Urbanist Cycling Padded Brigitte

Strewth! That girl's figure is absolutely stunning and she *really* makes those pants look good. Quite frankly, if the wearer looks that good, it should actually be a crime to wear anything over the top of them.

Sorry about that. Until I read this thread I didn't realise that appreciating the beauty of women and being turned on by them ... and worse of all ... actually *saying* so ... apparently marks me out as a misogynist and a sexist.

Surely, on this thread, the female comments are vastly more 'man hating' and judgemental than the male comments are supposedly 'misogynistic'?

I would have shared this review with my wife, who cycles a great deal more than I do and likes stylish and fun kit to ride in, but some of the pathetic comments here would make her feel like she'd entered a men's football club locker room, and would very much dissuade her from asking for more information. Caroline (and Tony), would it not be appropriate to instigate active moderation for items which are likely to bring out the neanderthals?

TBH I think the pink lace looks out of place. If they had to girly it up with lace, it should be white or black. Just my opinion, of course.

Do they do this sort of stuff for chaps? Different cut, no lace, natch. I've only come across stuff without padding, which I don't really see the point in over bog-standard underwear.

Depressingly predictable comments.

I don't understand why we're still having this conversation.

Woman model? My first thought was 'Dave looks better modelling pants then he does modelling helmet covers.

... My other thought was that as the pants 'stripes' run predominately horizontal they are technically, in fashion terms, hooped or banded pants not striped. Stripes are vertical, bands of hoops horizontal.

I have no comment on the quality of the model. I do enjoy watching Carry On films so in the style of Kenneth Connor 'fworrrrrrrrr'.

Erm, this is a review of some cycling clothing. On a cycling website. There are plenty of other sites on the internets (I am led to believe) where scantily clad or even unclad ladies can be viewed.

Grow up people.

Why does this thread have 68 comments and the Giro Men's jacket has 4?

Oh right......

wow, this all got well out of hand.

its a great concept to be honest, obviously they would be worn underneath something.

i wouldnt cycle down the road in just my y fronts and all that,

at least it gives girls the option to wear something flattering and comfortable as a casual cyclist.

Is it true, are there actually 'nasty and vicious' comments made about that author's body when she models the cycling gear herself on this site?

+what a lot of grumpy gits.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30069564

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A

Then google gamergate and do a _lot_ of reading.

By the way as a possible solution for road.cc what about using a tailors dummy?

i don't find this comments thread embarrassing. It may show how far we have to go, but it also shows how far we have come. Not that long ago there would have been no argument about the 'nice arse' comments. Now we're in a transitional time where some people get it and some don't, but at least the needle is moving.

Oh and btw I'm perfectly relaxed, feel no need to lighten up and am definitely not grumpy.

Anyone kicking off about the comments needs to go check a review of the Assos shorts with the cuckoo pouch or whatever it's called.

It's not limited to reviews of women's stuff.

People need to stop being such oversensitive hypocrites.

The girls FIT what's wrong with that ??

80 comments. Lol..

I only just recovered from the first time these images were posted. I had to go and lie down and I think I shall have to go and lie down again seeing this lovely rear of the year again.

BUT DOES HER BIKE HAVE MUDGUARDS?

Has this review been reposted to the front page to hit a web traffic target or something?

If not an error then it seems road.cc is run by some guys who haven't quite grown up yet.

I think the goal is to make this go above 100 comments. Let me help: She isn't wearing a helmet! Discuss.

Can you say "I'd hit that like a Storm Trooper hitting a tree on the forest moon of Endor?"

Probably lots of contributors on holiday and they're struggling for content. In order to keep the hits up, they're rehashing some controversial clickbait.

Road.cc close the comments please as we are back in the world of casual misogyny. Yawn some men don't ever seem to leave the playground mentally.

cant we all just play nicely together and not fall out?

Can everyone hold of for 5 mins....I need more tea and biscuits.

Let's all be honest here. Every single one of us is only here because guys fancy gals and vice versa. I see nothing remotely sinister about a guy saying 'Nice bum!' about a girl who has, let's face it, got rather a nice bum.

Wow, I'm searching for a cycling friend I can give one to

Coming to this late, but some of you were wondering why this got re-published. Some talk of "clickbait".

Er, no we put it back on because one of our reviewers called in some more of these from Urbanist without realising we'd already tested them - and she'd started testing them before we realised the error so we couldn't send them back. Urbanist aren't a massive company and that was a cost to them so to make amends we re-published the original review. That's it.

As for the comments, underwear model in nice bum… er shocker. I'd also have to say that while compliments are fine as long as they're not crude and the ones here don't cross the line for me at least - our other tester didn't want to model these either.

As this is the internet there is every chance that the person you're commenting about is going to read that comment - no surprise then that we used a stock shot. If you wouldn't make that comment to their face probably best not make it at all - most people male or female don't want to risk having aspects of their anatomy critiqued by strangers.

Nobody ever seems to comment on the shapeliness, or otherwise of our male testers' posteriors. Maybe that's down to the gender balance of our audience - it might be good if they did.

Finally most of the traffic this review has and will get comes from search - that'll be women searching for cycling briefs.