My interest in cycling clothing outside the usual shiny goretex and lyrcra sportswear they sell in the likes of Evans has been piqued by the links brought up as alternatives in the Cycling Snobs thread in Commuting.
Currently wearing a silver/grey Altura jacket and Goretex trousers (over similarly styled underlayers) on my commute and don't really feel like it's 'me'. I'm more of a natural fibres vaguely-retro indie posho poser at heart I guess, and not really a sporty type with logos of makes I know nor care anything about emblazened across me. As the weather is beginning to improve I'm thinking of revising my cycling wardrobe somewhat.
So wondered if people would like to share their links to the more unconventional, less 'obvious' areas of clothing suitable for (semi)serious cycling so I and others who don't feel quite right in the standard high-street sporty cycling gear, or for those who want something they can wear as much on a ride as doing their shopping or meeting their friends or whatever it is you human being types do when you aren't cycling
So here's some stuff off that thread and what I've found searching this forum:
http://www.dashingtweeds.co.uk/dt/about/ - rather OTT and extraordinarily expensive, but I love the idea of mixing reflective and hi-vis materials into traditional english tailoring!
http://www.uniqlo.co.uk/catalogue/men/heattech/all_11 - wondering if this stuff is suitable for riding in. Looks nice, cheap and doesn't have logos all over it.
http://www.bspoke.co.uk/ cycling clothes that look like normal clothes
http://www.tudorsports.co.uk/ retro sporty stuff
Now I just need to find some waterproof tweed plus-twos
Currently wearing a silver/grey Altura jacket and Goretex trousers (over similarly styled underlayers) on my commute and don't really feel like it's 'me'. I'm more of a natural fibres vaguely-retro indie posho poser at heart I guess, and not really a sporty type with logos of makes I know nor care anything about emblazened across me. As the weather is beginning to improve I'm thinking of revising my cycling wardrobe somewhat.
So wondered if people would like to share their links to the more unconventional, less 'obvious' areas of clothing suitable for (semi)serious cycling so I and others who don't feel quite right in the standard high-street sporty cycling gear, or for those who want something they can wear as much on a ride as doing their shopping or meeting their friends or whatever it is you human being types do when you aren't cycling
So here's some stuff off that thread and what I've found searching this forum:
http://www.dashingtweeds.co.uk/dt/about/ - rather OTT and extraordinarily expensive, but I love the idea of mixing reflective and hi-vis materials into traditional english tailoring!
http://www.uniqlo.co.uk/catalogue/men/heattech/all_11 - wondering if this stuff is suitable for riding in. Looks nice, cheap and doesn't have logos all over it.
http://www.bspoke.co.uk/ cycling clothes that look like normal clothes
http://www.tudorsports.co.uk/ retro sporty stuff
Now I just need to find some waterproof tweed plus-twos
