Quote Originally Posted by MomOnBike View Post
For some reason (my body in lycra frightens the horses & makes small children cry?) I've been considering riding in a skirt. It would be so sweet to show up somewhere like a concert on a bike looking appropriate, if a tad sweaty.

However, being as gadget-happy as I am, I'm thinking about modifying the bike significantly. (Hmmm, do we see a new bike in the offing?)

Mom(remembering Ali McGraw in Love Story in a skirt on a bike)OnBike
Mom on bike, I've considered this too, as the summer home for the wind ensemble I play with is only 7 miles from my apartment and is on one of my favorite bike routes. But I could never ride in a skirt (not logisitically possible on my bike) and the thought of showing up sweaty for a concert AND the even more terrifying thought of something happening to my instrument (that is worth waaaaay more than my bike) on the ride up there kept me from doing it all summer.

Even worse, imagining myself on a bike wearing all black and a long black skirt brings up different fears of looking like the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz. All I'd need was a basket with a dog's head sticking out the front of it.