Bibs

Roger Zoul said:

I know this is old news to most here, but for any newbies out
there....
Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3
years without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert
back to regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

I've got about 12 (15?) pairs of bike shorts that I never wear any more
(except on a mountain bike, which I seldom ride any more), even though I
didn't have any "top rolling under belly" issues with them. Bibs are just
more...{technical term alert}...serious bikey-ish.

Bill "harder to pee, poo 'n adjust, but still..." S.

Roger Zoul said:

I know this is old news to most here, but for any newbies out there....

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3 years
without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

I've had some. They're nice, but I prefer regular shorts. Bibs are good
if you have a gut or "roll-down" issues. I find that will my shorts, if
you hoist them high and geeky, they'll stay put just fine without
having to have the shoulder straps of a mime. No offense to silent
street performers intended.

landotter said:

Roger Zoul said:

I know this is old news to most here, but for any newbies out there....

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3 years
without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

I've had some. They're nice, but I prefer regular shorts. Bibs are good
if you have a gut or "roll-down" issues. I find that will my shorts, if
you hoist them high and geeky, they'll stay put just fine without
having to have the shoulder straps of a mime. No offense to silent
street performers intended.

I agree, bibs are great. Seems like just the slight constriction around the
waist of regular shorts' drawstring can cut off my energy some. Might be
psychological, but for some reason I just feel better energy flow from the
lower body when wearing bibs.

Set said:

Might be
psychological, but for some reason I just feel better energy flow from the
lower body when wearing bibs.

Whoa, a bit of an overshare there buddy.

😄

(Didn't I hear the same claim at alt.tractors.politics?)

landotter said:

Set said:

Might be
psychological, but for some reason I just feel better energy flow from the
lower body when wearing bibs.

Whoa, a bit of an overshare there buddy.

😄

Well, I was being honest, and uh, looking for any double entendres and not
seeing any, I guess I don't know what you mean.

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(Didn't I hear the same claim at alt.tractors.politics?)

Roger Zoul said:

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3 years
without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

Until nature calls ...

Roger Zoul said:

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3 years
without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

Just wait until your first potty stop. You can't avoid it forever :-)

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landotter said:

I've had some. They're nice, but I prefer regular shorts. Bibs are good
if you have a gut or "roll-down" issues.

Bibs are the near-universal choice of people who don't, too.

At least, I don't /think/ I have a gut, but I'm obsessed enough that my
body image is a bit fragile. Now you've got me worried :-)

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Andrew Price said:

Roger Zoul said:

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3 years
without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

Until nature calls ...

If 'nature calling' interferes with your cycling may I suggest you're:
eating too much;
have a urinary problem;
are riding >3-4hrs at a time.

In the latter case then good for you. ;-)

Michael Warner said:

Roger Zoul said:

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3 years
without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

Just wait until your first potty stop. You can't avoid it forever :-)

I've stopped sleeping in my bibs last week. So, no problem. ;-p

Some yeas ago, Biemme made a bib called "Physio Pro". They had a two layer
fold over fly. Worked great. I got a few pairs when I did their 2000
catalogue.

I have never seen anything like it since then.

Bruce

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Andrew Price said:

Roger Zoul said:

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3

years

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without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

Until nature calls ...

If 'nature calling' interferes with your cycling may I suggest you're:
eating too much;
have a urinary problem;
are riding >3-4hrs at a time.

In the latter case then good for you. ;-)

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I know this is old news to most here, but for any newbies out there....

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3 years
without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

Bibs are great, i love them too.
But one major disadvantage is if you get a urge for nature's call and have
to take a dump out someplace like on an organized ride.
You pretty much have to almost strip all the way down to do it inside a
porta-pottie.
Shorts are then much more advantageous.

Earl Bollinger said:

But one major disadvantage is if you get a urge for nature's call and have
to take a dump out someplace like on an organized ride.

You don't take a [censored]. You keep riding, reabsorb all the water from it and
give yourself an enema to get the damn thing out when you get home :-)

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Michael Warner said:

Earl Bollinger said:

But one major disadvantage is if you get a urge for nature's call and have
to take a dump out someplace like on an organized ride.

You don't take a [censored]. You keep riding, reabsorb all the water from it and
give yourself an enema to get the damn thing out when you get home :-)

What a PITA (pun intended)!

--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

Michael Warner said:

Earl Bollinger said:

But one major disadvantage is if you get a urge for nature's call and have
to take a dump out someplace like on an organized ride.

You don't take a [censored]. You keep riding, reabsorb all the water from it and
give yourself an enema to get the damn thing out when you get home :-)

What a PITA (pun intended)!

--

At the rides end, mathematicians may work it out with a pencil.

😄

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Roger Zoul said:

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for

nearly 3 years

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without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert

back to

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regular cycling shorts.

Pardon my ignorance, but what are bibs, and precisely how do
they differ from regular cycling shorts?

Thanks,
Todd

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Roger Zoul said:

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for

nearly 3 years

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without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert

back to

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regular cycling shorts.

Pardon my ignorance, but what are bibs, and precisely how do
they differ from regular cycling shorts?

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=bicycle+bib+shorts

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Claire Petersky said:

"Todd Tannenbaum" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Pardon my ignorance, but what are bibs, and precisely how do
they differ from regular cycling shorts?

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=bicycle+bib+shorts

You know, "bibs" never seemed to me like the right word for them. Some
come up higher than others but none really come up as high as "bib
overalls" which is what I think of, and certainly not as high as a bib
used by slopper eaters. What distinguishes them from shorts is not how
high they come up but that there are shoulder straps instead of a
waistband that secures them.

"Suspender shorts" seems more descriptive but probably doesn't have much
marketing appeal.

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I know this is old news to most here, but for any newbies out there....

Bibs are the bomb! I can't imagine why I cycled around for nearly 3 years
without ever trying on a pair of bibs. Now, I'll never revert back to
regular cycling shorts. The comfort of bibs is amazing.

Bib shorts (and tights, for that matter) are the greatest thing in my
cycling apparel collection. What I like best about them is that you can go
from standing to sitting (or vice versa) and not have your shorts moving
around on you. They just stay where they're supposed to stay.

As for taking care of things when nature calls, I don't really find that to
be an issue, providing we're talking about excess liquids. Otherwise, it's
the routine of emptying the pockets, removing the jersey, and then the
shorts. Not really that big a deal though.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com