Braces for cycling shorts

vrs

Anyone know where you can buy braces to use with none bib shorts?
I came across altura ones but i'am not sure are they just specifically for altura waterproof pants, any info welcomed.

kenmc

just buy bib shorts, that's why they exist....

manwithaplan

Anyone know if Oakley do sun-monocles?

doozerie

manwithaplan wrote: »

Anyone know if Oakley do sun-monocles?

I do hope so. What's a properly attired cyclist to do otherwise?

doozerie

@vrs, I recall cycling braces existing even as recently as the 80's (ah the 80's, people suggest that it was the decade that fashion forgot but, I ask you, what's wrong with baggy white trousers and black slip-on shoes over white socks?...). I never actually saw any mind you I just heard of, or read references to, them. I believe that some people used to use regular braces but I always wondered about the wisdom of that given that they are just more bits of metal that may dig into you in a crash, plus they may tend to rust when exposed to sweat.

Cookie_Monster

kenmc wrote: »

just buy bib shorts, that's why they exist....

but but but

I'm doing a sportive over here in April and the gear for it looks really really nice but no bib shorts, only regular ones. What am I to do, I need braces

iregk

doozerie wrote: »

black slip-on shoes over white socks?

I was always a bigger fan of gray leather side lacing shoes...

rich.d.berry

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

but but but

I'm doing a sportive over here in April and the gear for it looks really really nice but no bib shorts, only regular ones. What am I to do, I need braces

Could you not make your own bib shorts by cutting the clips off the braces and sewing them onto the waist band of the cycling shorts?

Lumen

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I'm doing a sportive over here in April and the gear for it looks really really nice but no bib shorts, only regular ones.

I have in my mind an ocean of identically dressed half-shorted cyclists.

I guess the question is: do you want to look like one of them?

vrs

rich.d.berry wrote: »

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

but but but

I'm doing a sportive over here in April and the gear for it looks really really nice but no bib shorts, only regular ones. What am I to do, I need braces

Could you not make your own bib shorts by cutting the clips off the braces and sewing them onto the waist band of the cycling shorts?

That might be worth a try.

cdaly_

doozerie wrote: »

I ask you, what's wrong with baggy white trousers and black slip-on shoes over white socks?...)

Not a thing. Sure I wore them³ all through college...*







³ Or baggy stripy narrow-ankle trousers over pointy black suede shoes...

* Yes, they did get washed from time to time...

ednwireland

just to be serious for a moment plenty of clip on braces out there

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=clip+on+braces&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=10037858461&ref=pd_sl_9j8jh0zcjs_e

any gentlemans outfitter will have them

(used to use them in olden days, wool shorts etc)

rich.d.berry

ednwireland wrote: »

just to be serious for a moment plenty of clip on braces out there

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=clip+on+braces&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=10037858461&ref=pd_sl_9j8jh0zcjs_e

any gentlemans outfitter will have them

(used to use them in olden days, wool shorts etc)

I would be very hesitant to place bits of flattened metal so close to my skin while on a bicycle. I don't even carry a key.

I reckon they'd slice you open or gouge lumps out of you in a fall.

ednwireland

rich.d.berry wrote: »

I would be very hesitant to place bits of flattened metal so close to my skin while on a bicycle. I don't even carry a key.

I reckon they'd slice you open or gouge lumps out of you in a fall.

meh thats what the bike shops used to sell in my day

doozerie

ednwireland wrote: »

meh thats what the bike shops used to sell in my day

But that was back when gentlemen didn't fall off. Falling off would have been unsightly and risked bursting your britches. Standards have fallen since then and modern cyclists fall over readily, the ruffians.

ednwireland

doozerie wrote: »

But that was back when gentlemen didn't fall off. Falling off would have been unsightly and risked bursting your britches. Standards have fallen since then and modern cyclists fall over readily, the ruffians.

theres your problem, right there

Cookie_Monster

rich.d.berry wrote: »

Could you not make your own bib shorts by cutting the clips off the braces and sewing them onto the waist band of the cycling shorts?

no, but I could probably get the missus to do it :pac:

vrs

I get what everyone is saying, but like I mentioned in original post the altura ones are specifically for cycling, so they don't have any metal pieces that are likely to do you harm, but I'am still no closer to finding out if they will fit other brand shorts or tights not just altura. Anyway maybe a bit of DIY might be the answer.

kenmc

why do you want to hack crappy non-bib shorts into bib shorts? you're still going to be left with the waistband, and you won't get the benefits of the kidney warmth that bibs give, never mind the lack of a$$ crack exposure either....

rich.d.berry

kenmc wrote: »

why do you want to hack crappy non-bib shorts into bib shorts?

Already answered in post number 6.

vrs

kenmc wrote: »

why do you want to hack crappy non-bib shorts into bib shorts? you're still going to be left with the waistband, and you won't get the benefits of the kidney warmth that bibs give, never mind the lack of a$$ crack exposure either....

I have a pair of good winter tights without bib and would like to try braces to see if they would make them fit more comfortably.

kenmc

rich.d.berry wrote: »

Already answered in post number 6.

eh. no. it wasn't. different person

kenmc

vrs wrote: »

I have a pair of good winter tights without bib and would like to try braces to see if they would make them fit more comfortably.

what do you find uncomfortable? doubt they'll get any better with a homemade bib conversion

rich.d.berry

kenmc wrote: »

eh. no. it wasn't. different person

Apologies.

vrs

kenmc wrote: »

vrs wrote: »

I have a pair of good winter tights without bib and would like to try braces to see if they would make them fit more comfortably.

what do you find uncomfortable? doubt they'll get any better with a homemade bib conversion

They tend to slip down a little compared to bib shorts/tights, thought braces might be a simple fix. Was hoping to get some feed back from someone who tried this.

phonejacker

i just bought cycling shorts today in Lidl and I didnt realise until i had bought them that they have the cushion in them for your ass. i was planning to wear the short over my long black shorts that i have but they have the cushion in them as well. will it be uncomforable cycling with two cushion under your ass?

Lumen

phonejacker wrote: »

i just bought cycling shorts today in Lidl and I didnt realise until i had bought them that they have the cushion in them for your ass. i was planning to wear the short over my long black shorts that i have but they have the cushion in them as well. will it be uncomforable cycling with two cushion under your ass?

Double shorts is bad. Just wear the cycling ones.

Zorba

There's womens shops called Claire's Accessories which do braces, had to go in there for some for a fancy dress thing, honestly they weren't for shorts.