Lycra lout

noun

An irresponsible cyclist, typically dressed in elastane cycling shorts and a cycling jersey and riding a racing bicycle.

Meanings

nounLycra lout (plural Lycra louts)

plural Lycra louts

  1. UKderogatoryslangAn irresponsible cyclist, typically dressed in elastane cycling shorts and a cycling jersey and riding a racing bicycle.

    Red traffic lights mean nothing to the Lycra lout, the psycho cyclist, the berk on a bike (Parsons 2002, 21).

    2007, Paul Rosen, Peter Cox, David Horton, Cycling and society
    2 more examples

    The Daily Mail and Alun Michael might well have been right to think that Lycra louts were important to the public, but that does not make it an issue of high politics.

    2001, Edward Page, Governing by numbers: delegated legislation and everyday policy-making

    Is it my imagination, or is the world being taken over by Lycra louts with their arses in the air, their handlebars on the bitumen and their anti-erectile-dysfunction gel inserts firmly installed?

    2007, Catherine Deveny, It's not my fault they print them

    Synonyms: road warrior

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn irresponsible cyclist, typically dressed in elastane cycling shorts and a cycling jersey and riding a racing bicycle.

Origin

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