Bike Riding in a Dress 101

In the recent comment section of this post, Good Girl Gone Blog asked:

How does one ride a bike in a dress?

Shannon added:

I've wondered that myself. You've mentioned the whole dress wearing while biking thing before and I've wondered about gusts of wind and exposed undercarriages. Do you carry modesty clips so your dress won't fly up? Or do you wear shorts underneath? Or do you just throw caution to the wind and give your town a show? Fill us in!

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I ride my bike in dresses. I ride my bike for a night out on the town. I've even ridden my bicycle to job interviews, wearing a full suit, nylons, and a pair of heels.

It's not quite as impressive as it sounds. Once you decide to do it, everything just sort of falls into place.

Most of the time the dresses I wear are knee length, which makes biking in them rather simple; any shorter and passersby might get a peek of my panties, any longer and the skirt has a tendency to get tangled in the spokes. I resolve these two issues by wearing leggings under shorter dresses and by holding the hem of longer dresses in my non-steering hand or by strategically folding and tucking just right. I'd recommend starting with knee-length, a-line types and graduating into fitted pencil skirts after some practice.

The hardest part of biking in a dress is actually getting on to the bicycle. The best way to do this, particularly if the dress is more form-fitting than flowing, is to put the bike in the street and stand on the curb. Just a few inches can make a huge difference. Then hop on and start pedaling.

And, you know, pretty panties are always the way to go, but on days that you are bicycling in a dress, a conservative boyshort is probably your best bet.

If you are serious about riding in a dress, Keeping it Awkward has some practical advice including the angle at which your knees should be. There's also a Diva's Guide to Biking. This is some serious business.

I swear, if I had been so in love with bicycling on the day I got married, I would have pedaled in my wedding dress, like these lovelies:

{The couples are: Rebecca & Jeremy, Jennifer & Kevin, and Chap & Maura, who I do not know, but absolutely adore.}

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I wish I lived in a cycling town... talk about great exercise and it's so fun.

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Thanks, I'm gonna try it out

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Wow! This is great! I just love the image of bicycling in a dress or skirt. Esp with a basket. And some flowers. Ooh, do you ever snap pictures while you ride?

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This is fantastic advice. I'm so happy to see this blog. Another way to easily get on a bike with a dress is to ride a step-through frame.

Cheers to riding in a dress! :)

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Thanks for posting the vintage pin-up. Very sexy. Dog, I love pin-up. Ahem, anyway, my wife actually rides her bike to work in the summer on occasion, but she wears shorts and a T, leaving her nonride garments in a bag in her milk crate.. I don't think she would like to ride with skirts or dresses. Those garments are a little too dressy for her, and she doesn't like being a sweaty mess when she gets to work, being "dressed up" and all. St. Louis is HOT in the summer, not to mention the humidity.

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This is great! I just love the image of bicycling in a dress or skirt. Esp with a basket. And some flowers...

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I absolutely adore this post! I rode my bike in a dress on yesterday and had the best time! I know realize I don't have to wear biking pants and a tee whenever I want to go cruising :-)
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Wearing really short, black, cycling shorts also works - it fits the need anyway. But if you're not wearing any "safety harness" under your skirt, it would help if you don't bike like you're in a race or something. That's unsafe, anyway. =D

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I really like the first photo in this post as the couple rides next to the vines - what a pretty dress for a ride. I hope they're still together. It's still nice enough here to ride in dresses and skirts, and I love seeing summer dresses swirling around the ladies as they ride by. Over the summer, I saw the occasional emergency tuck-in, but I didn't catch any Marilyn Monroe moments. As for choosing your outfit, with the right material, you can ride without biking shorts underneath, which kill the whole feeling of the material caressing you while you ride; you may as well carefully carry your dress in your side bag and just enjoy your ride in shorts. You don't want to do any high-speed hill bombing, of course, as one of the posters noted. This blog is about riding in dresses, but for comparison, it's worth checking out Connected's floral-print skirts; they have a slip, and while they flow comfortably during the ride, the lighter outer layer and slightly heavier inner layer combine to drop as needed along your legs as you pedal. They're pretty, and just the right length for biking.

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