Quote Originally Posted by bikerHen View Post
I feel a little insulted by the tone of those women and Mr. Bliss. But then being raised on the west coast, I guess my style ideas, or lack there of, are a bit different than the east coast. Why does riding a bike have to be a fashion statement. I just don't get it!

I should send them a photo of my helmet, with it's four big crack, after a recent fall. A sobering reminder of why I always wear a helmet. bikerHen
Yeah, I don't get why anyone would ever think that I wear spandex and a helmet as a fashion statement. Why does clothing always have to make a statement--most of what I wear is for comfort and/or safety.

It's like the running skirt thing. I rarely wear skirts. Generally they aren't flattering on me. But I like running in them, because skin-on-skin with a bit of Sport Shield chafes my inner thighs less than skin on fabric on skin. Ever since that piece of running attire emerged there has been someone trying to qualify it as "fashion." Fashion be damned, I just want to comfortably enjoy my running and biking, not obsess over or be distracted by my clothes.