On 12/19/2015 9:18 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

Amazingly, there exist people who object to wearing
cycling-specific clothing on bicycles -- some of them running in
circles and screeching hysterically about it.

The ones who say "wearing Spandex makes you look as though you
were trying to dress up as Superman", I'll ignore with the contempt
they deserve.

Besides, *good* cycle clothes don't contain a trace of Spandex or
any other brand of elastane except in the waistband and the
back-pocket closings -- they get their stretch from being 100% wool.
But machine-washable wool has become unobtainable -- hence my
years-long project to put hundreds of dollars of labor into renovating
a jersey that cost less than sixty dollars in the first place.

Then there are those who shout that we shouldn't wear cycling
clothes because it gives beginners the idea that they can't ride their
disposable Walmart bikes without spending hundreds of dollars on
special clothing. Say What?
Sure, it would be irresponsible to tell beginners that they can't
ride in their blue jeans, but nobody is doing that -- in fact, when I
began, an experienced rider advised me "don't ever try wearing black
shorts, because you won't be able to ride in anything else if you do."

Entities who say that I should be uncomfortable in order to set a good
example are no different from entities who say that I should wear
crippling shoes because it is stylish to look easy to catch.

Wear what's comfortable and ignore the fashion critics.

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I note that Jan Heine (of _Bicycle Quarterly_ and Compass Bicycles) is
now pushing cycling knickers.
https://www.compasscycle.com/shop/co...pass-knickers/

I'm not sure where they fit on your spectrum of "comfortable" vs. "fashion."

--
- Frank Krygowski