A Perth hotel has turned away a group of cyclists after a waiter told them that no one wants to see their sweaty junk while eating breakfast.
Canning Bridge Cycles owner Ross Powell said he was shocked to be told there was a “strict policy of no lycra” when he and three fellow cyclists turned up for breakfast on Sunday.
The hotel has denied they tried to eject the riders, with a statement on their Facebook page saying it was all a “misunderstanding.”
But despite this, the cafe has actually been flooded with support from lycra and leggings haters everywhere.
The issue, it seems, is etiquette surrounding appropriate breakfast “dress code” is murky. And lycra, if you’ve noticed, has been creeping into popular brunch spots for some time. It’s happening. #gymgeareveryday
Gym gear to the cafe or the shops, gym gear when you’re not gymming and have little intention of gymming or even have never gymmed in your life. It’s all increasingly normal but is there an underlying discrimination at play here?
Because no-one seems to have a problem when the lycra-clad cafe-hoppers look like this:
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What other sport would expect a group of sweaty unwashed particpants, still wearing their stinky exercise gear, to be welcomed with open arms somewhere like the Raffles? I don't mind when they take over the outside tables at our local cafe because the ventilation is good (although the bikes always take over the footpath), but I don't want all 20 of the pongy bikeboys inside with me.
I'm all for people exercising, and if they need, or want, to go out for breakfast or coffee afterwards, let them. It frightens me to think our next biggest cause of death will be obesity - maybe cafe's should install more bike racks and covered outdoor areas for people who have exercised to keep up with the need of the PUBLIC (not specific on sex, age or fitness levels)