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Are you a Mamil?

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  • September 10, 2012 at 8:00 pm #16795
    Gkam84

    Just been reading the BBC’s latest incite into cycling….

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608

    [quote]Given the number of men aged 35-44 who are buying fancy-pants road racing machines, is this a 21st Century mid-life crisis? Has the silence of skinny tyres and carbon fibre framesets replaced the thunderous noise of motorbikes?[/quote]

    I’m only 28…..So I can relax 👿

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  • September 14, 2012 at 1:56 pm #699931
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    giff77

    Oi stumps leave us shorter
    Oi stumps leave us shorter uns alone mate. Caav’s a gigantor when I’m stood next to him.

    September 14, 2012 at 8:45 am #699929
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    Simon E

    I think real munchkins might
    I think real munchkins might find that comment offensive, stumps

    😉

    At 5’6″ he’s two inches taller than me but hardly something to brag about.

    September 13, 2012 at 9:35 pm #699927
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    Stumps

    Cav isnt very tall but he
    Cav isnt very tall but he still stands taller than Sugar, the man must be a munchkin if those photos are anything to go by :/

    September 13, 2012 at 9:23 pm #699925
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    Gkam84

    Who’s riding his PPP (Prized
    Who’s riding his PPP (Prized Pinarello Prince) in those photo’s?

    September 13, 2012 at 9:11 pm #699923
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    Simon E

    I think über-Mamil Alan
    I think über-Mamil Alan Sugar’s choice of clothing is entirely up to him, though I’d not wish to look the same. But then he surely doesn’t give a s**t what we think (and surely wouldn’t want to dress like you or me either).

    More recently he was featured in Cycling Weekly riding with Mark Cavendish; that time he was wearing rather less garish Assos and riding a white Pinarello (photos here).

    September 12, 2012 at 8:48 pm #699921
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    Gkam84

    You sure it wasn’t his
    You sure it wasn’t his treasured Pinarello Prince?

    As shown here in the old kit

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/28/article-1165492-040A18BB000005DC-140_468x474.jpg

    The newer kit

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/16/article-0-0D71DC6600000578-342_468x465.jpg

    And with the socks in full stretch mode 😉

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/16/article-0-0D71DC7600000578-414_468x675.jpg

    September 12, 2012 at 8:37 pm #699919
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    Raleigh

    I’d post it again but. I
    I’d post it again but. I can’t be bothered so I’ll describe it to you:

    Alan Sugar in complete garmin kit.
    Helmet with a peak, and socks extended well beyond the furthest extent of varicose.
    He stands abreast a pinarello Paris with super record and 404s.

    Never.
    Never.
    Go there.

    #5, htfu etc.

    September 12, 2012 at 8:28 pm #699917
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    Comrade

    Spooky. This must have
    Spooky. This must have resurfaced somewhere, some one at work e-mailed me the same article this week! I did laugh as I’m 46…Simone the E and I are not twins yet I feel like I stole his identity!!! Sorry !

    September 12, 2012 at 8:25 pm #699915
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Should point out the term
    Should point out the term MAMIL was coined by consumer research group Mintel (whose report is referenced in the BBC report) 😉

    September 12, 2012 at 7:59 pm #699913
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    _Karlos_

    I’ll treat this media borne
    I’ll treat this media borne descriptive genius with the contempt it deserves.
    Makes me want to kill.

    September 12, 2012 at 7:37 pm #699911
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    Simon E

    I’m 46 and wear lycra but my
    I’m 46 and wear lycra but my wife insists I’m not a Mamil. I think it’s a compliment rather than an indication that I don’t quite make the grade. I ride a cheap aluminium bike; my cycling drawer contains Aldi, not Assos or Rapha; and the only sportive I’ve entered was a road.cc scwhag grab. I took my two young kids and we rode the shortest loop at a leisurely pace.

    A sports car used to be the classic mid-life crisis purchase. Perhaps nowadays a Dogma (with Zipps) on the roof of the X5 sends the same kind of message.

    The spectacular growth in the number of Mamils has prompted the comment that “cycling is the new golf” (example). That sends a shiver down my spine!

    September 12, 2012 at 12:04 am #699909
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    Gkam84

    londonplayer wrote:I’m 40, I

    londonplayer wrote:
    I’m 40, I wear lycra and also don’t give a stuff. However, I have been cycling since 1975 so why should I stop now?

    Were you wearing Lycra in 75 👿

    I’ve been going since 86. When I reach “middle” age, I’ll invest in a wardrobe of new lyrca…..but it might be out of fashion by then with some super dooper new material 👿

    September 11, 2012 at 11:42 pm #699907
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    londonplayer

    I’m 40, I wear lycra and also
    I’m 40, I wear lycra and also don’t give a stuff. However, I have been cycling since 1975 so why should I stop now?

    September 11, 2012 at 10:36 pm #699905
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    Raleigh

    I’m a big fat mamil.
    I’m a big fat mamil.

    🙂

    September 11, 2012 at 8:52 pm #699903
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    OldRidgeback

    I’m 50 and wear lycra and
    I’m 50 and wear lycra and don’t have any saggy overhang. I’ve got the motorbike as well, but then I’ve had motorcycles continuously since I was in my 20s.

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