Quote Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas View Post
They aren't as niche as you might think. We sell lots of them and regularly see women riding in them on "event" rides here in the Northwest.

And RUN skirts have exploded. I ran the Portland Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon this weekend and probably 10-20% of the women were wearing skirts!

I personally cycle in dresses (with cycle shorts) underneath them quite often in the nice weather. It fun, and no one ever mistakes me for a man.

Susan
One of the top-ranked cyclists here in MI regularly races in a skort...she cracks me up. The first time I saw her on the starting line of a CX C race I saw her in her skort and crooked helmet and thought to myself "ha, I can take her"...and then she totally smoked my a$$. She has gotten MUCH faster since that race, too. She generally leads B races, now.

I've been running in a skort for years--definitely before they really took off in popularity (and caught some flack from "real" runners for it ). I sometimes wear compression shorts, too, but prefer skorts. They are comfy and flattering and I don't get that unsightly and chafing wad of fabric up my crotch that I get with regular running shorts. Big thighs and narrow hips don't tend to work well with traditional running shorts.