skirt guards

yitzk said:

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 (dutchbike.co.ukdutchbike.co.ukOpen ↗).

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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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! ;-)

Quoted message said:

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 said:

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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Dave Larrington said:

But if one is a girlie, ...

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

Peter Clinch said:

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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Peter Clinch said:

Quoted message said:

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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Quoted message said:

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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Geraint Jones said:

Quoted message said:

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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Quoted message said:

Peter Clinch said:

Quoted message said:

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

Maureen

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Quoted message said:

Dave Larrington said:

But if one is a girlie, ...

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

Quoted message said:

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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marc said:

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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On 9 Jul 2003 16:31:15 +0950 someone who may be yitzk <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

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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"Mark South" <[email hidden]> wrote: ( > "Dave Larrington" <[email hidden]> wrote: )

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

But if one is a girlie, ... ( ) GJ wants you to say "If one should happen to be a girlie"

I had more in mind "If one were a girlie..." and if you cannot tell the difference... no, that
one's too easy.

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

Is the impersonal pronoun still in use in your "modern English"?

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

Too hot, too humid; too many exclamation marks.

In article <[email hidden]>,
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Quoted message said:

"Mark South" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

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

Is the impersonal pronoun still in use in your "modern English"?

They were a dour band. Typically 4AD of the time.

Colin

Adrian Boliston said:

Better to simply wear a shorter skirt! ;-)

Her indoors suggests I tell you that what matters is not the length of the skirt, but its width. I
think she means fullness.

(She didn't suggest that I tell you that she never goes out without a bulldog clip and that one
could, were one wearing a skirt, do unspeakable things with bulldog clips to keep one's skirt out of
the machine.)

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Quoted message said:

"Mark South" <[email hidden]> wrote: ( > "Dave Larrington" <[email hidden]> wrote:
) > > But if one is a girlie, ... ( ) GJ wants you to say "If one should happen to be a girlie"

I had more in mind "If one were a girlie..." and if you cannot tell the difference... no, that
one's too easy.

The subjunctive is characterised by its use of possibility in place of certainty. Your sentence and
mine contain equivalent amounts of possibility, and I thought you might enjoy the whimsy of the
"happen to", since you appear to be consciously imitating the style of Somerset Maugham.

Quoted message said:

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

very

Quoted message said:

) much.

Is the impersonal pronoun still in use in your "modern English"?

Yes, and it (or "it"😉 is often used more freely in modern newsgroup English than it was in the old
days. I'm sure you could tell quite easily what the target of the "it" in "without it" was.

Quoted message said:

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

Too hot, too humid; too many exclamation marks.

Yes, indeed it was too hot to ride. (I went for an hour's run instead). But I felt that after such a
heartfelt grammar flame you might be soothed by seeing an actual subjunctive used with enthusiasm.
Sadly, you appear to have taken it all in as curmudgeonly a fashion as possible.

To the OP, and back OT: in the old days, before the use of the subjunctive died out, skirt guards
were often made by tying and weaving cord between the read mudguard and the frame stays. I'd be
surprised if you could not do something functionally adequate in 10 minutes with a little twine.
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[email hidden] (Geraint Jones) wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Adrian Boliston said:

Better to simply wear a shorter skirt! ;-)

Her indoors suggests I tell you that what matters is not the length of the skirt, but its width. I
think she means fullness.

Up to a point. However, if it's relatively long and tight then it will be impossible to pedal in
anyway, unless it is made of stretchy material.

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Peter Clinch <[email hidden]> wrote in news:3F0C0257.508 @dundee.ac.uk:

Quoted message said:

marc said:

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.

But at least on the 'bent your upper half would have it's own fairing! However, don't cycle too fast
or you might suffer this rather unfortunate, streamline ruining side effect -
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(4MB)

Have fun!

Graeme