agoAlong with toe clips, bar ends have mostly gone the way side.
- PhasmaFelis 12y agoSpandex isn't fashion, it's comfort. The stuff is really really comfortable to ride in.
- josephlord 12y agoApart from the general comfort of Lycra on a bike when you are really moving around to shift weight on the bike lycra is less likely to get caught on the saddle. If you are fully set up for downhill the saddle may be out of the way but for a cross country ride with interesting bits it can be much safer than baggies.
- mtbcoder 12y agoBike-specific baggies are generally slimmer in the thigh and cut higher in the rear/crotch to reduce getting caught in the saddle. I ride mostly with baggies and it's not a problem I've ever experienced.