skirt guards

yitzk

Anyone know where I can get a skirt guard in London. It is for my daughter who is a keen city cyclist, but has a wardrobe full of torn skirts

It has been "on order" at our local (good) cycle shop fo 2 months

Thanks

Peter Clinch

yitzk wrote:
> Anyone know where I can get a skirt guard in London.

Not especially, but if you can find someone that deals with Pashley (or perhaps go direct to them)
then you might get one through them, since their "classic" range has roadsters with skirt guards.
Dutchbikes would be another place to look (http://www.dutchbike.co.uk/).

Another (rather more drastic and expensive) alternative would be to move to something like a
Brompton, where the wheels are wee enough to keep out of the way.

Pete.
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Adrian Boliston

"Peter Clinch" <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3F0BCE1D.4050508@dundee.ac.uk...

> Another (rather more drastic and expensive) alternative would be to move to something like a
> Brompton, where the wheels are wee enough to keep out of the way.

Better to simply wear a shorter skirt! ;-)

Wafflydirtycatl

>Anyone know where I can get a skirt guard in London. It is for my daughter who is a keen city
>cyclist, but has a wardrobe full of torn skirts
>

Ack! The answer is cycling shorts! ;-)

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wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX wrote:

> Ack! The answer is cycling shorts! ;-)

But it is often not really on to show up in cycle shorts and changing is a faff and not always easy
either. Plus why generate even more laundry when you don't have to? Shorts are wonderful things, I
just got a new pair from the Bargain Bin at the CTC shop to help take the unicycle practice load,
but they're a bloody nuisance to deal with if I'm going somewhere I don't want to be wearing them
for the business I went there for.

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Geraint Jones

"Dave Larrington" <legs_larry@yahoo.com> wrote:
> But if one is a girlie, ...

Is this where I should get to bemoan the declining (indeed, conjugating) use of the subjunctive
in English?

Dave Larrington

Peter Clinch wrote:

> But it is often not really on to show up in cycle shorts and changing is a faff and not always
> easy either.

But if one is a girlie, it's an easy matter to put a skirt on over a pair of cycling shorts. Come to
think of it, if one is a bloke it's an easy matter too, though whether one would /want/ to is a
different matter entirely ;-)

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Marc

Peter Clinch <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote:

> > Ack! The answer is cycling shorts! ;-)
>
> But it is often not really on to show up in cycle shorts and changing is a faff and not always
> easy either. Plus why generate even more laundry when you don't have to? Shorts are wonderful
> things, I just got a new pair from the Bargain Bin at the CTC shop to help take the unicycle
> practice load, but they're a bloody nuisance to deal with if I'm going somewhere I don't want to
> be wearing them for the business I went there for.

So.....

What sort of skirts do you wear?

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Toby Barrett

Peter Clinch <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote in news:3F0BE37B.5030004@dundee.ac.uk:

> But it is often not really on to show up in cycle shorts and changing is a faff and not always
> easy either. Plus why generate even more laundry when you don't have to? Shorts are wonderful
> things, I just got a new pair from the Bargain Bin at the CTC shop to help take the unicycle
> practice load, but they're a bloody nuisance to deal with if I'm going somewhere I don't want to
> be wearing them for the business I went there for.
>

Quite right. When I commute to work (9 miles) I'm usually in full cycling gear as the journey is too
long for normal clothes to be comfortable, and I want them to look presentable when I get there.

On the other hand, when I ride down to the shops or to the pub a couple of miles away, I don't want
to be faffing about changing or stitting around in cycling regalia.

Recently I've become a big fan of the current fashion for mens cropped trousers. These are perfect
for such journeys: look casual and no danger of catching the hem in the chain. In fact, I think the
similar garments worn by women are often referred to as "pedal pushers".

Toby

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Dave Larrington

Geraint Jones wrote:

>> But if one is a girlie, ...
>
> Is this where I should get to bemoan the declining (indeed, conjugating) use of the subjunctive in
> English?

Be my guest...

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Maureen

"marc" <marc@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1fxtu1h.rhyl9fsvzdxpN%marc@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk...
> Peter Clinch <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > > Ack! The answer is cycling shorts! ;-)
> >
> > But it is often not really on to show up in cycle shorts and changing is a faff and not always
> > easy either. Plus why generate even more laundry when you don't have to? Shorts are wonderful
> > things, I just got a new pair from the Bargain Bin at the CTC shop to help take the unicycle
> > practice load, but they're a bloody nuisance to deal with if I'm going somewhere I don't want to
> > be wearing them for the business I went there for.
>
> So.....
>
> What sort of skirts do you wear?
>
>
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> Marc Stickers,decals,membership,cards, T shirts, signs etc for clubs and associations of all
> types. http://www.jaceeprint.demon.co.uk/

Don`t be silly. If he cycles along the Riverside in Dundee, his skirt would probably blow over
his head!!!!

Maureen

Mark South

"Geraint Jones" <Geraint.Jones@wolfson.oxford.ac-spam.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:begpui$lgh$1@daedalus.wolf.ox.ac.uk...
> "Dave Larrington" <legs_larry@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > But if one is a girlie, ...

GJ wants you to say "If one should happen to be a girlie"

> Is this where I should get to bemoan the declining (indeed, conjugating) use of the subjunctive in
> English?

If you want to use the subjunctive, go back to speaking Latin, or one of those nasty Continental
languages.

This is modern english, and we do very nicely without it thank you very much.

Now, if you want to bemoan the diminishing ability to spell or punctuate, I'd be right with you.

Now, let's ride!!! <------- :-) :-) :-)

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Peter Clinch

marc wrote:

> So.....
>
> What sort of skirts do you wear?

Mine's a Graham of Montrose tartan in mid weight. When it comes to the kilt, the Brommie is clearly
the superior machine to the 'bent!

Pete.
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David Hansen

On 9 Jul 2003 16:31:15 +0950 someone who may be yitzk <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote this:-

>Anyone know where I can get a skirt guard in London. It is for my daughter who is a keen city
>cyclist, but has a wardrobe full of torn skirts

Should be easy enough to make one, to last until the one on order arrives.

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