Bicycle companies are starting to (only now) cotton to the distinction between 'cyclists' and 'i own a bicycle'. I am a cyclist, and i really want that slick synthetic stuff because it does wick sweat, it doesn't hold stink like your grandmother's polyestah, and it actually does help with aerodynamics.
You happen to own a bicycle, and you need nearly none of those things. Cycle companies are only now going "oh crap gurdymonkey has money she's willing to spend on us, we better make some stuff she'll like."
There's an emerging trend right now called 'cycle chic', and a lot of it is Danish. The reason it's danish is because copenhagen is a huge cycle-commuter city, and apparently they are pretty snappy dressers there. That place is currently driving a lot of stuff for the casual bicycle owner. If you do a little googling on some of those terms I bet you'll find a lot of stuff.
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Date: 2010-08-23 05:58 am (UTC)You happen to own a bicycle, and you need nearly none of those things. Cycle companies are only now going "oh crap gurdymonkey has money she's willing to spend on us, we better make some stuff she'll like."
There's an emerging trend right now called 'cycle chic', and a lot of it is Danish. The reason it's danish is because copenhagen is a huge cycle-commuter city, and apparently they are pretty snappy dressers there. That place is currently driving a lot of stuff for the casual bicycle owner. If you do a little googling on some of those terms I bet you'll find a lot of stuff.
I vote yes on the monkey lights.