Are your clothes suppose to match your bike?

[East Hill]

Even if that means wearing a giant ad for Levitra on my back.

Kimmyt, you're not SERIOUS !

Really?

By the way, I am also lucky if my socks match.

East Hill

[Kimmyt]

Kimmyt, you're not SERIOUS !

Really?

By the way, I am also lucky if my socks match.

East Hill

I'm afraid I am totally serious!

I figure between the ad and me walking around clad in lycra, we'll succeed yet in getting those suffering from ED up and at 'em!!

[Crankin]

Uh, I don't really think about color coordinating my bike and clothes. I am pretty "fashion conscious," but really. My bike is mostly black, with a little red on it. But my first road bike was yellow and the second one was carbon colored... I buy my jerseys for the style and print. No ads, please. I like bright colors on top. I don't want elastic on the bottom either. I have a small waist and hips that are a bit bigger. Elastic on the bottom just rides up to my waist, unless I get a bigger sized jersey and then it's too big on the top. Not too many comapnies make x-smalls, so all of my jerseys are Terrys. My husband bought me a Voler jersey in xs through a discount program at his work. I spend the whole time pulling it down, even though it sort of fits. It's going in the trash...
I always wear black shorts. I bought one pair of blue, but they split when I was on tour in Europe and I sewed them up, but the place where it was patched rubs my skin, so those went out too. I have a few socks that match well with my jerseys, but they were not bought for that reason. I just like cool socks.
I have one olive green helmet that i wear for cold weather riding and for mtb and a bright blue helmet. Neither match anything. My mtb is brown and I seriously do not match anything with that!

[lph]

I don't match anything either, but that's not to say I'll wear or ride any colour. My bike, as I like to point out to people frequently, is a beautiful bright strong red. Black shorts or tights and black helmet, black and grey jacket, jerseys that are mostly muted green or blue-grey, or... black.

I own one single light-coloured sleeveless top, that for some obscure and magic reason makes me look like I have a waist..

And I have one neon green sleeveless, almost never used, which I bought after an autumn spent playing Tomb Raider, as I fancied it made me look a bit like Lara Croft. It doesn't.

The flat chest *might* have something to do with it.

[logdiva32]

from an ex ball player. Those who come to the court with the latest and most expensive, matching outfit, and shoes, headband, LOL....

Usually have no game, if that is a hint.

I wear what I found on sale. Trying to get skills not looks..

[lauraelmore1033]

from an ex ball player. Those who come to the court with the latest and most expensive, matching outfit, and shoes, headband, LOL....

Usually have no game, if that is a hint.

I wear what I found on sale. Trying to get skills not looks..

My husband used to say that about running. By your standard, I might pass for sombody that actually knew what she was doing(?) rather than a hopeless noob...

[Crankin]

Thanks, Velo, I looked at that jersey and it definitely would fit; it's the same cut that I like in the Terry jerseys. My husband didn't have any choice in jersey cut when he bought it. Voler made up jereys with his company logo (of course no women's cut) and then they worked out a deal to buy other ones.
I think my cycling attire looks good, but not outrageously matched. So, I guess I qualify to say that I sort of look like i know what I'm doing. Sometimes I think people think I'm a weird poseur with my Kuota bike, but it fits and I like the way it rides. People constantly ask me if I do triathalons because of this bike. I guess Kuota is heavy into tri bikes, but I don't have aero bars on it, so I'm not sure why people ask me this. They wouldn't ask if they knew me.... can barely swim and I hate running!

[madscot13]

I own one single light-coloured sleeveless top, that for some obscure and magic reason makes me look like I have a waist..

And I have one neon green sleeveless, almost never used, which I bought after an autumn spent playing Tomb Raider, as I fancied it made me look a bit like Lara Croft. It doesn't.

The flat chest *might* have something to do with it.

Okay this kills me. I am not sure what to say other than I empathize because I will hesitatingly say I've been there.

Sorry I am so late to post on the whether to coordinate or not, but I do not match up with my bike and am happy to be wearing clothes that make me feel decent while biking. These include soccer shorts, UK soccer jersey (I have to find a reason to wear it now that going to pubs to root is a bit out of the way), and a nice neon green sleeveless a bit reminsicent of lph's Tomb Raider outfit. Toni sent me that last one for no apparent reason other than I think she is nice. Of course I have some wool longsleeves that are absolute bliss.

[Velobambina]

... My husband bought me a Voler jersey in xs through a discount program at his work. I spend the whole time pulling it down, even though it sort of fits. It's going in the trash...

Robyn--Have you tried Voler's club cut tops for ladies, as those have no elastic at the bottom? I got this one:

http://www.velowear.com/ProductDetai...78%20LEM%20XSM

I love how it fits and feels (fabric, nice colors, etc.). Best of all, IT'S ON SALE!!!

[KayTee]

I am absolutely not a fan of big logos, and I really don't make any effort to matchy-match either my bikes (all different colors) or DH when we ride tandem. What JuJu said! Between us DH and I have a lot of bike clothes, and he ends up doing the laundry more than I do nowadays. It's just been more practical for me to go with clothes and accessories in colors I like (black and blue) that are different from what he likes (red and yellow) so he can better tell 'em apart in the laundry. I have to mark my tights and some shorts with a Sharpie, however, 'cause they're too similar in size or configuration to his.

[Pedal Wench]

Robyn--Have you tried Voler's club cut tops for ladies, as those have no elastic at the bottom? I got this one:

http://www.velowear.com/ProductDetai...78%20LEM%20XSM

I love how it fits and feels (fabric, nice colors, etc.). Best of all, IT'S ON SALE!!!

Hmmm, proof that maybe my pink stuff isn't quite as bad as I thought with my orange team kit!