Are your clothes suppose to match your bike?

[bmccasland]

I don't bother to try to match. Buy what you like, buy the team jersey if you're on one. Biker shorts tend to be basic black, so when I can get some other color, I try to buy them - same for arm and knee warmers (red and navy blue).

Besides I've changed bikes three times in the past few years - started on my old college 10-speed (maroon), moved up to an Ironhorse (white with red and blue) who's frame cracked, and now ride a cherry red Specialized. Not fond of pink, especially with a red bike, BUT big brother gave me some nifty pink bikergirl duds (jersey and matching shorts), what me complain?

Oh, and my socks don't match anything either. I currently especially like my yellow and black mosquito "Bite Me" socks. Goes rather nice with the retro Rosie the Riviter jersey.

[Eden]

Since I don't have any choice about the kit anymore socks are my last bit of self expression. The cooler the better - my favorites right now are probably my Lin Koi ones and my pink flamingos. (nope they don't match the bike or the kit)

[roadfix]

In other words, my bike is yellow and black. Should I try to at least wear coordinating accessories (i.e. helmet, gloves, shoes....)??

There's absolutely nothing wrong with being an OCP, so I'd say go for it. We all are OCP's one degree or another.....

[Aggie_Ama]

Since I don't have any choice about the kit anymore socks are my last bit of self expression. The cooler the better - my favorites right now are probably my Lin Koi ones and my pink flamingos. (nope they don't match the bike or the kit)

Eden- Where did you get the pink flamingos? I got a great pink jersey for my birthday and I would love some cute pink socks! (Mentally surveying sock collection- nope no pink).

[lacyliz]

Sometimes yes and sometimes no. I usaully just coordinate within my clothing and not the bike - but it looks nice when I see other riders do it. I try to keep it simple with color - but bright so I can be seen easily...

[DarcyInOregon]

I went to my optometrist to get sports glasses for my cycling. I wanted cycling glasses with my presription in them. My optometrist referred me to another optical company that specializes in cycling glasses. So that is where I went this afternoon. And guess what? Yep, Oakley has a pink and white frame. So I got it, and a different pair, thus two pair, to be fitted with my prescription. Two weeks until the glasses are ready. I can hardly wait.

The Oakley web page is under maintenance right now, but the pink and white glasses are there in the female sunglass category, showing it in blue and white. Click on it and you will see the pink and white also.

Darcy

[DarcyInOregon]

Here is the link to the Oakley cycling sunglasses. The site is very slow.

http://oakley.com/o/o4278d

One feature about the glasses is you can get whatever color lens you want, or switch the lens colors around. That is impractical for me since I have prescription lens.

Here is the photo:

[Mimosa]

I went to my optometrist to get sports glasses for my cycling. I wanted cycling glasses with my presription in them. My optometrist referred me to another optical company that specializes in cycling glasses. So that is where I went this afternoon. And guess what? Yep, Oakley has a pink and white frame. So I got it, and a different pair, thus two pair, to be fitted with my prescription. Two weeks until the glasses are ready. I can hardly wait.

Cool

How does it work with oakley. My rudyproject has some kind of small frame for the perscription lenses to be fitted in. And this frames fits behind the sunglass part. But the perscription frame does not really fit well behind the sunglass part.

[DarcyInOregon]

Cool

How does it work with oakley. My rudyproject has some kind of small frame for the perscription lenses to be fitted in. And this frames fits behind the sunglass part. But the perscription frame does not really fit well behind the sunglass part.

The lens contains the actual prescription and it is the actual Oakley colored lens. It can't be done for everyone. People with real high magnification needs can't have an Oakley.

For people who don't need a prescription, they have it easy. They can just walk into REI and buy something that will do. However I need to wear glasses all the time. When I wear my glasses when I bike, on some days I have real uncomfortable problems. In winter, the sun is low on the horizon. The sun comes in behind my lens and bounced back into my eyes and blinds me, even though I wear transitions. And the glasses slide around on my face, dropping lower, and I end up peering out over the top of the glasses at critical times, like going fast down a steep hill because I don't want to take a hand off the bar to nudge the glasses back up.

I should say I wear bifocals, but for the Oakleys, the lens will be just for distance.

Also, the color of lens you pick is important, and has to do with how much light or changes of light you encounter on your rides.

Darcy

[Mimosa]

The lens contains the actual prescription and it is the actual Oakley colored lens. It can't be done for everyone. People with real high magnification needs can't have an Oakley.

Is high more then let's say -2? (I have -4,5 and a cilinder deviation of 1)
But still could that they can make it in the actual lens. I choose to wear contact because with normal perscription glasses the glass kept getting dirty on the inside (sweat) and clouding my vision when the sun was shining into my eyes.

[DarcyInOregon]

Is high more then let's say -2? (I have -4,5 and a cilinder deviation of 1)
But still could that they can make it in the actual lens. I choose to wear contact because with normal perscription glasses the glass kept getting dirty on the inside (sweat) and clouding my vision when the sun was shining into my eyes.

I would get your prescription printed out, and ask for a referral to an optometrist who has a specialty in sports glasses. There are other brands besides Oakley, and maybe because you are in the Netherlands you get entirely different brands from what is available in the USA. I was told by the lady who sold me the two Oakley glasses that the lens can't take a prescription higher than 5-6.

If it works for you to wear contacts, then continue wearing the contacts and get a good pair of cycling glasses with an appropriate color lens for your light conditions, and you won't have to put the prescription into the lens.

I am really looking forward to getting my cycling glasses, to have it fit tight up against my eye sockets and around my face, with no light leaking in and around, and the glasses not slipping down my nose when my head is angled downwards.

For anyone reading this who is a cyclist in the USA, the optometrist told me that getting a pair of prescription cycling glasses is a medical deduction on the taxes, so save your receipt.

Darcy

[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.

[Jiffer]

YES!

YES, YES and YESSSS!!!!

Okay, not really. It's just something that I'm anal about. I tease my friend all the time for not being color coordinated and, therefore, not "really really good looking" like me.

I have a black bike with silver and white on it. I added pink accessories and I have been going through a great deal of trouble to find perfect pink jerseys.

Hubs and I have a red tandem with white and black on it. We have matching red, black and white jerseys.

But you do whatever you darn well please!

[Jiffer]

I noticed my friend, who rides a black and pink bike also, has a blue and yellow jersey that says MTB on it. I said, "Do you have a MTB?" She said, "No." I said, "Then why does your jersey say MTB on it?" She said, "It was on sale and it's cute."

Completely different world than me!

I, also, refuse to wear advertisements. I told my husband I'm not going to be a billboard going down the road!

[gnat23]

I have a black bike with silver and white on it. I added pink accessories and I have been going through a great deal of trouble to find perfect pink jerseys.

My bike is blue because that's the color it came in. Stupid yearly frame colors with no options. It's a fun happy bike, but the boring blue makes me sad. It really needs to be pink. One of these seasons I'll invest the time to repair that.

Then again, I'm sometimes lucky when I have matching colors of *anything* on. (The shoes, also, they are red and the gloves are purple. The goggles, they do nothing!)

-- gnat!