These threads make me wonder why people just can't let other people do their own thing. My philosophy is simple: if you want to ride in a suit of armor, knock yourself out. As long as you don't make me wear it too. I love wearing matching kits. I think they're cool. My favorite piece of cycling clothing is a $75 Rapha sleeveless Marino wool undershirt that has so far been worth every penny. I have Celeste blue handlebar tape on my black and white Ridley Orion. Shoot me.

I laugh at how much gets to some folks. Ride in Walmart shorts and track shoes or $500 Ralpha kits. I couldn't give a ****. Ride, be happy. Life is too damn short to judge the whys, wherefors and whatthe****s of everybody else. Although if nobody cared what other riders were wearing, it might make this place a ghost town.