Congrats and happy birthday! My b-day is next week and I have been dropping hints about the bike gear I'd like too...

A lot of people ride bikes here and it wasn't long ago that my sister and I would snicker a bit at the neon-lycra cyclists clicking their way down the aisles of the grocery store like they'd been hobbled.

So of course when we started riding a lot we got MTB shorts so we'd have padding and 'standard' shorts to wear over. That lasted...two weeks?

Lycra shorts, especially with the 'load look,' aren't exactly the most flattering thing on me. But I don't really have to look at myself in them all that often and they are wonderful to ride in! And now when we go to the grocery store it's click-click, click-click, click-click. I'm sure someone is laughing but I just don't care.

Anne