Quote Originally Posted by martinkap View Post
Occasional matching is nice. Worrying about matching all the time is for 'sissy' or those with low self-esteem.
This whole thread cracks me up, and this quote in particular! Well, put me on the "sissy" list because I'm a matching fanatic and I certainly don't have low self esteem. I wouldn't say I "worry" about matching, though, I simply "like" to match and make a point to whenever possible ...

I'm having a hard time visualizing the guy at the LBS shop telling you that you "have" to match your "kit" (whatever THAT is!) ... and being serious! I'm all about matching, but I would never tell someone that they HAVE to match except in jest. If he thinks you HAVE to match, what happens to those who don't? Are they outcasts in the cycling world? Give me a break! I match because that's what I like to do, not because there's some rule about it.

And, actually, when I just thought about it, my sunglasses only "sort of" match me. I'm all about pink (and black and white). My Oakley sunglass frames are black, but my lenses are yellow, the only yellow I wear. I love those lenses, though, for their function. I can wear them when it's bright or when it's dim and they are great for both.

Where what you want. It's your life and I'm pretty sure you won't be a cycling outcast for wearing pink sunglasses with a black and yellow bike!