lycra

The difference is the key to a lycra that feels luxurious to one that doesn't.

The material is a 220gsm nylon based lycra with 18% elastane.

The mesh is patterned to follow the curves of the lycra, instead of simply being a strap that stitched on after the short part has been designed.

When you've only got keep fitters in lycra riding bikes, it seems to de-normalise it for everyone else.

There's nothing wrong with wearing lycra, cleats, or hi-vis - it does not define the type of cyclist.

There are far more occasional riders or people taking a mountain bike to Caltrain than there are lycra-suited enthusiasts.

Apart from the general comfort of Lycra on a bike when you are really moving around to shift weight on the bike lycra is less likely to get caught on the saddle.

We'd all be better off banning bicycles and buying every cyclist an SUV and then having a mass lycra bonfire.

Going beyond dimensions, we thought hard about the shape of the panels of lycra and mesh to use.

I can't see the appeal of riding around in lycra and helmet, fantasizing about being a racer though.

I did it in full-on padded lycra with chamois cream because I am a weak old softie.

One more: Most Dutch don't feel the need to dress in bright colored lycra uniforms and ride $6,000 racing bicycles simply to commute to work.

) "Dr Walker thinks the reason drivers give less room to cyclists wearing helmets is because they see them as 'Lycra-clad street warriors' and believe they are more predictable than those without." "To test another theory, Dr Walker donned a long wig to see whether there was any difference in passing distance when drivers thought they were overtaking what appeared to be a female cyclist.

In London (England) it's usually the Lycra-and-helmet set I see lane splitting and light-jumping.