While I love nice clothes, I still think these people are nuts for riding in dress clothes. I can't even ride in regular shoes anymore because I feel weird without being clipped in; I almost fell over in the middle of a busy intersection riding to the train last fall.
Of course, almost all of the women I saw riding to work in Italy were dressed elegantly, in heels or boots, often holding a latte. I guess it's all what you are used to.
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03-10-2009, 11:57 AM #1
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03-10-2009, 12:32 PM #2
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while I completely agree that their clothing choices are a bit excessive, I can also see where they're coming from. Their business IS fashion. They HAVE to wear that stuff to work or their high end clients won't take them seriously... how can you try selling fancy jewelry or clothing whilst wearing sweats?
And of course, sprouting from that, if there is a very pricy designer dress that you have to wear, then it makes sense to carefully wrap it in tissue and nestle it safely somewhere on your bike. No one's gonna stuff a $1,000 dress in a backpack... seriously!
personally, I am the anti-thesis of excessive materialsism, but I also believe in the theory of "to each their own", and I try to remain objective about it. I couldn't imagine wearing clothing like that on a bike, but at least they are trying to come up with ways to bike to work, despite all of the extra hassles they have to go through to do it. I say kudos for not driving despite the time and effort they'd probably save.
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03-10-2009, 12:47 PM #3
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One thing for certain, if it was a nice dress, skirt or dress pants I sewed myself, I would not want to bike in them.
Anything I've sewn I tend to take far better care to make them last longer. I tend to handwash my own creations, not throw them into the wear and tear of washing machine. After all, that effort of altering the pattern, hunting for fabric and tailoring it to make it fit me, the garmet better last a..few years.
But then it wasn't long ago, I was cycling in cotton T-shirts and snubbed jerseys, believe it or not. And I was wearing those T-shirts and tripling the amount of annual cycling mileage!
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