Cycle chic according to the NY Times

[Zen]

I am fascinated by Mr. Bliss, who claims that cyclists in athletic attire and helmets have "alienated every pedestrian" and seems to imply that fashionable women riders don't. .

I don't know about alienation but this statement does have some merit. Remember the study showing drivers gave the rider with a ponytail wider berth?
When I ride (in town) in a skirt I know people give me more room. They think I'm a little old lady (and they're right).
Don't knock it..

[PamNY]

Slate has done one of their "bogus trend story" pieces on this journalistic jewel.

[malkin]

They never show how stylish these people look after a crash, in the ambulance or in a hospital gown or on the table in surgery or...well, we know it happens...worse.