Yeah, nothing wrong with that. I'm not super into it, because I think it's a bit over the top if you're just doing it occasionally (more of just riding an ebike myself from time to time to enjoy the nature and also doing something for my body)... But I have a friend who's super into it and can afford the expensive gear... he's also caring a LOT about health (only eating non-UPF, only eating "carb" food when his body needs it during cycling, etc.). It mainly started when he got very ill and since then it was a wakeup call for him. Well, let those people enjoy life and let them value the things they believe in! Nothing wrong with that (as long as they don't act like "assholes" thinking the streets are only for themselves)
They don't have to though ... mine looks moderately fancy but is really just a collection of used or discounted parts I scraped together over the last 20 years ... I have two jerseys, both bought when they were on sale, one is probably 15 years old ...
New shorts every once in a while because they wear out, the cheap ones work fine for me ...
So I still look like a MAMIL but in reality it's a fairly low-budget hobby ...
Moustache doesn't make any difference though. Victor Campenaerts tested this in a wind tunnel. I suppose with a goatee, a hairy chin might cause some drag.
I walked into a Subway one time after a ride wearing my lycra bike shorts and jersey. Some little boys saw me, hiked their shorts up to give themselves wedgies, and started dancing around me like the dwarfs in This is Spinal Tap during the "Stonehenge" scene. Everybody in the place was laughing. I laughed as well and never went into a store again wearing my bike shorts. Kink-shaming can be a force for good.
I don't know any cyclist that thinks they look good in that gear. We all wear it because it's the only thing that makes sitting on a bike saddle for 4+ hours at a time physically tolerable.
You can get cycling clothes that just look like clothes, it's a two layer system with underwear that do the job of cycle shorts, then a reasonably close fitting outer layer.
I mean ... it's mostly functional but in times when I'm in decent shape (which fluctuates) in a way I like the look of a well-fitted jersey 🫣 😅 ... bibs and helmets always look kinda awkward though ...
29 Comments
sirico@feddit.uk · 40 pts · 14d
Goatee isn't aero
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 24 pts · 14d
Found the human
perishthethought@piefed.social · 17 pts · 14d
I believe that is the chinstrap for the helmet. Could be wrong.
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 14d
The grey round the mouth isn't a chinstrap. I'm guessing we're looking at a MAMIL.
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 14d
WTH, there's an initialism to make everyone feel bad these days*... Leave them Lycra daddies alone! I can hardly think of a more wholesome hobby!
(* no offense meant to acronym & initialism smiths. Your work is valued.)
grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 14d
Pretty sure that acronym isn't new.
(Also, it really is an acronym pronounced "mammal," not an initialism.)
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 14d
Proud MAMIL here. I don't find it insulting at all. I think it's some cute and fun self-deprecating humor.
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 14d
I'm not too many years of MAMIL-hood myself. It's a good acronym.
anugeshtu@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 14d
Yeah, nothing wrong with that. I'm not super into it, because I think it's a bit over the top if you're just doing it occasionally (more of just riding an ebike myself from time to time to enjoy the nature and also doing something for my body)... But I have a friend who's super into it and can afford the expensive gear... he's also caring a LOT about health (only eating non-UPF, only eating "carb" food when his body needs it during cycling, etc.). It mainly started when he got very ill and since then it was a wakeup call for him. Well, let those people enjoy life and let them value the things they believe in! Nothing wrong with that (as long as they don't act like "assholes" thinking the streets are only for themselves)
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 13d
I would agree except for the $15,000 bicycle. It's just comedy how much these things cost these days.
megrania@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 13d
They don't have to though ... mine looks moderately fancy but is really just a collection of used or discounted parts I scraped together over the last 20 years ... I have two jerseys, both bought when they were on sale, one is probably 15 years old ...
New shorts every once in a while because they wear out, the cheap ones work fine for me ...
So I still look like a MAMIL but in reality it's a fairly low-budget hobby ...
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 13d
You don't need that though, unless you compete in the Tour de France.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13d
You don't have to tell me -- my main rider is a hybrid from 1998 that I bought on Craigslist for $50.
perishthethought@piefed.social · 4 pts · 14d
I'm partly color blind and didn't see that before. Yeah that's a goatee
CareHare@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 14d
Moustache doesn't make any difference though. Victor Campenaerts tested this in a wind tunnel. I suppose with a goatee, a hairy chin might cause some drag.
morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 14d
a proud MAMIL (Wikipedia) spotted in the wild
underscores@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 12d
god forbid you have a hobby
MrKoyun@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 12d
i love that there's a wikipedia for mamil.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 13d
I walked into a Subway one time after a ride wearing my lycra bike shorts and jersey. Some little boys saw me, hiked their shorts up to give themselves wedgies, and started dancing around me like the dwarfs in This is Spinal Tap during the "Stonehenge" scene. Everybody in the place was laughing. I laughed as well and never went into a store again wearing my bike shorts. Kink-shaming can be a force for good.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 14d
But cyclists like that look really SciFi
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 14d
I don't know any cyclist that thinks they look good in that gear. We all wear it because it's the only thing that makes sitting on a bike saddle for 4+ hours at a time physically tolerable.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 14d
You can get cycling clothes that just look like clothes, it's a two layer system with underwear that do the job of cycle shorts, then a reasonably close fitting outer layer.
Road guys wear lycra because it's aero.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 14d
I've tried those. Nowhere near as comfortable as bibs.
Sludge@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 14d
I feel like a sexy little wrestler in a padded leotard when wearing my biking bibs.
megrania@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 13d
I mean ... it's mostly functional but in times when I'm in decent shape (which fluctuates) in a way I like the look of a well-fitted jersey 🫣 😅 ... bibs and helmets always look kinda awkward though ...
halfapage@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 14d
morto@piefed.social · 10 pts · 14d
Nice try, aliens, I'm not paying any gym subscriptions. Your mocking won't prevent me from exercising outdoors
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 13d
Planets Fitness
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 14d
Phones are the same though. Except the aliens evolved past the primitive need for selfie cameras.
fluffy@feddit.org · 3 pts · 12d
I’m in this comic and I don’t like it!