I fully agree here. I think the problem with most new cyclist over 50 is that we are of a different generation that looked at things much differently than people do today. Most of you remember what we thought back then if we saw a guy in lycra tights. I think this stigma still sticks to many of us. Fortunately, the last several generations have a different mind set than what we had and it seems that no one really cares anymore.

Before I stared riding, I didn't wear regular shorts because the medication I take for my leukemia removed the hair from my legs, my underarms, my chest and back and my most of my eyebrows. I was very apprehensive about people thinking that I was shaving my legs. When I started riding, in October of 2009, I was wearing long gym pants so I didn't have to show my legs in shorts. When my daughter bought my first pair of riding shorts that Christmas, I was ready to take them back because I would never wear them. When it warmed up, I tried them and as I mentioned in my earlier post, I don't ride anymore without them. I am now wearing regular shorts out to the mall and places that I never would wear them. Since my leg muscles have excellent definition now, I have even been asked by ladies at the mall what I did to get my legs so muscular. And yes, some even ask if I shave my legs when I tell them it's from cycling, but I have learned to snicker and tell them its from the medication.