So I’ve wandered around the house all day wearing women’s clothes.
I find it reassuringly comfortable, and it makes me smile.
Want to make something of it?
Sugoi Mini Skulls Arm Warmers from that lovely girl at Minx.
Wearing Women’s Clothing
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 19:33
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Jo Burt has spent the majority of his life riding bikes, drawing bikes and writing about bikes. When he’s not scribbling pictures for the whole gamut of cycling media he writes words about them for road.cc and when he’s not doing either of those he’s pedaling. Then in whatever spare minutes there are in between he’s agonizing over getting his socks, cycling cap and bar-tape to coordinate just so. And is quietly disappointed that yours don’t He rides and races road bikes a bit, cyclo-cross bikes a lot and mountainbikes a fair bit too. Would rather be up a mountain.
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60somethingcyclist 10 hours ago
@chrisonabike True, things went back to normal once the pandemic was over. In this case, however the problems are still ongoing, and aren't likely to be resolved in the near future. If anything, they're going to get worse. Food shortages are predicted because of the effect that the heatwave has had on crops. This is bound to push prices up. The Straits of Hormuz aren't likely to reopen anytime soon and the strategic oil reserves are running low. Russia is having to import petrol because its own refineries have been badly hit, so that's even more competition for an even more scarce resource. I think that more and more people are going to see cycling as a way of cutting household bills.
chrisonabike 11 hours ago
I think if "grown up" cyclists * are quibbling about ASLs we've very much missed the road safety point anyway. (Not to mention the wider "better transport choices" picture). ASLs are poor-to-useless "cycling infra", even for their design intent. If the idea is "for less confident cyclists" then a design that requires that you re-position in front of the motor traffic - waiting to accelerate - seems unhelpful. Of course they're only designed to help when traffic is stopped, and you can reach the front in time and if vehicles aren't already occupying them. As we're noting here drivers frequently ignore them - whether that be deliberate, a lack of road craft, because they were concentrating on following the vehicle in front, or because the paint has rubbed off. * Aside: shouldn't cycling also be safe and accessible for kids? Or should they only be allowed to do this when accompanied by sufficient qualified adults? Or be limited to parks and otherwise being driven around by their carers? Perhaps there is another way...?
Ben Graham 12 hours ago
Hi Bungle, I saw you follow-up comment. I can't imaging there's a tolerance of 4 seconds on camera enforced lights, seems an odd decision - an offence is committed if a vehicle starts crossing on a red, any tolerance is discretionary. There does seem to be some odd thinking about 'advanced stop lines' where the rules relating to them are identical to a regular stop line, as explained correctly elsewhere in the Highway Code. It does seem a regular offence. Where I live it doesn't help that some of them are very faint and disappear in rain.
Rendel Harris 13 hours ago
@ktache Not sure he's totally ruled out of the worlds yet (though I think it would be best if he doesn't), normal recovery time is about eight weeks but surgery can halve that...depending on the nature of the break he could be just about fit to ride by the time of the elite men's race, but he'll have missed a lot of training. Hopefully his managers and team will persuade him to wait until Lombardia, if not just to knock it off for the rest of the year.
Rendel Harris 14 hours ago
@Bungle_52 The Met told me a couple of years ago when rejecting a submission that they needed a clear three seconds of red visible before they would consider it for an RLJ prosecution. I pointed out to them that this meant that at 30 mph a driver could see a light change to red from 40 metres away and still get through without sanction, or 55 m if they accelerated to 40 as most do. They just replied "them's our rules..."
Bungle_52 14 hours ago
@Ben Graham I have just checked the footage from my report. The driver crosses the 1st stop line 4 seconds after the light turns red. All on camera from behind the vehicle. No further action. So I assume the margin is at least 4 seconds.
chrisonabike 15 hours ago
Oh, and active travel funding per head (in England at least) is laughable compared to other places. Plus it is delivered intermittently. It's more like a Blue Peter contest...
chrisonabike 15 hours ago
Yup, I see those opportunities being missed all the time in Edinburgh. When it gets really bad, dig it all up and put it back down again how it was. Contrast with what seems to happen in NL - when things are dug up the whole thing seems to get a "let's redo this according to the current standards" treatment. They even coordinate with the utilities, so that after a refurb the street isn't immediately dug up again because of leaking pipes / we suddenly realised the new estate being planned for round the corner will want broadband etc. Pros and cons of course - you may wait longer there for changes as smaller changes may be deferred until a major redo is due. (Though in the UK case you likely wouldn't get them at all...) It seems we "can't have nice things" in the UK in part because a) we have greater motor traffic speeds/volumes spead across "streets" / within urban areas b) the funding and organisational responsibility differs. Are we in the "Sam Vimes boots" territory (being too poor to afford better products which not only save money over time but actually work)? There is long term money pressure on LAs and it seems that due to poor construction and maintenance we have to regularly pour money into (pot-)holes in the road. And it seems there's no budget to check up on or enforce adequate standards from utilities work or even private building.
ktache 16 hours ago
Shame about the world champs defence. Speedy recovery. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/30/tadej-pogacar-vuelta-a-espana-cycling-crash-hospital-stage-nine
mdavidford 18 hours ago
I believe the accepted form for this kind of argument is "I know you are, you said you were, but what am I?".
18 thoughts on “Wearing Women’s Clothing”
And the nails? Don’t tell me
And the nails? Don’t tell me you got them painted at Argos
It’s all a bit busy for my
It’s all a bit busy for my tastes – understated always floats my boat, what’s wrong with a little black dress, such a versatile garment… so I’m told.
The green t-shirt/pink nails combo makes you look like a set of Halo wheels made flesh
“The green t-shirt/pink nails
“[i]The green t-shirt/pink nails combo makes you look like a set of Halo wheels made flesh[/i]”
good point, i’ll go shoot myself right now
😉
Well I like it, although
Well I like it, although (technical point) do arm-warmers really count as women’s clothing?
“do arm-warmers really count
“[i]do arm-warmers really count as women’s clothing?[/i]”
well, like ‘womens’ or ‘mens’ hats, shirts, trousers, pants, jackets, socks, gloves etcetc it’s all about the style..
🙂
well they look (dread word)
well they look (dread word) unisex to me
Denzil Dexter wrote:well they
you are Danny La Rue and i claim my £10 and free kiss
😀
they are all a bit ‘fashion’
they are all a bit ‘fashion’ arent they, I mean you could find those in topshop (perhaps!?)…next thing you will be wearing wet look/fake leather arm warmers.
Have to add that the pirate element brings somthing to the table though 🙂
What women’s clothing have
What women’s clothing have you been wearing and why can’t we see it in the picture?
I think I have the same nail
I think I have the same nail polish.
And no sign of any orange?
And no sign of any orange? (to go with the pink nails) 😉
Interesting, but it’d be a
Interesting, but it’d be a whole lot edgier and more challenging to pre-conceived notions of gender-based cycling style if you were wearing one of these…
😉
oh, i’ve got one of those,
oh, i’ve got one of those, and raced in it too, several times, but not that colour because it would clash terribly
😐
Is it padded, and if so did
Is it padded, and if so did the shape of the insert make much difference? Might be on for one of those myself :O
it’s just a wrap-around
it’s just a wrap-around ‘skort’ so any padding is, er, natural, or whatever shorts you wear underneath, i’m not sure that “does a scotsman wear anything under his kilt” rules apply
Showing my ignorance, I
Showing my ignorance, I thought a skort was a combination of shorts and skirt – so shorts with an added wrap around bit for those who feel to exposed in just shorts.
I’m confused now though, what’s the difference between your skort and a normal wrap around skirt?
it’s a technical microfiber
it’s a technical microfiber fabric, with a rear stretch triangle so you can shimmy your hips in comfort through singletrack, and it has a little front pocket for puncture patches/condom/tampon (delete as applicable).
But aside from the condom it
But aside from the condom it sounds like it is giving you less protection than a pair of shorts?