Does anyone have any tips for how to cycle in a skirt/dress?

[helenclayton@mas.to]

Does anyone have any tips for how to cycle in a skirt/dress? I normally wear leggings anyway so modesty isn’t the issue, it’s more what to do to stop fabric flapping.

I also haven’t ridden a bike in ages so this could be interesting 🫣

[greenseer@toot.wales]

@helenclayton Wear a mini, abandon modesty, share pics

Simples ️

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@Greenseer if only I still had a mini.

[fizzfizzpopop@veganism.social]

@helenclayton @Greenseer I seem to remember getting my skirt caught in the spokes so many times in the end I cycled with it over the handlebars. Not a demure look and it put me off both riding a bike and wearing a skirt, which I haven't done now for about 20years..

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@Fizzfizzpopop @Greenseer ok maybe I won’t try that

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@stufromoz @VWDasher hmm, this will be a hire bike so I don’t think it’ll have that. Good idea though, will remember that.

[smellsofbikes@mastodon.social]

@helenclayton traditionally, a step through frame with an enclosed chain (sheet metal or equivalent) fully covering the chain and gears so fabric doesn't get caught. Alternative was often to use cuff clips that held fabric to your legs.
But this, people who traditionally wore dresses deciding they wanted to ride bikes, was why bloomers were invented and drove the first wave feminism trend of wearing pants. Straight up, bikes jumpstarted feminism as a movement.

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@smellsofbikes I’d wear bloomers if I had some!

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@jessta thank you, I shall do some experimenting. The chain may well have a guard anyway.

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@aroundthehills thank you! I’d very much like to make my own cycling (and walking) skirts/dresses but I lack sewing skills (would certainly be outlandish I suppose ).

[klara@drupal.community]

@helenclayton bikes used to have protections on the rear wheel, and the posture used to be more upright, so that skirts flapped down instead of up.

[issi@pagan.plus]

@helenclayton I scruffed it up in my lap and used a hair tie to hold it together. It was only a short cycle to work. I wouldn't recommend it otherwise, it wasn't exactly comfortable.

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@janisarmstrong if only!

[rosamundi@mastodon.world]

@helenclayton So, you have a few options:
1) penny and a hairband https://blog.gearchase.com/women-bike-hack-how-to-cycle-in-a-skirt-without-flashing-your-panties/
2) something like this https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/781271303/clip-for-rain-skirt-or-cape-for-cycling

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@Wen I am going to experiment with clipping the hem up. I live in walking leggings/trousers mostly but all my tidy clothes are frocks and I need to be presentable.

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@patrickhadfield @Wen yes, although women are now liberated from the frock, it is my clothing of choice (when not wearing walking trousers but I’d wear a walking frock if I could make one).

[gpjohnston@mastodon.social]

@helenclayton I don't know but request photographs when accomplished!

[ashedryden@xoxo.zone]

@helenclayton I’ve seen people use one of those c-shaped headbands to secure the skirt to a thigh!

[icooiey@mastodon.green]

@helenclayton if a skirt and you are wearing leggings, could you just take it off, roll it up and stow, then don when you reach destination?

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@BarneyDellar someone else mentioned this so it must be a thing! I shall try it. Thank you.