Originally Posted by
Andy_K
This seems to be where the regular clothes crowd and the technical clothes crowd separate. If I biked to work at an effort that was similar to walking at an easy pace it would take me nearly two hours to get there.
Cue snide comment about USAnian public transportation...
I think yurp can learn from USAnian-style transportation cycling. I rarely have any need to use public transportation because, in PDX, its quicker, healthier, and greener to bike. IMO, this is *real* transportation cycling. Riding a flat euro mile at 10 mph in conformist clothing on a conformist bike, not so much. If one uses their bike to travel from point A to point B
efficiently, bike-specific clothing becomes desirable. My time (and health) are too important for me to waste time with "fashionable clothing" and a "lovely bike". The danish fixation with "fashion" and heavy victorian-era design bikes has far more to do with cultural history than any profound insight into cycling for transportation.