Closest to cycling chic & why I can't get into cycling chic

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This is the closest type of business work outfit that I would ever wear on bike to work.

I've only done it twice --when I had to cycle to meeting elsewhere in the city and then get to my office work building.

Still I change into business work shoes from cycling shoes that you see in photo.

**I like my business work shoes too much and they cost me enough I don't want to scuff them up unnecessarily.

I wore a light fleecy jacket underneath a $200.00 lined business work jacket. And black jeans which I wear 50% of the time at work. My jeans costed me $100.00....and it took me ages (2 years!!) to find a pair of jeans that fit me, etc. It has tiny bit of lycra for stretch.

I actually am afraid of ripping the lining of that jacket which is my best board room jacket for meeting with managers, etc. I CANNOT wear that jacket to and from work on bike.

This is one of the reasons I cannot be a Cycling Chic cyclist: I can't afford it given my size, my difficulty of finding good petite business wear to ruin them while I bike. It's far costlier for me to have a wardrobe that is business Cycling Chic wear vs. just cycling clothing, change them at work into workplace clothing.