Short skirt cycling-have you/would you?

[shootingstar]

Of course there's numerous examples. And am not referring to skorts.
http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/2...ses-cycle.html

http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/ (meaning the photos for above knee dresses/skirts on bikes)

I've never cycled in a skirt, long or short. But for short, above knee, I probably would only do it on a shortish route that was flattish and not tons of cars or many pedestrians nearby.

Still, I'm the sort of cyclist, that doesn't want to think about my clothing fit while I'm breezing along.

[papaver]

This is so common here... People here just don't wear sportswear on a touring or city bike. Only on a MTB or on a racing bike.

[shootingstar]

Do you cycle in dresses/skirts, papaver?

The short skirts I have, are lined, abit dressy and for business wear. I would be afraid the inner lining fabric would rip..since I know the lining fabric is cheaply made these days. (Well, actually the lining has ripped.)

I no longer wear sundresses ...and it's due to cycling. (I suppose I might be able to fit into them still..that was over 17 yrs. ago! ) I sewed all my sundresses and have no interest in ruining/ripping the fabric with grease stains, etc. Buying skirt guards is ...just added weight to bike when I already am weighed down when cycling everywhere without having a car.

But if it works for others, great. Just curious for others if they have cycled in above knee dresses/skirts. I suppose wearing dark hose underneath, should solve revealing problems...in um, the autumn when one can have legs all covered up.

[Tri Girl]

I've ridden in a skirt a few times. The skirt came to my knees and was kinda flowy. I wore cycling shorts underneath because even tho I could pull it down over my knees, the wind would catch it and even pedaling made it ride up.
When I start commuting when school starts up, I think I'll just wear my bike shorts and put my skirt in my pannier (will wear normal work clothes on top). Maybe I'm not gifted, but cycling in a skirt is hard.

[tctrek]

I don't wear skirts off the bike... quite sure I would never wear a skirt on the bike!

[Zen]

I love skirts. They hide flaws and are non-confining.
I bought three of these and the Terry Tunic which is long enough on me that it looks like a dress. I do wear tri shorts under it.

[KnottedYet]

All the time. No problem.

Most of my riding is for real-world stuff and not playing-and-sports, so I wear real-world clothes most of the time on the bike.

[shootingstar]

Or maybe I'm being way too logical about this, but perhaps the larger group of women who regularily cycle in skirts (not skorts) and dresses, are not on TE/would shun TE.

Great Knotted, that you can do it skirts, etc. I can imagine for myself, I would be thinking too much about my clothing during the ride, flapping open or stains.

I would also have to change my style back to what I used to wear..25 yrs., more long, flowing skirts, flower-child/bohemian like.

[lauraelmore1033]

When in Rome, as they say...
It's fine if everyone's doin' it, but am I the only one who thinks it's a little creepy of this guy to spend so much time taking shots of women, skirts all askew on their bikes. Kinda pervy. Constantly referring to his wife as "wifealisciousness" seems odd too. Like her value to him is only determined by her um, 'lisciousness.

[ginny]

I commute every day, and I ride in whatever I am wearing that day. I love skirts and skorts in the summer. If the skirt is short, i will wear biking shorts underneath. I have a patagonia skirt that comes down to mid calf and it's flowy... and i love it. Once I realized it wouldn't get caught in my spokes, it is one of my favorite things to ride in; I feel so ... European (?)

[OakLeaf]

What's the difference, fashion-wise, between riding in a "street" skirt vs. riding in a skort or over-skirt that's designed for cycling? I don't see the objection.

The last time I looked good in very short skirts I was 14 years old and anorexic. So besides cycling skorts, the only skirts/dresses I wear (ever, not just on the bike) are just below to just at the knee.

When I commuted, I always wore a dress. I had a diamond-frame bike, so it was loose and flowing skirts.

Nowadays I'll wear a dress or skirt to church or out to dinner on my step-through commuter - two miles max (each way) at a gentle pace.

[GLC1968]

When my commute was shorter (1.5 miles!), I biked in skirts all the time. I sometimes did this on my diamond frame, sometimes on my mixte. Wind was often an issue if my skirt was knee length & flowy (like most of my skirts), so I got smart and learned to carry a clothespin with me. I would pin the front of my skirt around my top tube or to my downtube water bottle cage (on the mixte) so that it couldn't fly up. Worked like a charm!

I have never biked in a real (non biking skort) miniskirt, but I'm also too old to be wearing them anyway.

[shootingstar]

What's the difference, fashion-wise, between riding in a "street" skirt vs. riding in a skort or over-skirt that's designed for cycling? I don't see the objection.

The last time I looked good in very short skirts I was 14 years old and anorexic. So besides cycling skorts, the only skirts/dresses I wear (ever, not just on the bike) are just below to just at the knee.

Beauty and vision of "youth" is in the eye of the beholder, ain't it, Oak and GLC? Alot of skorts are short..at least 6 inches above the knee. I like my black little lycra but in some social circles for those over 50, it's probably seen as not entirely tasteful as normal streetwear.

I recall I once forgot my dress pants at home when I cycled to work (or part of that way with transit). So I had not choice for the whole work day, but to wear my cycling jersey and short walking shorts which doubled as my cycling shorts. Shorts had a 3.5" in-seam (or 9" above my kneecap). Shorts were not tight just fitted in slightly relaxed manner. I wear my jerseys slightly loose, never tight against my body.

The other woman who worked for me, same age as myself, disapproved of my wear.

This was in an office located at a construction site. So though that day I met with several managers (all male), it was an atmosphere of neat "casual", at most, business casual since we weren't labourers. I suppose I was not dressed properly as one of the few female managers on staff. But I genuinely had no choice. Home was 45+ kms. away..too far to waste time..to fetch a dress pant/skirt. And I didn't have a car.

Clothes pin tip GLC, certainly would work with a long flowing skirt and for a riding style where one remained seated when mounting hills (which is my style) and if one didn't have to stop and restart at traffic intersections too often (I am not seated on saddle when I stop at an intersection, I push back up onto saddle.)

[uforgot]

I also like skirts in the summer. Like Zen says, they hide so many flaws. When I ride to school in a skirt, I have on cycling shorts underneath and ride my mixte so the skirt has a place to go.

[badger]

I used to ride in my short skirt over shorts all the time. The last time was a couple of years ago when I wore my summer dress to work and the back of the skirt kept getting caught on the front part of the seat and it was just a bit too distracting so I haven't ridden with a skirt since.

But I would totally wear one if it was short and stretchy, I just don't have one right now.