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!