Closest to cycling chic & why I can't get into cycling chic

[rubysoho]

Too funny, PamNY. I've heard a lot of people discussing what to wear outside the forum. But mainly in two different forms:

1. Cyclists commenting how much better cycling clothes are.
2. Non-cyclists who think it is silly to have specific clothing for cycling.

I get #2 whenever I commute to work. To get an idea of how silly it is... I work in a 130 acre park. By the time I was done changing in my building, where only one coworker saw me in my spandex shorts, and walked across the park in normal clothing to talk to another manager they were commenting one what I rode to work in and making fun of me and wondering why I wouldn't want to commute 20 miles in regular work clothes in the summer heat! (This person, I've discovered, has a bit of a social issue and making fun of a person is their way of trying to have a conversation ) They hadn't even seen me! It was the one coworker (male) who immediately had to go gossip to the other coworker (also male).

I swear, the men I work with comment more on my various shoes and clothing and change of hair style than the ladies (who could not care less!) I work with. But most of the girls are into some sort of sport and as far as I can tell the men are not physically active.

I think athletes in general understand specific gear more so than inactive/non-sporty people.


Edit to add: One last thing... I would bet money that any of those bike commuters on Cycle Chic who do touring or more athletic cycling would be seen in cycling garb. I only wish I were so lucky to live in a place so bike friendly, flat and geographically small.