Cycling's Spandex Coup d'Etat
Lance Armstrong's Fall Has Created Backlash Among Cyclists Over the Bright
Lycra Outfit
Over the past decade, Lance Armstrong did more than inspire tens of thousands
of Americans to take up cycling. He inspired them to look like him.
Snap-on shoes. Shaved legs. Bright-colored jersey over Lycra bibs. Any
deviation from that look could subject a cyclist to howls. He even might be
called a "Fred"—cycling lingo for loser. Getting it all right would still
elicit snickers if he called the outfit a uniform. It's a kit. Got it, Fred?
Now, the tables are turning. Cyclists rebelling against the tight-and-bright
look are calling its adherents "peacocks." Or worse yet "mamils"—for
middle-aged men in Lycra. As commuters increasingly displace Lance-a-likes as
the primary face of cycling, fewer and fewer people are confusing rides to the
grocery with the Tour de France. "People just want to ride bikes without
looking like a mamil," says Mia Kohout, editor of a biking magazine called
Momentum. Read...
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