Spandex the latest fashion

[eclectic]

I forgot to put this in when I recapped my tour.

Our first rest stop on the first day was a marvelous little prairie church. We happened to hit it right when the service had started so we decided to go.

It is the first (and mayhaps the last) time I have ever attended church in black spandex shorts, dayglo yellow jersey, accessorized with adorable gray mesh with pink straps and trim cycling shoes, pale pink camel back, a gray and silver bell helmet and of course what all proper women wear to church - black fingerless Trek gloves.

So now the next question, where is the most unconventional place you have worn your spandex?

(and ladies who have trouble going out in public in their spandex maybe this will give you all the confidence you need)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I love my black spandex Terry capri Spinnakers so much I often wear them all day, wherever i go. The padding is very light and doesn't stick out at all, they have cute side slits and just cover the knee. So comfy and soft, and just plain CUTE! I wear them sometimes on days I don't even get on my bike! I love showing off my new biking body, and the capri length is rather flattering and descrete- no "sausage effect" either.

[SalsaMTB]

That's why I got a skirt!! I started commuting to work and did not feel comfortable entering in my spandex. I felt much better once I got the skirt!

[esther231]

Lisa, I tried to find that just now on the internet after reading your post. Where did you get it? Much thanks.

[bcipam]

I just think its cool you went to church regardless of what you had to wear. I've done the same on trips and the church goers are very appeciative of the effort.

I go to all sorts of restaurants and stuff in my car gear and no one seems to care. The most uncomfortable day I ever had if once I biked to work and since I was only staying a few hours stayed in my bike stuff. The suit and tie crowd gave me the once over that's for sure!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa, I tried to find that just now on the internet after reading your post. Where did you get it? Much thanks.

On the Terry website, under "Gym & Fitness" apparel:
http://www.terrybicycles.com/product...ym+%26+Fitness

[Fredwina]

I wear my spandex to church all the time, But I'm an episcopalian, so we're pretty loosey goosey. I remember getting interrupted by crisis on my commute home a couple of times (when I commuted by bike)
I think the oddest places was when I lived in Harrisburg, PA. the club there had Friday night socail rides. A couple of times, the rider guessed wrong on the Place's dress policy.

[eclectic]

I wear my spandex to church all the time, But I'm an episcopalian, so we're pretty loosey goosey. .

thanks for the laugh. My sister always explains our mother by saying "well you know she's a Presbyterian" (We were raised Lutheran)

[dingster1]

<gasp> Oh my!!!! Church in spandex???!!! my ultimate dream!!

[Tri Girl]

I wear my spandex to church all the time, But I'm an episcopalian, so we're pretty loosey goosey.

Wow- too cool!!!! That made me laugh, too! I'm Catholic, and my mom recently switched to Episcopalian, so we call her "Catholic Lite- Catholic without all the guilt."

[SouthernBelle]

I've gone to church committee mtgs in spandex, but not Sunday service. I would like to, and have actually considered it. But some of the old folks might go into heart failure. I may get a skirt just for that purpose!

[kaybee]

Wow- too cool!!!! That made me laugh, too! I'm Catholic, and my mom recently switched to Episcopalian, so we call her "Catholic Lite- Catholic without all the guilt."

I was raised Catholic but don't live in a "Catholic friendly" city, so when I attend church I go to the Espiscopal church. I call myself a "Cathopalian."

KB

[Geonz]

I've always wanted to write a book about being a "guilt-free Catholic." Spandex would do fine, though I've never done it. I could easily get away with it 'cause I'm in the choir and we recently got robes - but half the time I don't wear spandex on the bike. (If it's less than 20 miles, I don't need padding. My bike fits that well ... or maybe it's that tough Norwegian callused crotch )

I was on my way to a bike weekend that was within a hundred miles of the rest of the family, and got the call that my great-aunt had died. However, I stopped in a mall on the way and got clothes. Spandex at a funeral, even black... not without a really good reason.

[DDH]

I could not imagine myself going anywhere in spandex besides down the rode on my bike. I am under the opinion, (whether it be wrong or right) that some people just shouldn't wear some things in public. I mean no offense to anyone by that remark. If you are a secure enough person to do that, then I say more power to you, I just don't happen to be, and with my weight, lets just say, I won't be wearing mine out anywhere. LOL
I look foward to the day that I begin to believe I look good in spandex.

Plus, I don't know about you girls, but I sweat profusely when I ride, so needless to say, I don't look or smell to good by the time I get where I am going. I think I sweat worse than men do. It's unbelievable to me sometimes, how bad I sweat. I see other women exercising, and they hardly break a sweat, and in 5 minutes, I am dripping wet. It's awful!!!

[Kano]

I think I sweat worse than men do. It's unbelievable to me sometimes, how bad I sweat. I see other women exercising, and they hardly break a sweat, and in 5 minutes, I am dripping wet. It's awful!!!

It may not seem like it, DDH, but that's a VERY efficient cooling system we have! Yes, I sweat like that too!

Karen in Boise