The point this article, and most others of its kind, completely miss, is that the type of daily cycling journey isn't usually something you can just pick and choose.

"Once you discover the simple comforts and pleasures of civil cycling you won't look back". I can wear all the jeans and skirts I want and ride an upright bike, it won't change the fact that I have almost 15 km to ride to work and I live somewhere it frequently rains and snows. To get there within a reaonable amount of time I need to ride reasonably fast, and that means an efficient bike, and ditto clothing.

And no, if I'm riding down to the local library or grocery store about a km away I do not change into bike clothes first. Does anyone?

It's sort of like sneering at people for taking a train to work, and suggesting they walk instead.