Cycle chic according to the NY Times

[Trekhawk]

"And most are turning their backs on the once-customary aerodynamic helmets and latex shorts in favor of a look as fetching as it is genteel."

LATEX SHORTS. Yeow.

As expected, bikesnob has his own take (scroll down past the discussion of Contador's miniaturization ray):

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2010...-clenency.html

“I get sweaty a little, but it doesn’t bother me,” she said. Her bike, after all, is a stylish appendage, “a kind of rustic enhancement,” she said.

I always thought that "rustic enhancement" meant holing yourself up in a log cabin with an artisanal axe and a whole bunch of Enzyte, but evidently it's just another term for "bicycle."

Snort!

[sfa]

LATEX SHORTS. Yeow.

You know, the kind that look painted on. And they are SOOOO much easier to put on than the oil-based shorts.

Sarah

[inkspot]

You know, the kind that look painted on. And they are SOOOO much easier to put on than the oil-based shorts.

Sarah

Hee Hee Hee

Unfortunately, being water soluble might be a bit of a problem if you sweat at all or like to ride in the rain...

[PamNY]

I don't pay much attention to fashion, but I have thought about getting a Yakkay helmet.

I'm a tightwad at heart so I probably won't.

[warneral]

Pam that is cute! But then it would look really lame with my spandex shorts and road shoes! LOL Nice option though!

[Zen]

I am fascinated by Mr. Bliss, who claims that cyclists in athletic attire and helmets have "alienated every pedestrian" and seems to imply that fashionable women riders don't. .

I don't know about alienation but this statement does have some merit. Remember the study showing drivers gave the rider with a ponytail wider berth?
When I ride (in town) in a skirt I know people give me more room. They think I'm a little old lady (and they're right).
Don't knock it..

[PamNY]

Slate has done one of their "bogus trend story" pieces on this journalistic jewel.

[malkin]

They never show how stylish these people look after a crash, in the ambulance or in a hospital gown or on the table in surgery or...well, we know it happens...worse.