Originally Posted by
staehpj1
Did anyone here actually ever have this problem?
I have never had any comments made about my clothing that I remotely considered to be a problem and I certainly never had anyone pick a fight because of my spandex. I have camped with a bunch of partying Harley guys and gone into little hole in the wall bars, but the people there were either friendly or ignored me (most often friendly). Once in a great while there might be some good natured ribbing, but that has been rare and only after somewhat of a rapport was established. Then again I am asleep before the bars are really rocking and if I wasn't I would have probably slipped on my long pants when riding was done for the day.
I recall an Adventure Cycling article, posted to their website, that mentioned 'covering up' because some towns are very conservative and don't see cyclists all that often. (I'd provide a link but I can't find the article now.) Personally I find this hard to believe.