Is it about how we look while riding?

[Medic6666]

Is how you look when you go out on your bike important?

I've never been one for worrying about how I look while cycling. mud and sweat changes that very quick for me

 

[tandemman]

We like to match when we ride the tandem to reaffirm everybody's preconceptions.

 

[User169]

I should say so.

Timothy Everest suit, Turnbull and Asser shirt and Berluti shoes (eschew a necktie these days).

 

[Twenty Inch]

We like to match when we ride the tandem to reaffirm everybody's preconceptions.

You're Gilbert and George.

 

[tordis]

I like looking good, yes. I'm a woman, after all. However, don't expect me to wear lycra - not until it's back in fashion

 

[MacB]

lycra, baggies, whatever, I look gorgeous, I also know that people sniggering at me(including my own family) are just jealous!

 

[Wigsie]

lycra, baggies, whatever, I look gorgeous, I also know that people sniggering at me(including my own family) are just jealous!

Is that when your cruising round in your £130 imported Australian woolen jerseys?

 

[ttcycle]

lycra, baggies, whatever, I look gorgeous, I also know that people sniggering at me(including my own family) are just jealous!

Agree with you Mac

I couldn't care less - lycra is good for technicality ie sweat wicking which is what I'm in most days on the bike - have also been known to wear casuals on top of padded shorts and jeans with road shoes for short journeys.

Functionality is better than caring too much about appearance imho - who are you trying to impress ultimately - becomes tiring! Wear and ride what you want and it's natural to sweat.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

lycra, baggies, whatever, I look gorgeous, I also know that people sniggering at me(including my own family) are just jealous!

I notice they're also taking pictures and posting them on cycling forums so that even more people can be jealous too!!

 

[Arch]

lycra, baggies, whatever, I look gorgeous,

Coincidentally, I'm the opposite. Whatever I wear, I look like a sack of potatoes. If I'm at the top of a hill, a sack of potatoes with a puce face...

 

[MacB]

I notice they're also taking pictures and posting them on cycling forums so that even more people can be jealous too!!

yeah, bummer that, kind of makes it hard to keep up the pretence