Ride a road bike? Remember your lycra...

[Mojoman]

Police stop cyclist for not wearing "appropriate gear" for riding a road bike.

Tim Burton, a Bath cyclist, was this morning pulled over by a police constable for not wearing "appropriate gear" for riding a road bike. The PC was concerned Burton might have been a bike thief. Burton was riding a fixed wheel bicycle.

"Just got stopped by the police for 'not wearing Lycra' but being on a road bike," tweeted Burton.

"The PC said I wasn't dressed in appropriate gear to be riding my bike so had I stolen it?"

Burton added: "I was clipped in. No scruffy trainers but clean(ish) SPD shoes. Maybe I didn't look hipster enough? Apparently there have been some shed break-ins locally. The bike looks too good for me to own, obviously!"

The PC did a background check on the bicycle's frame number, and on Burton, before letting him go.

 

Burton was philosophical about the request to stop: "It is nice to see them looking out for pinched bikes, I told [the PC] I appreciated it."

 

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/no-lycra-you-re-nicked-son/014863

[divernick]

When can we expect our loyal police service to start implementing this kind of pro-active strategy?

 

Oh wait, we're in Souf Efrika.

[Hairy]

When can we expect our loyal police service to start implementing this kind of pro-active strategy?

 

Oh wait, we're in Souf Efrika.

They might just pull me over then

[Big H*]

When can we expect our loyal police service to start implementing this kind of pro-active strategy?

 

Oh wait, we're in Souf Efrika.

 

They cannot, they are not bad, KFC buckets do not have serial numbers

Edited May 23, 2013 by Big H*

[Jigghead]

Does that mean I'm going to have to start wearing more lycra in order not to get stopped and keep my Strava Segments in tact?

['Dale]

Fashion police...

Yoh

[DJR]

Fashion police harassment I say.....lets protest by wearing baggies and skate lids on the road....aah wait, SA cops won't notice the difference