Just need to vent a minute.

[Bikingmomof3]

Hi Mary and nice to "meet" you!
Wow, your outfit is wonderful and you made it? My sewing machine and I do not get on well under the best of circumstances. Your cycling clothes are awesome. You do beautiful work.

[mary9761]

Hi Mary and nice to "meet" you!
Wow, your outfit is wonderful and you made it? My sewing machine and I do not get on well under the best of circumstances. Your cycling clothes are awesome. You do beautiful work.

Thanks bikingmomof3, (Jennifer, that's my youngest sister's name too) nice to meet you as well. I'm just glad that I do get along with mine. That particular outfit has a bit of a funny story to how I ended up with specifically THAT fabric. I was at JoAnnes and had that color and another with reds and looked straight at a woman in the opposite aisle and asked her, "If you were coming up to someone on a bike, which would you be less likely to hit?" She said the blue to which I responded, "Blue it is then" LOL...
Sorry to hijack the thread now back to the regularly scheduled subject.

[Bikingmomof3]

That particular outfit has a bit of a funny story to how I ended up with specifically THAT fabric. I was at JoAnnes and had that color and another with reds and looked straight at a woman in the opposite aisle and asked her, "If you were coming up to someone on a bike, which would you be less likely to hit?" She said the blue to which I responded, "Blue it is then" LOL...

I think that is a brilliant way to choose a colour. :-) It is a very good colour on you as well. I recently purchased a yellow jeresey in hopes of being seen (and not hit) easier.

[arnaew]

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Originally Posted by mary9761
That particular outfit has a bit of a funny story to how I ended up with specifically THAT fabric. I was at JoAnnes and had that color and another with reds and looked straight at a woman in the opposite aisle and asked her, "If you were coming up to someone on a bike, which would you be less likely to hit?" She said the blue to which I responded, "Blue it is then" LOL...

I think that is a brilliant way to choose a colour. :-) It is a very good colour on you as well. I recently purchased a yellow jeresey in hopes of being seen (and not hit) easier.

Apropos of colour as opposed to outfit itself: I always buy jerseys with 'being seen not hit' as THE criterion. There are obviously others (fit, fabric, appropriate season etc) but if it's only available in "girlie" colours like soft pink, lavender, sky blue, lemon etc., I don't bother with the other criteria. If I can't be seen from at least 100 metres away (about 350 feet) then I'm not being seen. The reaction time while driving a car requires at least that. This, to me, seems like common sense and I must add, I don't see many blokes riding around wearing innocuous colours. So why is it that so many manufacturers only offer a 'women's fit' (ie allow for the fact that we have waists and breasts) in colours that render us almost almost invisible to the average motorist? Do they think we only ride on cycle paths? Or that fashion dictates function? Give me bright orange! Red! Yellow! What do you mean, it doesn't match my hair? Give a #$@%!
Many a manufacturer has lost a sale from me because of this penchant; I wear lots of my SO's clothing (much to his dismay) because it's bright (it SO doesn't fit) but I'd rather be visible than become a victim of SMIDSY (don't know if this is used anywhere else, but in Australia the acronym means - as espoused by motorists - Sorry Mate I Didn't See You).
Oops, that was a bit of a rant, but I've just spent a couple of days looking for a sleeveless women's top that looks like a traffic light and also acknowledges women's physiology - I understand that pretty is pretty but if most of your riding occurs within urban parameters, pastels/paisleys/butterflies just don't cut it. To manufacturers out there (mary9761 you are SO not included here - if I could sew more than a button, I'd... but that's another story) I'M JUST SAYIN', YOU KNOW?

[mimitabby]

I recently purchased a yellow jeresey in hopes of being seen (and not hit) easier.

Apropos of colour as opposed to outfit itself: I always buy jerseys with 'being seen not hit' as THE criterion. There are obviously others (fit, fabric, appropriate season etc) but if it's only available in "girlie" colours like soft pink, lavender, sky blue, lemon etc., I don't bother with the other criteria. If I can't be seen from at least 100 metres away (about 350 feet) then I'm not being seen. The reaction time while driving a car requires at least that. This, to me, seems like common sense and I must add, I don't see many blokes riding around wearing innocuous colours. So why is it that so many manufacturers only offer a 'women's fit' (ie allow for the fact that we have waists and breasts) in colours that render us almost almost invisible to the average motorist? Do they think we only ride on cycle paths? Or that fashion dictates function? Give me bright orange! Red! Yellow! What do you mean, it doesn't match my hair? Give a #$@%!
Many a manufacturer has lost a sale from me because of this penchant; I wear lots of my SO's clothing (much to his dismay) because it's bright (it SO doesn't fit) but I'd rather be visible than become a victim of SMIDSY (don't know if this is used anywhere else, but in Australia the acronym means - as espoused by motorists - Sorry Mate I Didn't See You).
Oops, that was a bit of a rant, but I've just spent a couple of days looking for a sleeveless women's top that looks like a traffic light and also acknowledges women's physiology - I understand that pretty is pretty but if most of your riding occurs within urban parameters, pastels/paisleys/butterflies just don't cut it. To manufacturers out there (mary9761 you are SO not included here - if I could sew more than a button, I'd... but that's another story) I'M JUST SAYIN', YOU KNOW?

Boy you said it!! light pink? white? pastels? I want bright colors too.

[tulip]

Boy you said it!! light pink? white? pastels? I want bright colors too.

www.alertshirt.com

[SouthernBelle]

I found the idea of sewing shorts or jerseys or anything else interesting. I've been thinking about it for winter gear. I've googled for patterns and info:

http://www.thegreenpepper.com/adults.html
http://www.phred.org/~josh/bike/jersey.html
http://www.rockywoods.com/patterns_main.htm
http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-...patternid=2375
http://www.seattlefabrics.com/dk.html

You'll need to scroll on some of these.