Why do the have to dress like faaaaggots?
The tight spandex/lycra clothing actually is functional on a couple of levels.
1. Moisture wicking
2. Aerodynamics. Somewhere above 15 mph wind resistance starts to really come into play.
3. Bright colors make them more noticeable to cell phone zombies and others on the road.
4. For some it almost seems to be status signaling. Some of the road bike group are very much elitist and look down on guys like me. They even have a term for us "Freds". A "Fred" (if I understand right doesn't worry about how much his bike weighs or if it has the currently faddish gear, if he wears any bike specific kit at all the colors might or might not match the rest of his stuff. Real cyclists when I ride by have a tendency to ignore me. Considering how much bike traffic I see out here I very seldom actually see riders on the routes I ride.
In the online world bicyclists very much seems to be fairly heavily left politically. A lot of environmentalists and anti vehicle stuff. Some of the Live Car Free types are way out there.
