Look out fellow lycrarians™. The Cycle Chic crowd has a manifesto – so you know they’re up to something.
First they start toddling around town on vintage bicycles.
Then they bring back leather handle bar wrappings – for shame!
But a manifesto! Nothing says “crazy radical agenda” like a manifesto.
Let’s examine this manifesto in more detail, shall we?
I choose to cycle chic and, at every opportunity, I will choose Style over Speed.
Now just a darn minute there. Speed is style, right??I embrace my responsibility to contribute visually to a more aesthetically pleasing urban landscape.
It’s like I always say – “Bicycle seats make butts look better.” Take that however you’d like.I am aware that my mere prescence in said urban landscape will inspire others without me being labelled as a ‘bicycle activist’.
Of course you’re an activist – you have a manifesto!I will ride with grace, elegance and dignity.
Hmmm. I wonder what that looks like…
I will choose a bicycle that reflects my personality and style.
No problem there. I’m thinking “Expensive and Italian” right now.I will, however, regard my bicycle as transport and as a mere supplement to my own personal style. Allowing my bike to upstage me is unacceptable.
Hmmmmm…..I will endeavour to ensure that the total value of my clothes always exceeds that of my bicycle.
Wow. I’ve gotta find some more expensive kits.I will accessorize in accordance with the standards of a bicycle culture and acquire, where possible, a chain guard, kickstand, skirt guard, fenders, bell and basket.
Ewwwwww!I will respect the traffic laws.
No comment.I will refrain from wearing and owning any form of ‘cycle wear’. The only exception being a bicycle helmet – if I choose to exercise my freedom of personal choice and wear one. (and make an effort to understand the science of helmets)
…and I will accomplish this by wearing my team kit 24 hours a day, 7 days a week thus making it “normal wear” instead of “cycle wear”
The whole Cycle Chic concept is amazingly successful, however. Practically a franchise. And it gets folks out riding. So maybe, instead of poking fun at it (again and again) what I should do is get started on the Just Another Cyclist Manifesto immediately!
Cheers to you – la bcicletta fashionistas!
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