Olympic Cyclists' bits

Headphones

The BBC keeps showing an image of the GB Olympic Cyclists.
It's just a bit porny.
The costumes have a black outline sewn on. The purpose appears to be highlighting the genitals of the team.
Two of the riders have very clearly visible gentleman's components.
Why the design and why are the Beeb showing this?

Jetfire

and why cant you stop watching it? 

mrkb

Headphones said:

The BBC keeps showing an image of the GB Olympic Cyclists.
It's just a bit porny.
The costumes have a black outline sewn on. The purpose appears to be highlighting the genitals of the team.
Two of the riders have very clearly visible gentleman's components.
Why the design and why are the Beeb showing this?

Is it just the mens racing you're drawn to?

Funkfingers

Headphones said:

The costumes have a black outline sewn on. The purpose appears to be highlighting the genitals of the team.

All worthwhile cycling apparel has padding where the cyclist will be in contact with the bicycle saddle. This padding goes where it is needed … for men, women and the undecided.

Headphones said:

Two of the riders have very clearly visible gentleman's components.

I'm glad to hear this. On balance, the alternative would be more disturbing.

Headphones said:

Why are the Beeb showing this?

IMO, it is a stab at sexual equality in sports coverage. In the past, female sports tunics have been known to ride up and make obvious the wearers' genitalia. 

Certainly nothing to be hung up about.

ThePrettyDamned

It may, ahem, enhance the packages by ensuring the delicate cargo is appropriately padded. 

EricTheWeary

mrkb said:

Headphones said:

The BBC keeps showing an image of the GB Olympic Cyclists.
It's just a bit porny.
The costumes have a black outline sewn on. The purpose appears to be highlighting the genitals of the team.
Two of the riders have very clearly visible gentleman's components.
Why the design and why are the Beeb showing this?

Is it just the mans racing youre drawn to?

https://i.imgur.com/sZWIrD2.jpg

p90fool

The padded shorts thing has always mystified me, why not just put a padded seat on the bike?

It's like putting a metal chair in your car and strapping a cushion to your arse to drive it. 

Thick twats. 

fretmeister

p90fool said:

The padded shorts thing has always mystified me, why not just put a padded seat on the bike?

It's like putting a metal chair in your car and strapping a cushion to your arse to drive it. 

Thick twats. 

Try it and feel the difference.

The main benefit is that the padding in the shorts doesn’t move against the skin. Cycling chafing is very painful. It’s not just about the padding itself. 

drofluf

p90fool said:

The padded shorts thing has always mystified me, why not just put a padded seat on the bike?

It's like putting a metal chair in your car and strapping a cushion to your arse to drive it. 

Thick twats. 

The pad is there to wick away sweat and prevent chafing between the shorts and skin. Trust me you don’t want to ride a padded saddle and regular shorts. And if you don’t trust me and try it anyway don’t say that you weren’t warned

ThePrettyDamned

@p90fool usually harder, thinner seats are more comfy than big sofas! 

p90fool

fretmeister said:

p90fool said:

The padded shorts thing has always mystified me, why not just put a padded seat on the bike?

It's like putting a metal chair in your car and strapping a cushion to your arse to drive it. 

Thick twats. 

Try it and feel the difference.

The main benefit is that the padding in the shorts doesn’t move against the skin. Cycling chafing is very painful. It’s not just about the padding itself. 

I know, I'm a keen cyclist myself and was being facetious. 

I still don't like too much shorts padding though, it can sometimes have the effect of trying to spread your pelvis and cause a deep ache in your bones, which took me a long time to figure out.

thermionic

At least the shorts aren’t red:

https://i.imgur.com/z6OKDXK.jpg

And it can be even worse for the women:

https://i.imgur.com/iYHq4Rp.jpg

rogd

The geezer in the middle looks a bit lopsided.

Kittyfrisk

There are some seriously fucked up 'rules' & decisions being made  https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/paralympian-told-shorts-too-short_uk_60f6aa89e4b0ca689fa26706?0g

thecolourbox

Funkfingers said:

Certainly nothing to be hung up about.

It certainly sounds like the team are hung about it

thecolourbox

Kittyfrisk said:

There are some seriously fucked up 'rules' & decisions being made  https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/paralympian-told-shorts-too-short_uk_60f6aa89e4b0ca689fa26706?0g

Did I see that a team in the handball event got fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms? Is Goldilocks in charge of shorts length?

mgaw

thermionic said:

At least the shorts aren’t red:

https://i.imgur.com/z6OKDXK.jpg

And it can be even worse for the women:

https://i.imgur.com/iYHq4Rp.jpg

Is it just me but the chap 2nd from the right looks a bit excited

Devil#20

The comfiest saddles are the one's with no padding in at all. I bought loads of saddles (some expensive) to try and get the right saddle. Eventually I found one that was great. It was recommended to me by a semi pro cyclist and is called a Charge Spoon. It was about ~£25-30 and by far the cheapest of the lot I'd tried. I promptly replace all the saddles on my other bikes with the same and sold all the others. If you have a bike then just get one. If you don't agree it's great you've just wasted £25 minus what you can sell it for. Had mine for years and they still look new. 

monquixote

I've got a brooks leather saddle. That's super comfy.

Devil#20

monquixote said:

I've got a brooks leather saddle. That's super comfy.

I had one on my bike as a kid and people used to say how the hell can you ride a bike sitting on a saddle like that. Great saddles but unfortunately now really expensive. You need a hard saddle with no padding. Padding in a saddle is a big NO. Padding in the shorts but not too much. 

UnclePsychosis

thecolourbox said:

Kittyfrisk said:

There are some seriously fucked up 'rules' & decisions being made  https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/paralympian-told-shorts-too-short_uk_60f6aa89e4b0ca689fa26706?0g

Did I see that a team in the handball event got fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms? Is Goldilocks in charge of shorts length?

In Beach Volleyball at least there used to be a rule on the *maximum* size of the costumes.

I have quite a few friends who are serious "proper" volleyballers and they all refused to take the beach event seriously on the basis that the governing body was deliberately setting it out to be sold on the basis of the amount of flesh on show rather than the sport.