For years, middle-aged-men-in-Lycra (Mamils) have stoically defended their right to squeeze into tight-fitting cycling gear despite the sniggers of, well, practically everyone else. But now even Sir Chris Hoy has waded into the debate, advising amateur cyclists to avoid skimpy, fluorescent sportswear unless they are whippet-thin because ‘it looks pretty awful.’ Writing in the style column of GQ ma
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