How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?

On Jan 13, 5:34*pm, !Jones' Sock Puppet wrote:
Actually, I kinda *like* men in tight, black panties... but, my
question has always been: How do you wear that stuff in public and
keep a straight face?

I recall when a decent bicycle cost a day's wages and you could ride
the damn thing in cut-offs, a T-shirt, and sneakers. *If you were
*really* high-tech, you had a Bendix two-speed kick-back. *It was
heavy, noisy, and difficult to ride; however, real *men* rode bicycles
in those days... and no self-respecting faggot would have been caught
in Spandex!

Nowadays, bicycles cost more than an African wage-earner can hope to
make in his or her lifetime! *There's something wrong here!

Why can't I buy a decent friction shifter anymore? *Indexed shifters
are OK until they wear a little bit, then they're useless. *I can't
adjust my front cage with an indexed shifter...

... but, mostly, how come I gotta wear these goofy-looking panties? *I
simply cannot be seen in public wearing these things! *I'd sooner ride
nekkid!

Eat yer heart out, Nitla!

Jones

I love wearing spandex people respect me,drivers are more attentive to
me, and it's lot more comfortable than cotton underpants. Spandex was
the savior of cyclists because previous shorts aka wool itch like
hell. I ride like the cowboys in the west (They always had their
riding clothes on) ready to ride at any moment(I wear my spandex
24/7). Spandex sure looks weird to people in pubic but people read my
jersey I wear with it they know what I am and know that he a hard core
bicyclist not to messed with.