http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: What not to wear en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:51:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-172391 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:42:37 +0000 Min 172391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like the advert underneath for the Specialized Therminal SWAT Knicker. Now THAT sounds like specialist clothing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-172384 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:02:23 +0000 le_soigneur 172384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>These <a href="http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/11/bikes-and-tech/reviews/reviewed-duer-denim-jeans_352720">denims</a> are supposedly just what yo ordered, ma'am </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-108839 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:30:35 +0000 maninaskirt 108839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>sallyhitch - I find it very comfortable wearing a skirt whilst cycling - no seams as you say.<br /> Not that I can do much cycling at the moment (living at west edge of Edinburgh and work in centre of Glasgow so need to take the car or car+train from Livingston North station) :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106753 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:35:19 +0000 steveo 106753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tracky bottoms don't have much of a seam, though I'd not do much more than 10 miles in jeans... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106751 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:30:27 +0000 crowriver 106751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presumably horse riding jodhpurs and breeches are thusly configured? Bit pricey perhaps... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106738 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:11:03 +0000 sallyhinch 106738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It must surely not be beyond the wit of man (or indeed woman) to design a pair of trousers that don't have a big seam down the middle of your crotch but otherwise look fairly normal... I suppose that would be one benefit of cycling in a skirt. If I owned any skirts </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106731 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:20:31 +0000 crowriver 106731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye, normal trews are okay for short distances. Can be alright for medium distance too, if they have seams which are not too chunky, and you wear padded undershorts (like cycling shorts, but without so much lycra). </p> <p>When I'm touring I wear hillwalking trousers (with zip off lower legs to convert into shorts) and cycling shorts underneath.</p> <p>For anything faster/more intense, it has to be bib shorts/longs for the ultimate in comfort. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106721 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:28:25 +0000 Uberuce 106721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to my cycle-chic* experiment on Monday I now know my limit for normal trousers is under 54 miles. Felt fine on the day, but yesterday and still today I'm a little tender in the loin.</p> <p>*for sufficently low standard of chic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106502 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:06:15 +0000 Darkerside 106502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wiggle currently (today and tomorrow) have £20 off £100 and £40 off £200 on their already discounted clothing stock. Voucher code on their homepage.</p> <p>Hurrah for new tights! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106497 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:00:27 +0000 fimm 106497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, hillwalking - if I go walking in the Pentlands I tend to be totally over-equipped, because I don't have kit for an easy walk in the Pentlands. What I do have is Munro-bagging kit, and so I wear that.</p> <p>Hillwalking kit is rather weather- and especially season- dependant. If you're going to go out in wind and rain all day, or if you are going out in winter, then you will be much more comfortable in good kit. On the other hand, the Adventure Show the other week (with the Strathpuffer and Chris Oliver in) had an article about cheap hillwalking gear where they were saying that it was fine for three-season walking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106496 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:56:18 +0000 fimm 106496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think it is a really good article. It is about one aspect of cycling. I do think that women are judged more on appearance than men are - or at least feel as though we are judged more on appearance than men are. It feels like an issue, even if it is not the main issue.</p> <p>On the Brompton I wear all sorts of things - my smart work clothes if I'm going to work, running kit if I'm going to join the club run, something practical (usually running longs, so I don't have to faff with cycle clips) if I'm going to the swimming pool, jeans or whatever if I'm going somewhere else. I don't cycle in high heels because I rarely wear the things.</p> <p>On my other bikes I wear lycra in some form, because on those bikes I am going to be going fast or far or both and I therefor need sports kit just like I wear sports kit to run in (my base layers and leggings get used for both, though in fact most of the base layers were originally bought for hillwalking).</p> <p>Wasn't there a bit of an argument a couple of months back when some blogger criticised people turning up to things like PoP for wearing hi-vis? I eventually decided that he'd got the wrong end of the stick - those protests were not about encouraging more people to cycle, they were existing cyclists protesting about the conditions we have to cycle in, and in a way the preponderance of hi-vis and helmets illustrated those conditions (we are expected to "protect" ourselves, it is our fault if the other road user doesn't see us) rather well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106464 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:41:31 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 106464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wrote <a href="http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/520136">this</a> three years ago which still sums up my feelings.</p> <p>Pretty much is what Min says up there - get the infrastructure right and people will wear what they want; you're not actually going to change anything by just focusing on clothes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106458 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:07:15 +0000 chdot 106458@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the actual issue of clothing, I've never been a Lycra sort of person. </p> <p>I do have a cycling jacket - not yellow/hiviz but it does have various reflective flashes. </p> <p>The main reason is that it keeps me warm and dry. </p> <p><em>Also</em> I feel more comfortable shopping in a bike shop rather than an 'outdoor' one (unlike most people of course). </p> <p><em>However</em> lots more people are wearing 'outdoor clothing' - particularly when they are outdoors - wandering about or waiting for buses etc. </p> <p>Some wear brands I've heard of (though - in general - I don't know the difference between upmarket, designer, chainstore or 'serious'). </p> <p>So I don't know if people are wearing 'cheap and practical', 'showing off' or are serious hillwalkers/mountaineers. </p> <p>I suspect the same is true for 'most people' looking at those with 'cycle clothing'. Most won't actually register 'cyclist' and begin wondering 'commuter or mountain biker?' - and few will be going 'they are not normal (like me)' or 'I couldn't possibly ride a bike because I don't have the right clothes' or because 'I don't want to look like that'. </p> <p>Perhaps. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106457 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:59:48 +0000 Min 106457@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em> I know however that such a shallow concern bothers a much larger number of people. It's another factor in stopping more people from cycling.</em></p> <p>But it doesn't, it is just the excuse they use. All those people need to do is look around them and they will see people cycling in all sorts of clothes. Then they would know they don't "have to" wear anything they don't want.</p> <p>But they won't do that because such people are only interested in going along with the herd. So until the herd starts cycling, they won't. If that herd started cycling in lime green suits of armour with bearskin hats, they would do it too.</p> <p>It is all just a massive red herring to deflect attention away from the fact that the reason the majority of people don't cycle is because it is <em>too bloody dangerous.</em> But changing that would take too much effort so hey, lets just blame the cyclists! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106456 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:59:22 +0000 fiets 106456@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wear what I like and what’s convenient and always have. During the week that’s usually a suit/heels. I get the odd remark from non-cyclists but the only real grief I’ve ever had have been from fellow cyclists. Why does what anyone wear matter? All this does is stop people from donning whatever garb they feel like and getting out on their bikes....and...from selfish pro-cylcing perspective; increasing the numbers of cyclists on our roads is the only way that providing a thought-out cycling infrastructure will ever make any political sense... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106455 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:50:28 +0000 Min 106455@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>@Min, I'm not entirely sure the anti-bike lobby are quite so organised as to have created a division amongst cyclists as to what to wear hoping that they splinter and kill each other. </em></p> <p>I am not suggesting it is organised but that the cycle chic nazis and the hi-viz fashists have the same thing in common - they are both anti "cyclist", just for different reasons.</p> <p>Like most on here I will wear whatever is comfortable or convenient for me for whatever purpose whether lycra or a flowery dress and everything in between. It means I get to be comfortable and happy whilst causing the maximum amount of fury amongst all those sad losers who really have nothing better to do than tell other people what to wear. Win. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106453 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:34:48 +0000 crowriver 106453@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I just wish that some people would stop making a big political song and dance about it.</em></p> <p>Personally I couldn't care a fig if "normals" see me (and other cyclists) as weird. I know however that such a shallow concern bothers a much larger number of people. It's another factor in stopping more people from cycling. That and the fear industry which encourages folk to cocoon themselves in their comfy cars. Also just pure laziness.</p> <p>Obesity epidemic here we come! Scotland is already fatter on average than most places outwith North America. This is becoming the new "normal".</p> <p>Like it or not, that's a political and policy issue. Servicing the new normal sees billions spent on a Forth Resilience Crossing, billions more on treating obesity related disease. Just a few bob on active travel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106452 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:31:14 +0000 chdot 106452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"If we are singing, dancing, and cycling"</p> <p>Now that <em>is</em> 'niche'! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106449 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:19:57 +0000 Nelly 106449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If we are singing, dancing, and cycling - does that mean multiple clothing choices? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106441 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:41:06 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 106441@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Something I've often wondered, why do 'we' try to get folk on bikes? I don't really care how many folk get about on bikes, or how they dress.</em>"</p> <p>@Baldcyclist, I really don't care how people dress, but I <em>would</em> like to convince more people of the benefits of cycling for a few reasons. It makes a city more attractive to be in (less car noise and pollution, more interaction); it has knock-on health benefits for the population as a whole (less pollution, illness, obesity etc.) which lowers the cost of the NHS; and it leads to proper provision for cyclists (consideration of routes when facilities are dug up, consideration in new layouts etc.). For those reasons alone I'm afraid I'll continue to want to see more people on bikes.</p> <p>@Min, I'm not entirely sure the anti-bike lobby are quite so organised as to have created a division amongst cyclists as to what to wear hoping that they splinter and kill each other. More that people are people and when there are multiple ways of doing things people will argue and bicker about it - go onto any specialist forum on more or less any subject and you'll find folk arguing about something that to the outside world looks like a minor issue (I've certainly seen it on birding and photography places). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830&page=2#post-106435 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:56:45 +0000 Min 106435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is because it is another stick to beat us with. The rules of the game mean that whatever you wear it is always wrong. Divide and conquer and all that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106434 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:54:43 +0000 Charterhall 106434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Both. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106433 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:48:30 +0000 chdot 106433@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I just wish that some people would stop making a big political song and dance about it."</p> <p>Do you mean 'cycling' or what to wear? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106430 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:35:20 +0000 Charterhall 106430@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just wish that people would see a bicycle for what it is, simply a mode of transport there to be used for whatever purpose you want it for. I just wish that some people would stop making a big political song and dance about it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106426 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:03:35 +0000 wee folding bike 106426@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A lot of kids don't like tomatoes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106425 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:51:53 +0000 crowriver 106425@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sometimes I think being a cyclist is, to the wider socirty of "normals", a bit like being a vegan or a teetotaller.</p> <p>People kind of respect it as a choice, they might even think it's healthier than their choice (meat eating, drinking, or car driving), but it's also seen as hard work, demanding, and a bit puritanical or just plain weird. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106423 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:36:34 +0000 Baldcyclist 106423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>it can't just be the clothes keeping folk like that off bikes</em>.</p> <p>Something I've often wondered, why do 'we' try to get folk on bikes? I don't really care how many folk get about on bikes, or how they dress.</p> <p>I get about on my bike dressed the way I dress, I like it, and I don't really care whether I'm the only person who cycles in Edinburgh, or of there are a 1000 more of me, and I have no right to impose my beleif of the benefits of cycling, or what I believe is the best attire to wear while doing so on anyone who doesn't want to listen. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106420 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:27:56 +0000 ARobComp 106420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wear what the hell I want to - however I race generally wear a helmet if I'm going out of town but don't bother around town. Also generally would lycra upfor anything more than 10km or so. Otherwise it's a nightmare of sweat and stink for me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106419 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:41:23 +0000 SRD 106419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@sally what i wonder about is who these people are who think you need 'special' clothes to cycle in. I do wear special clothes now, sometimes, but i cycled for years - decades - in totally normal clothes - to school, to uni, to work. and had seen my Dad do the same thing, even if he wore lyrca etc when he raced. </p> <p>It never occurred to me that i needed special clothes to commute in (until i met you guys). </p> <p>I suppose one answer is that they are the people whose parents didn't cycle to work. and who didn't ever cycle to uni. </p> <p>but that also makes me wonder if they are ever likely to cycle at all....it can't just be the clothes keeping folk like that off bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9830#post-106414 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:12:42 +0000 gembo 106414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@weefolds coen bros festival in airdrie.?</p> <p>@weewilmingtonscow what is not to like about tomatoes, cooked or uncooked? </p>