Originally Posted by
wolfchild
I don't have a problem wearing bike shorts or tight form fitting spandex undearwear hidden underneath my cargo shorts or relaxed fit athletic clothing or regular clothing, in fact I do that all the time...I just think it's a very silly thing to dress like a racer and wear fancy costumes with all types of advertisments and sponsor names printed all over it, while commuting in urban environment..."regular clothes" has a very broad meaning and it doesn't necessarily mean a suit and a tie.
Spandex has a broad meaning too and includes clothing that has no advertisements and no obvious logos. I also think that riding in ties or heels is silly, but then again ties and heels are kind of silly in almost any setting if looked at strictly from a practical point of view.
Pretty much any fashion choice we make today is going to look silly in a decade or two, except perhaps a suit and tie for men, which is sort of ironic considering a tie is about the most useless thing we wear.
The point is that trying to recommend some sort of dress code for commuters in order to make other people more comfortable commuting is a questionable pursuit and could actually result in fewer people commuting rather than more.