Cycle chic according to the NY Times

[Crankin]

The article is kind of stupid, but accurately reflects how some people think /feel/act about cycling. One part of me wants to say, great, they are riding and saving gas, but the other part wants to scream, "get a helmet." But, you can't argue with people like that. I have tried.
I'm not embarrassed to say that I love fashion. But, even when I do errands on my Jamis, I wear cycling clothes. I've acquired a "casual" cycling wardrobe that looks different than my spandex (even though most pieces have some lycra or spandex in them) for this type of riding. I just cannot ride in my regular clothes. Like others said, I sweat, no matter what, even toodling along at 10-12 mph. And, like Zen, I get treated much more nicely by motorists when I am on the flat bar bike, dressed slightly differently. I love some of the "fashion oriented" cycling clothes that TE carries, although I don't have a lot of them, I would wear most of that stuff in "regular" situations. I guess my clothes buying habit has been mostly supplanted by buying athletic type clothing. I haven't tried riding in a skirt recently, though. My skirts are short, which would not work.
I have hazy memories of riding my 10 speed UniVega to summer school classes at ASU, in a sundress, with a Sparky backpack, in 112 degree sunshine. No helmet, of course.

[sarahkonamojo]

There will be an article next summer about an elderly woman killed by a sidewalk riding fashionista. The fashionista will complain about sidewalk rash and take up scootering.
But the woman with the trike! Her skirt length surely draws attention. Her dog was safe and happy in his throne.
Gotta go put my latex shorts on, get aggressive in my fervor and mow down a fashionista.
Sarah