I remain a proud MAMIL and an even prouder non-hipster. I will scoff at their baggy shorts and their chafed thighs as they waddle by me in the coffee shop. I will DERIDE these bike posers! Hah!
-------------Patrick Lenon Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 10:54:25 -0700 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] WSJ on trend toward "normal" cycling attire Cycling's Spandex Coup d'EtatLance Armstrong's Fall Has Created Backlash Among Cyclists Over the Bright Lycra Outfit Over the past decade, Lance Armstrong did more than inspire tens of thousands of Americans to take up cycling. He inspired them to look like him.Snap-on shoes. Shaved legs. Bright-colored jersey over Lycra bibs. Any deviation from that look could subject a cyclist to howls. He even might be called a "Fred"—cycling lingo for loser. Getting it all right would still elicit snickers if he called the outfit a uniform. It's a kit. Got it, Fred?Now, the tables are turning. Cyclists rebelling against the tight-and-bright look are calling its adherents "peacocks." Or worse yet "mamils"—for middle-aged men in Lycra. As commuters increasingly displace Lance-a-likes as the primary face of cycling, fewer and fewer people are confusing rides to the grocery with the Tour de France. "People just want to ride bikes without looking like a mamil," says Mia Kohout, editor of a biking magazine called Momentum. Read... _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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