Pro team‘s jerseys, bibshorts and socks get longer all the time (I don‘t like that at all)

[noob]

It's really only the über thin, mesh like jerseys that are an issue and they seem to have been dialled back a bit for this reason.

Coming from Australia, where we have the highest rate of skin cancer, and usually the highest UV levels in the world it's enough to make some difference.

Yes UV clothing is a real thing and the protection lasts way better than sunscreen, as it doesn't have to be reapplied each second hour.

 

[noob]

Other aesthetic effects of sunscreen would be that it makes the skin look glowy and smoother

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Sunscreen that's usually only good for 2-3 hours max and can sweat off on a really humid day.

Every little bit helps.

I'm always amazed at cyclists going on about their tan lines in australia. Not for me thanks, personally I'd like to avoid looking like a 50-something Gold Coast resident who's really only 40.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sunscreen that's usually only good for 2-3 hours max and can sweat off on a really humid day.

Every little bit helps.

And that's why every team needs a Matt Winston!

 

[Breezy1985]

I hope it will stop at some point and a shorter be the trend again.

I'm more concerned with my failure to appreciate increasing overall ugliness of the peloton colour schemes. DSM is the blandest among the darks, make me realize that Giant wasn't pretty either back then but it wasn't a problem because there weren't so many white teams with black sleeves. Astana and Movistar need to be more different again, EF can do much better with their colours, FDJ needs to look distinct again since jersey is too often their only hope to be seen, and when a look as average as Lotto's is among the ones I'm most okay with I have problem.
I know it's off topic. But then maybe biceps show will help.

It probably won't stop because it's not about trends but compression wear and aero and all those horrible marginal gains things

 

[42x16ss]

I'm always amazed at cyclists going on about their tan lines in australia. Not for me thanks, personally I'd like to avoid looking like a 50-something Gold Coast resident who's really only 40.

Premature leathering FTW.

Having just hit 40yo I'm starting to see friends get cancers taken out of necks, shoulders, arms and legs - it's not great seeing the aftermath. Reducing the amount of skin relying on sunscreen is only a good thing.

 

[RedheadDane]

It probably won't stop because it's not about trends but compression wear and aero and all those horrible marginal gains things

Yes, how dare these professional athletes focus on winning rather than aesthetics?

 

[Breezy1985]

Yes, how dare these professional athletes focus on winning rather than aesthetics?

Aesthetics are exactly what got into cycling for. I want sexy muscles barely wrapped in skimpy white bibshorts with every other piece of kit from helmet down to bike matching

 

[noob]

Honestly parts of why I love watching cycling is because of the combination of fragile looking creatures with exceptional strengths. All up against the forces of nature.

Alves, elves, weasles and vampires, ultra light voices, an occasional prince, and a good dose of puppy eyes in dramatically insanely beautiful surroundings.

Raw, fantastical and otherworldly!

 

[noob]

Stark has been a strong rider in lower ranked races this year, but his PCS profile pic keeps scaring me.
He looks like a mix between Dobby the elf and a James Bond villain.

Case in point.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Aesthetics are exactly what got into cycling for. I want sexy muscles barely wrapped in skimpy white bibshorts with every other piece of kit from helmet down to bike matching

Your chosen avatar seems inconsistent with your testimony...

 

[Breezy1985]

Your chosen avatar seems inconsistent with your testimony...

He was a terrible man for the black shorts I have to admit

 

[RedheadDane]

Aesthetics are exactly what got into cycling for. I want sexy muscles barely wrapped in skimpy white bibshorts with every other piece of kit from helmet down to bike matching

Yeah... there are lots of situations in which I definitely do not want white shorts!

 

[jmdirt]

With how thin the fabrics are, I don't think long or short sleeves are gonna make that much of a difference in that regard. Doesn't seem unheard of that riders get sunburned through their jerseys.

I had a skin suit with mesh chest and back panels, and after one race when I was cleaning up post race it looked like I had some type of rash from the sun burning me through the mesh.

Now I have some pretty thing fabrics that claim 50 spf.

 

[DaLong]

I tend to agree with this thread OP. I want to look pro but I also want to show off my thighs and biceps. So it bugs me when the pros wear half pants because I feel like I have to now. Irrational, but true. Thank god socks aren't allowed above mid-tibia.

 

[BlueRoads]

I tend to agree with this thread OP. I want to look pro but I also want to show off my thighs and biceps. So it bugs me when the pros wear half pants because I feel like I have to now. Irrational, but true. Thank god socks aren't allowed above mid-tibia.

Okay, is my opinion about cycling wear really so rare?
I sometimes hear people talk about coolness in cycling clothes, but I could never take that seriously. To me that's like farmers talking about whether their pants and rubber boots look cooler or hotter this or that way, there might be differences but it's still a ridiculous question.
And to whom on earth do you want to look cool? Are there women out there looking at cyclists and thinking "those muscles look hot"?? Or is that a thing between men? Are or you female? Are women like that too in regards to cycling wear?
If you got a nice biceps, wouldn't you want to show it off on the beach maybe? Although I'm not into that myself, that's something I could understand, but on a bike?! While wearing padded bibs? I really don't get this. In my eyes, if you want to look cool/ hot on a bike, you need to wear jeans, a T-Shirt, maybe a naked upper body, some hot pants and a tight top if you're a woman, something like that... professional cycling clothes are just . They are aerodynamic, they help you deal with sweat and heat regulation and that's it.

 

[DaLong]

Okay, is my opinion about cycling wear really so rare?
I sometimes hear people talk about coolness in cycling clothes, but I could never take that seriously. To me that's like farmers talking about whether their pants and rubber boots look cooler or hotter this or that way, there might be differences but it's still a ridiculous question.
And to whom on earth do you want to look cool? Are there women out there looking at cyclists and thinking "those muscles look hot"?? Or is that a thing between men? Are or you female? Are women like that too in regards to cycling wear?
If you got a nice biceps, wouldn't you want to show it off on the beach maybe? Although I'm not into that myself, that's something I could understand, but on a bike?! While wearing padded bibs? I really don't get this. In my eyes, if you want to look cool/ hot on a bike, you need to wear jeans, a T-Shirt, maybe a naked upper body, some hot pants and a tight top if you're a woman, something like that... professional cycling clothes are just . They are aerodynamic, they help you deal with sweat and heat regulation and that's it.

All valid points. I just subscribe to look good, feel good. Not much more to it than that. It's more of a self-improvement and the striving to get better and look better.

 

[noob]

Okay, is my opinion about cycling wear really so rare?
I sometimes hear people talk about coolness in cycling clothes, but I could never take that seriously. To me that's like farmers talking about whether their pants and rubber boots look cooler or hotter this or that way, there might be differences but it's still a ridiculous question.
And to whom on earth do you want to look cool? Are there women out there looking at cyclists and thinking "those muscles look hot"?? Or is that a thing between men? Are or you female? Are women like that too in regards to cycling wear?
If you got a nice biceps, wouldn't you want to show it off on the beach maybe? Although I'm not into that myself, that's something I could understand, but on a bike?! While wearing padded bibs? I really don't get this. In my eyes, if you want to look cool/ hot on a bike, you need to wear jeans, a T-Shirt, maybe a naked upper body, some hot pants and a tight top if you're a woman, something like that... professional cycling clothes are just . They are aerodynamic, they help you deal with sweat and heat regulation and that's it.

Agreed. It's different watching it on TV. It's about TV production, camara panning on faces etc. Irl watching closeups of drooling and snot isn't exactly hot. Nor would I like the smell of a peleton.

But it's easy to be drawn in by beautiful images and TV production.

The thing that looks insanely ridiculous are the glasses worn today at the vuelta, they all looked like mad scientists.

 

[BlueRoads]

All valid points. I just subscribe to look good, feel good. Not much more to it than that. It's more of a self-improvement and the striving to get better and look better.

I should add I didn't have in mind to belittle cyclists!! I only wanted to understand that view which is so far from mine!

 

[RedheadDane]

I tend to agree with this thread OP. I want to look pro but I also want to show off my thighs and biceps. So it bugs me when the pros wear half pants because I feel like I have to now. Irrational, but true. Thank god socks aren't allowed above mid-tibia.

Luckily, I don't have that issue. I'm just an ordinary cyclist, half the time when I ride, I just wear whatever I happen to be wearing on the day.
Also... I don't have noteworthy muscles...

The thing that looks insanely ridiculous are the glasses worn today at the vuelta, they all looked like mad scientists.

Have you considered that maybe they are mad scientists?

 

[noob]

I've never looked at legs in my whole life ever. I only ever knew that others seems to care about legs. Something about the male gaze I don't get.

 

[geisterhome]

I like the looks elbow length sleeves on skinsuits.

I still dont really understand how nobody figured out until like a good 10 years ago that it gives you an aerodynamic advantage to wear skin tight jerseys not only in TTs. I mean obviously they knew it but didnt make use of it.

 

[noob]

Having watched vuelta Madrid today I've come to the conclusion that I like the clothes more on women. I would turn my head both once or twice if met a female cyclist in Canyon or Liv racing.

And the points jersey in vuelta Madrid looked amazing!