Men wearing tights under shorts, AIBU

I think you are being unreasonable Alison seems like a sensible combination to me for all the reasons given by other posters.

Athletes try to keep their muscles warm. Perhaps the tights are for warmth and because they don't flap around, then the shorts (which you say are skimpy, so are not going to flap a lot) as a layer over the insulation and also because the tights on their own leave nothing to the imagination.

YABU IMO, basically because it is not for you to be outraged by what others do unless it directly affects you. Perhaps it would be more reasonable to ask those that offend you why they wear this apparel.

Our Postie wears leggings under his shorts during the Winter.

OP, this seems to bother you, why ?

Agree about the Lycra. The cyclists who wear Lycra seem to be more aggressive and have more attitude than normal. Maybe it rubs them up the wrong way ??

I'm not outraged but I think this is a very silly look. Tights and flapping shorts? Just daft. However, it's up to them what they wear. It's up to us what we think of them.

I doubt very much that the tights are woolly.

They can wear whatever they want to wear, surely? Does it matter at all? Really?

Why does is matter ? How do you know it’s tights not leggings?
It’s good to keep the muscles warm and it’s been so cold recently.
I’m in the north west and we don’t see many men running without tights or leggings under their shorts. Is this because we are mard in comparison with the lassies in the north east?

Tights and shorts ?
I know what the men round here would have to say about that.
We are dead hard up here, why else would we go clubbing in petticoats in the winter.

Running leggings, both the male and female varieties, are very close fitting high tech garments these days and serve a purpose, as someone said upthread. Women tend not to wear shorts over them so I suspect with men it’s a modesty thing. Think male ballet dancers ?.

I've no problem with it whatsoever. Live and let live and all that......

'Base layer' leggings, rather than tights around here. It's to keep the leg muscles warm, and yes, the shorts are needed for modesty!

Each to his own. It's harmless.

NanKate

Our Postie wears leggings under his shorts during the Winter.

He must be a softie, Winter or Summer, Rain, Snow and Ice, our postie wears shorts and a bush hat.

He must be a softie, Winter or Summer, Rain, Snow and Ice, our postie wears shorts and a bush hat.
Is that all?? Blimey!?

ones with shorts on over the tights, I would definitely go for the latter. Just tights can leave nothing to the imagination

Wheniwasyour age I imagine you're having a job keeping up these days!
So you'll have to rely on a fertile memory needing lots of fertilizer!

I understand these are called "skins" . My grandsons wear them for rugby and football training.
I got a very hard look when I referred to them as leggings

Greyduster

^He must be a softie, Winter or Summer, Rain, Snow and Ice, our postie wears shorts and a bush hat^.
Is that all?? Blimey!?

Fabulous ???

IMO all sports clothes look ghastly, so surely it doesn't matter if men wear tights under their shorts.

A couple of years ago at our local Parkrun, we had a male runner turn up wearing tight lycra leggings. It left nothing to the imagination and it wasn't pretty!

I think they call them under armour, sounds more acceptable than tights or leggings I suppose.

Alison333

On my daily walks I can't help noticing that about two out of three male runners are wearing little skimpy shorts with woolly tights. Why not wear joggers or leggings? When did this start and WHY?

I noticed this fashion in a North American film I watched recently. In the film it was young women wearing the skimpy shorts and what looked like warm, thigh high leg-warmers. There was a small gap between he top of the leg-warmers and the bottom of the skimpy shorts which only just covered the bottom.

My reaction was a smile, same as it is for most fashions.

As others have no doubt already said, does it matter?

My husband was racing cyclist in the 60s. Wearing tights was common practice then.