Exactly.

The first cycling craze happened in the 1890s, long before spandex. This thread might lead some to believe that cycling in cotton and wool was/is so uncomfortable that doing so is tantamount to cycling while wearing some kind of torture device. If cycling in 'unsuitable' clothing is so darned uncomfortable, I guess maybe either the Victorians cycled 'au naturel', or the cycling craze of the 1890s was a mere fantasy.