Originally Posted by Schiek
I'd feel silly going to toe-to-toe-clip with a cab driver while decked out in a Mapei skin-suit. If you can pull it off, more power to you. Same goes for changing a flat in some of the neighborhoods I ride through everyday. Looking like a lycra-clad peacock would draw unwanted attention. Some of what you express in your post may not be an anti-roadie push as much as an environmental reality. Many (not all) on this forum ride exclusively in urban settings, and pimped-out roadie ***** doesn't seem to play well in the big city. And as MKRG said, we like giving each other and anybody else a hard time, so take a lot of the negativity here with a cow-pasture-sized salt-lick. If you can't mock, what point is there of going on?
I'm not suggesting that I'd be caught dead in an all pink T-Mobile kit either (and these sorts often are roundly flamed in the road forums anyway)... there are certainly more discreet clothes out there- like basic black

I also realize the practicality of riding- especially while I'm commuting. BTW- I DO have quite a self-deprecating sense of humor... I have to-