When do you slip on the bike shorts?

[schnitzle]

Wait, what? I thought we were supposed to be wearing skirts, our hair flowing in the wind, fashionable heels peddling along, like on Copenhagen cycle chic!

[JennK13]

Wait, what? I thought we were supposed to be wearing skirts, our hair flowing in the wind, fashionable heels peddling along, like on Copenhagen cycle chic!

Did someone say we're not???? Though, it would explain the funny looks people give me when I'm in stilettos....

[schnitzle]

Did someone say we're not???? Though, it would explain the funny looks people give me when I'm in stilettos....

No, no, of course we are! Stilettos keep your feet from slipping off the pedals!

[mirliluck]

My commute is only 8 minutes and it is quite flat so I don't bother with the cycling shorts. If I want to wear heels that day, I just put them in my bag and I have a pair of cycling keens that I can use to clip in (which is kind of funny to do while wearing jeans). But sometimes if it's a more casual shoe choice that day, I will just wear the shoes and ditch the cycling footwear.

I have not tried commuting in a skirt yet, though I have with a 'skort' this summer. I definitely got whistled/honked at that time.

[schnitzle]

My commute is only 8 minutes and it is quite flat so I don't bother with the cycling shorts. If I want to wear heels that day, I just put them in my bag and I have a pair of cycling keens that I can use to clip in (which is kind of funny to do while wearing jeans). But sometimes if it's a more casual shoe choice that day, I will just wear the shoes and ditch the cycling footwear.

I have not tried commuting in a skirt yet, though I have with a 'skort' this summer. I definitely got whistled/honked at that time.

I want some of those cycling Keens! I have the regular ones and have worn them for 2 years. Love 'em! Are the cycling shoes just as good?

Who knew a skort would draw so much interest huh? I can tell you if I was wearing it, there would not be the same reaction hehehe

[Groundhog]

I want some of those cycling Keens! I have the regular ones and have worn them for 2 years. Love 'em! Are the cycling shoes just as good?

I have the Keen cycling sandals and like them for riding, but they are stiff and clunky in the front part of the foot when walking, so they're not as good for being a tourist off the bike as I had hoped. And since I don't clip in (I use Power Grips instead) the clips are not needed. When these wear out, I'll get plain Keens to wear biking.

[Groundhog]

http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodTY_1539.html

Terry Trail Short...?

I just ordered these today, to use both for commuting and for the weekend urban cycling we've been doing.

I usually wear compression shorts but being overweight (BMI 28) I don't look good in them. Sometimes I wear dockers cargo shorts over them but it is not very comforable.

My commute is ~6 miles to the express bus stop, then a bus ride and a 1/2 mile ride from the bus to the office. The way home is a ride to the bus stop, bus ride and a 12 mile ride home. I don't like the spandex in non-biking situations (like my office elevator).

On weekends DH and I do a lot of urban biking ...20-40 miles in and around Seattle - up to Capitol Hill, Queen Anne Hill or the waterfront or around the lake. I've not felt comfortable going into "nice" restaurants wearing spandex (even though people go to fancy restaurants in Seattle in shorts or jeans), so that's limiting.

I thought of getting a jersey knit skirt to stick in my pannier and pull out if needed (like this http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodTY_1858_4.html ) but thought that the shorts would be more useful and I can only afford one.

Y'all can tell me not to worry about what people think when I wear spandex but I haven't been successful convincing myself.

[soprano]

In warm weather, I wear normal shorts or skorts - I love that there are cute skorts out there now. I don't know that anyone has ever honked at or harassed me when I was wearing a skort. However, I tend to pick longer styles that look more modest. (I ride to church in the morning as well as school, and although the daily mass crowd is pretty casual, that doesn't mean I'd be comfy wearing either spandex or an overly short skirt).

In cool weather, I'm strictly a jeans girl, although occasionally I'll extend to some fleece leggings in really cold/rainy weather.

The one and only piece of athletic apparel that I cannot dispense with is a sports bra. No bike shorts here. I've tried them and found them to be more trouble than they were worth. If I'm doing OK in street clothes, why bother? If I'm going more than 25 miles I dab on a little Bodyglide, which doesn't seem to stain. Depending on the weather I might go ahead and pack a change of clothes. It's hard to dress for sitting in a 65 degree library all day, and then to ride 5 miles home in +100 degree heat.

I had a very funny moment on tour this spring, when I asked a hotel owner for some directions and mentioned that I was on a bicycle tour. "You're touring? Really?? You don't look like it! You don't have the clothes!" She then pulled out the huge registry book that she keeps for bicycle tourists for me - I never would have seen it otherwise! (The hotel was on the ACA Southern Tier route, so they gets lots of cyclist traffic.)