Originally Posted by
trainchaser
...depends on what you mean by "full kit", in the warmer months I'll wear a t-shirt style jersey with a pair of cargo shorts, gloves, glasses and a helmet. Now that we're into the colder season the cargo pants aren't shorts anymore and there's a MEC cycling jacket over the jersey...
...in my neck of the woods you don't see too many wearing the "full kit" that the 'roadies' do, I personally think that looks a bit on the pretentious side riding a hybrid...
...oh, and I wear a pair of ordinary running shoes instead of clipless...
Utter nonsense. What, precisely, is "pretentious" about wearing cycling clothing/shoes etc. (I assume you mean jerseys, shorts, etc. that are not masquerading as something other than dedicated cycling clothing) when cycling?
Strikes me that doing so is in fact far less 'pretentious' than paying over the odds for stuff that works well on the bike but doesn't 'look' like cycling kit.