Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
You can wear whatever you want! If you want bike-specific comfort, wear cycling shorts under your regular clothes. Bike commuters wear a whole range of clothes, not just cycling gear. We also ride a whole range of bikes.

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The roomies obviously don't know much about bikes (new poseurs, perhaps?), or they would appreciate your classic one!

I pretty much do wear whatever I want... have been for the past couple years... and it works but that's not the problem... My clothes work but it would just be nice to have something that's really geared towards day to day life riding around everywhere you go. Esspecially in the rain!!! Have you SEEN those god awful biking rain pants???? You might as well wrap trash bags around your legs!

Sometimes I wish I had a car, but really in the end I'm glad that I don't have one. You know how Timbuk2 makes handy messanger bags made for biking around? Same concept, but clothes wise. and AFFORDABLE would be nice. RAIN PROOF would also be nice.

In terms of my roomates, they're just poking fun. One works at a bike shop and the other is one of those creepy spandex wearers... I mock their fixed gears and ridiculously expensive mountain bikes just the same. Can't mock that carbon frame though...

They have taught me everything from changing out gears to building and tuning and trueing, they're awesome, so I don't think they mean any harm by it. Tons of bike tools and free lessons? They totally rule!!!