Are your clothes suppose to match your bike?

[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.

[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.

[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]

good lord YES.... match or coordinate! (never wear orange on a red bike!)

now if you have a black bike.... you are lucky... you can wear sleek, sexy black... or any other color! but if you have a blue bike.... the majority of your wardrobe and accessories must be blue!!!!! (and when you change bikes.... you must change wardrobe and accessories!!!!)

I thought I didn't care how the clothes looked, but your remark about orange reminded me that I bought an orange hoodie thingie which I haven't mustered up the courage to wear because, well, because it's butt-ugly orange ! And now I have a red bike, so I guess I'll never wear it!

[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!

[Brandi]

Nothing matches anything. Heck, even my socks don't match!

Yea what she said!

[MomOnBike]

Mostly my stuff matches, but that's just because I'm lazy and buy everything in blue, bikes, helmet, duds, socks, even my shoes are a greyey-blue. I'm a bit tired of blue, but when I go to the store...

This is why the SS exchange is so nice for me. I get actual colors in socks! Pink, for example, which I would never buy for myself, but which I kind of enjoy wearing.

I've been known to head out with mis-matched socks, I figure that if I keep spinning, nobody will be able to tell the two different blue socks apart.

[DeniseGoldberg]

You gals who dress to match your bikes are blowing my mind! At first I thought that this was a joke, but as I read on it became clear that it's no joke. That's something that I've never considered, not going to happen. Ah, I think this is just more proof that we need different people, different outlooks, to make an interesting world.

I've been known to head out with mis-matched socks, I figure that if I keep spinning, nobody will be able to tell the two different blue socks apart.

I suspect that no one will even notice.

One day in late November I decided to see if anyone would notice if I wore two different colored shoes to work. (Yup, you're right, I can be a little nutty sometimes.) Two shoes, same style, one blue, one green (OK, OK, maybe the colors were too similar.) My odd feet weren't noticed until very late in the day - and the person who noticed assumed that my mismatched shoes were an accident. When he noticed I couldn't contain my laughter anymore... The story of my mismatched feet along with a photo is in my blog if you're interested. It's at http://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com/2...two-shoes.html.

--- Denise

[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!

[jobob]

Thanks everyone for all your input, I am glad to hear that most of you try to coordinate with the bike.

most of us?


My main bike is a mauve/dusty rose and pretty much nothing goes with it. Matters not to me.

[SadieKate]

A response of 4 is not a good statiscal sampling.

I like my clothes to match each other but don't really care about the bike - socks match the jersey. Water bottles match the bike. Bike match the clothes???? Nope.

[Eden]

I dressed my plain jane ti bike up with bar tape that matches my team kit - does that count?? (too much time on my hands mainly......)

Just for the record - I never in the past tried to coordinate with my bike, now I wear team kit and don't have any input on the colors of that.

[Susan126]

My road bike is candy apple red and nothing I own matches it. But I do attempt to at least match my tops with my socks. And of course the basic black biking shorts that go with anything. Actually, I just grab a jersey and off I go. I do try to get a pair of socks to match but if I can't find a pair to match I can cycle without! Now my mountain bike is a greyish silver . . . and anything goes with riding it. It's going to get pretty dang muddy and dirty anyway so who cares? I do own a lot of cycling clothes. DH always pokes fun at me about it too. Especially when I say something like this, "I can't find a pair of socks to match my top!" And he replies, "You've got to be kidding! You own a cycling clothes store in those drawers!" And then I'll grab a pair of purple, orange, and green socks to wear with my blue, pink, and white jersey!