Well, you can call me a troll or an agitator or tell me to piss off and you'll wear whatever you want regardless of what I think. That's fine, and to be expected. But this post received a lot of replies and that's curious. If it were not a hot topic in our minds, this thread would have died 5 minutes after I submitted it.

I should have made it clear in the beginning that I do wear biking shorts sometimes, and sometimes wear brightly colored riding jerseys when visibility is a concern. My irritation is with handing corporations free advertising by wearing their logos plastered all over your body. What's more, there are people out there (we've all seen and known them) who wear, buy and do things ONLY because it's the 'in' thing to do. And that irritates the heck out of me.

Wearing a Padres shirt is different, and that argument just doesn't hold up.

I believe that anyone who rides a bike these days deserves some credit for getting out there and doing it. That's great. I obviously have an unpopular opinion on riding clothes, and that's fine. I can live with that. Some of the bile directed my way for having an opinion contrary to the majority was kinda surprising, but not altogether unexpected. I was hoping to hear from more folks like me that don't take much stock in spending $150 on a shirt that provides free advertising to whomever, but, well, such is life.

See ya. This place just isn't friendly to anyone who isn't obsessed with the lightest, newest, 162-speed titanbonluminum bikes on the market, and dressing like a TdF racer. I like to ride my bike for exercise and relaxation, to the store, and to work, and to friends' houses. If I showed up in a t-mobile shirt...