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Old 30-04.-2005, 08:24 AM   #1
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Default Cycling in a dress

My daughters school uniform is a tunic. Is there anything she can wear to keep it in place or can anyone think of anything?
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Old 02-05.-2005, 11:26 PM   #2
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My daughters school uniform is a tunic. Is there anything she can wear to keep it in place or can anyone think of anything?

Can she just wear some shorts underneath the uniform? They could be stored in a locker or a backpack once she got to school.
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Old 17-05.-2005, 08:49 AM   #3
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Default Re: Cycling in a dress

or, make her wear shorts/pants...
she can just change into a skirt when she gets to school
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Old 23-05.-2005, 06:45 PM   #4
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You can use a safety-pin to pin the the front of the skirt to the back, turning it into something similar to shorts!

Or yeah, as mentioned above, wear tights under the dress/skirt.
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Old 03-07.-2005, 01:31 PM   #5
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Default Some sort of pants are simply more practical...she'll just have to change at school.

She'll have to change from some sort of pants into the skirt/dress at school (or hide them beneath the skirt) if her bike does not have a skirt-guard on it (almost all modern bikes do not!). The skirt could get caught in the rear wheel otherwise, especially if it is long and/or looser-fitting. You wouldn't like the result...nor would she!

Does it have a chainguard/chaincase? If not, many of the same arguments apply as to the skirt-guard for her, and add in tears and/or grease damage from the moving parts (chain and crankset) if she should even rub against them (easy to do with anything...even skin...lol!).

Never you mind mounting the bike if the frame is not some sort of mixte/step-through frame style!

Modesty...while so important for anyone, not just women...is really the least of it here.
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Old 07-07.-2005, 11:12 PM   #6
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Default Re: Cycling in a dress

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You can use a safety-pin to pin the the front of the skirt to the back, turning it into something similar to shorts!

Or yeah, as mentioned above, wear tights under the dress/skirt.


The safety pin thing works well, my wife uses it all the time. You can also use some sort of clip, maybe a clothes pin. My wife uses a clip that supports a Camelbak hose.
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