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Moral Dilemma – See Through Bottoms

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  • July 21, 2014 at 8:52 am #21953
    epcp20

    Almost on a daily basis I come across various ladies cycling through London with completely see-through leggings. They might not be see-through standing up, but hunched over a bike they often go completely transparent – with all that’s underneath on show.

    Now the question is – do I tell the owner of the transparent clothing that their undercrackers are on show? Or would that be deemed offensive/pervy?

    Are there any ladies here that could give a view? Would you like to be told?

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  • July 22, 2014 at 9:35 am #804973
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    daddyELVIS

    glynr36 wrote:daddyELVIS

    glynr36 wrote:
    daddyELVIS wrote:
    Why worry about it?

    If it’s a nice sight, sit and wheel-suck for a while.

    If it’s a terrible sight, chances are said lady is less-than-fit, should be no problem moving past swiftly.

    Simple B-)


    Don’t be such a cretin.

    Just get on with your ride and ignore it, and don’t adopt the elvis view that’s around 50 years in the past.

    You need to chill, mate.

    July 22, 2014 at 8:41 am #804971
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    DeeJayJay

    A dilemma indeed… (The
    A dilemma indeed… (The image is not mine by the way)

    July 22, 2014 at 8:25 am #804969
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    truffy

    lindsam wrote:Personally, I’d

    lindsam wrote:
    Personally, I’d rather not be told by a stranger if they could see my knickers, as there is little I could do about it on a ride and I’d feel pretty self-conscious.
    But at least you could do something about in next time!

    That said, I’d keep schtum myself.

    July 22, 2014 at 6:46 am #804967
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    Dapper Giles

    I think we’re all forgetting
    I think we’re all forgetting the first rule of cycling :

    Don’t be a dick.

    July 22, 2014 at 6:41 am #804965
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    glynr36

    daddyELVIS wrote:Why worry

    daddyELVIS wrote:
    Why worry about it?

    If it’s a nice sight, sit and wheel-suck for a while.

    If it’s a terrible sight, chances are said lady is less-than-fit, should be no problem moving past swiftly.

    Simple B-)


    Don’t be such a cretin.

    Just get on with your ride and ignore it, and don’t adopt the elvis view that’s around 50 years in the past.

    July 21, 2014 at 10:22 pm #804963
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    daddyELVIS

    Why worry about it?
    If it’s a
    Why worry about it?

    If it’s a nice sight, sit and wheel-suck for a while.

    If it’s a terrible sight, chances are said lady is less-than-fit, should be no problem moving past swiftly.

    Simple B-)

    July 21, 2014 at 5:52 pm #804961
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    Trull

    Quote Rule#53 and mention
    Quote Rule#53 and mention etiquette…

    http://www.velominati.com/etiquette/dont-be-an-ass-just-say-no-to-bad-lycra/

    If they don’t know what you mean then leave it at that, for fear of sexual harassment claim if nothing else!

    Don’t wolf whistle, lick your fingers, or wink! 👿

    July 21, 2014 at 3:14 pm #804959
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    MarcMyWords

    I’m going to wondering all
    I’m going to wondering all the way home now if everyone can see my butt crack through my replica RSNT shorts…

    July 21, 2014 at 3:07 pm #804957
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    mooleur

    notfastenough wrote:My missus

    notfastenough wrote:
    My missus thinks it looks horrific. She’d want me to tell her, but I doubt she would be happy with a stranger telling her. I think her view is that any self-respecting woman would check before she left the house.

    Haha this! The leggings thing has to be my biggest pet hate at the moment, i just don’t think it looks good…skinny jeans fine but leggings nooo……BUT

    BUT BUT BUT (lol) – as others have said, I think the best thing to do is to ignore it – if it irks you (the OP) that much then I think maybe you need to look at yourself and why this is a problem for you first…

    Live and let live dude, what a stranger, male or female, wears really shouldn’t be an issue – unless you’re (example) a paramedic and you’re dealing with a motorcycle rider who wasn’t wearing leathers.

    July 21, 2014 at 2:39 pm #804955
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    Nick T

    I saw a guy cycling in double
    I saw a guy cycling in double denim the other day, sort of like a rockabilly biker – sleeveless denim shirt/waistcoat thing and skinny jeans.

    Only they weren’t jeans, they were jeggings. They were see through, 3/4 length jeggings.

    July 21, 2014 at 1:58 pm #804953
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    adamthekiwi

    My view: keep it to yourself.
    My view: keep it to yourself. People generally spend way too much time and energy worrying about how other people look. Let them get on with their own rides, in their own kit, and worry yourself not. Perhaps that is exactly the look they were intending…

    July 21, 2014 at 1:37 pm #804951
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    bikebot

    I never realised it was such
    I never realised it was such a problem, maybe someone should invent a new handsign to pass the information on discretely after overtaking!

    July 21, 2014 at 1:17 pm #804949
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    lindsam

    I’m a girl. I have vaguely
    I’m a girl. I have vaguely see though shorts. They’re gore ones, so not just cheap rubbish either.

    I know full well that my knickers are on show. They’re really comfy shorts though so I wear them anyway. Bizarrely, if you don’t wear knickers it’s less obvious that they’re a tiny bit see though as there is then no line between on-skin shorts and over-knickers shorts to see the difference between.

    Personally, I’d rather not be told by a stranger if they could see my knickers, as there is little I could do about it on a ride and I’d feel pretty self-conscious. In the end showing your knickers is no worse than wondering around in a bikini.
    If more than just my knickers were on show I’d like to think someone would say however, though maybe not in the middle of a ride… Difficult one!

    July 21, 2014 at 12:30 pm #804947
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    notfastenough

    @Otis – if you told him, he’d
    @Otis – if you told him, he’d probably have found another gear – would that count as performance-enhancing?!

    July 21, 2014 at 12:05 pm #804945
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    MartyMcCann

    I had this dilemma on a
    I had this dilemma on a sportive on the Giant’s Causeway Coast a few years back-it was bucketing down rain all day and some fella had unwisely gone for cheap white shorts option (I’m guessing cheap rip offs of a pro team’s shorts if I remember rightly) and they became very see-through-you could even see the hairs on his backside through them! He sat in front of me for a bit and I was toying with telling him especially as we were going through some very popular tourist areas. Maybe it was just his clever plan to make sure everyone took their turn on the front because that was not a pleasant view- eventually I decided not to tell him and used it as motivation to get on and drop him, since we were in the middle of the route and he was still going to have to keep going even if he was told. I deduced that not knowing he was displaying possibly the hairiest arse in Christendom was better for him than having to tackle the rest of the route knowing what the world and his wife could see. Sometimes ignorance can be bliss!

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