I would rather see someone in jeans and a polo shirt on a bike than some of the people who seem to think just because they are on a bike that makes it ok to wear lycra bike shorts and spandex shirts. If you have more rolls than a bakery and more cottage cheese than a Super Walmart dairy case, do us all a favor and rethink your outfit.

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It's not the helmet; it's the tucked shirt, flood pants and overly correct posture. He looks like someone pretending to ride a bike. I'm fine with him looking a little dorky, but he does need to realize no one's laughing at the helmet. Well, OK, no one's laughing at JUST the helmet.

cord,
surprised you haven't commented on "Obama's baby mamma" yet.

Fair comment about wearing a helmet tho…

natmusk,

http://www.mollygood.com/fox-j.....-20080613/

Lily, I guess I'm not entirely sure that we're looking at the same picture here. Are you perhaps a Republican? ;)

His jeans just look "flood" ready because he has his knees bent. Have you never seen a man's pants ride up around the ankles when he sits down? Most men actually tug the legs up a little around the knees for comfort when they sit.

Okay… so he tucked in his Polo shirt. Umm… we'd be saying he was sloppy if he didn't, so I think that's a no-win situation.

"Overly correct posture?" Whaaaa? Maybe if he was sitting stick straight, but he's not. He's leaning forward like a normal person riding a bike.

I'm pretty sure everyone IS making fun of the helmet. Other than that he just looks like a middle-aged dude out for a ride. Props to him for wearing a helmet, and this is from a Hilary fan. :)

Erica, haha, no. In fact, quite the opposite. I voted for Obama and will again in November. I just happen to think he looks uncomfy on the bike. I say flood pants because, generally speaking, jeans of this style are probably a little short if they show ankle when your leg is bent at a 90 degree angle. I say overly correct posture because when a person is doing something in a natural and relaxed way they tend to slouch a bit.

As I said before, I'm fine with him being a little dorky looking in that photo. I even find it a bit endearing. It's not an indictment against the man. He just doesn't look as casual as people do when they are actually out tooling around on a bike.

I loved my dad more than anything, but if he were still alive and looked like that on a bike I'd tell him he might want to consider untucking his shirt and relaxing a little.

Yes. Anyone that appears in US Weekly, and has a good sense of fashion, should be Commander in Chief. Change indeed!

Well, he looks like he's very tall. I'm sure he's a hard fit for jeans. He looks like he's all legs.

I'm guessing that the flood look is due to sitting on the bike and peddling. All in all, I don't really see anything wrong with it. It doesn't look like a comfortable outfit, but he also strikes me as the type of guy that never goes without wearing a belt.

It's not about having fashion sense. It's about being one step ahead of the game and avoiding the Michael Dukakis "Yes you look completely natural driving a tank while wearing a tie" moment. Dukakis wouldn't have looked quite so ridiculous if the photo allowed you to be half-way convinced this was a natural setting for him and he was in command of things.

This was a photo op and you can create a photo op without it looking like you just staged a photo op. The whole point of an exercise like this is that you have control over your image for that moment. It can work wonders for you or it can damage your credibility. Obama is currently courting "the average joe" base in Hillary's camp. They can be incredibly difficult people to woo, especially if they feel bullshitted.

Now I've gone and gotten all serious when I was purely joking before. Since I'm being all serious anyway, you're fooling yourself if you think elections can't turn on silly crap like this. There are many politically active are issues voters, but there are far more people who choose the person they think looks like they can do the best job. This is why Clinton's handlers tried so hard to get her to feminize her wardrobe a bit. Far too many people can't be arsed to watch the news, let alone examine the issues from all sides.

He looks like a hot nerd. I wouldn't throw him out of bed for eating cookies, OR for tucking his polo shirt into his jeans.

and another dime in my pocket.

Didn't GW take a header off of a bike while not wearing a helmet a couple of years ago?

would it have killed him to wear track pants. sheesh.

Call me weird, but I'm glad he's not all decked out in Fubu et al. I mean, he's an upper middle class dude and he's dressed like an upper middle class dude. I have no problem. He evokes the feeling of the resposible dad I wish I had …

GWB fell of a segway, not a bike. God, I'm a reject for even knowing that. I think it's worse to fall off a segway because that means you were nerdy enough to even get on a segway.

Haha, thanks blah! :) I think that choking on a pretzel is probably a little bit more embarassing…

He just looks like a dad on a bike. I will say this…hybrid bikes make anyone look 100x more dorky. You could put Brad Pitt shirtless with leather pants on these dumb bikes and his going to look like Dork #1.