How to cycle to work and look chic

[Origamist]

How to transform yourself from action biker to sexy executive via a quick change in the loos

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article5839358.ece

Works for me...

 

[hackbike 666]

You think I'd look good in a dress?

 

[Baggy]

Now I know where I've been going wrong all those years:

"If I have an event in the evening, I go to Vidal Sassoon for a blow-dry".

 

[ferret fur]

'My bike weighs 4.5kg'. Wow! wonder what it is?

 

[yoyo]

Now I know where I've been going wrong all those years:

"If I have an event in the evening, I go to Vidal Sassoon for a blow-dry".

Indeed! How the other half lives! But the three women featured definitely made it all seem doable. As one of my bikes is a Dutch bike, it is possible for me to cycle in my work clothes but it is hard not to get warm over an eleven mile commute that involves steep hills. Now that the evenings are lengthening I will probably do a couple of cycling commutes a week.

 

[fossyant]

'My bike weighs 4.5kg'. Wow! wonder what it is?

Hmm slight exaggeration there. You'd probably get a pro road bike down to 6kg's fairly easily (6.8 is the limit) -the only 4.5kg one I've heard of was a stupidly expensive one done by a cycle nut - PS she doesn't was it though...

 

[Bollo]

How to transform yourself from action biker to sexy executive via a quick change in the loos

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article5839358.ece

Works for me...

What has the magistrate said about you hanging around ladies' loos, Orig!?

 

[another_dave_b]

'My bike weighs 4.5kg'. Wow! wonder what it is?

There's a photo on the article

 

[purplepolly]

Now I know where I've been going wrong all those years:

"If I have an event in the evening, I go to Vidal Sassoon for a blow-dry".

Ah, useful everyday cycling tips for the average woman. Or ... grow it long, roll it up and clip it at the back of the neck. Won't need brushing all day and save loads of money in haircuts. I have been known to cycle the 4 miles flat / downhill to work on a dutch style bike in office clothes. The hi-viz tends to take the edge off the chic though.

 

[purplepolly]

THAT folks, is soon to be my new signature!

Just as soon as he's got the pink bike

 

[Baggy]

There's a photo on the article

She might get it to under 4kg if she took the wheel reflectors off

 

[ufkacbln]

That is not the photo I get with the link!

I get...

 

[Baggy]

Underneath the pic it says image 1 of 3, you can click through...

 

[hackbike 666]

Yeah thats what i get cunobelin.

 

[summerdays]

At least it shows that 3 women have found ways to commute to work and then look smart. My work gear is casual anyway, but I'm still struggling with the cycling when going out looking smarter at the other end. Some skirts I can do by rolling them up a bit at the waist to make them shorter.