Biking in a kilt

[Ambularasa]

Moejensta (hello in Finnish).

So I was biking to work yesterday and it started to rain on my way there. This is not the problem however, I am not made of sugar. The problem was the wind and the way you have to lift your knees when you are cycling. I was wondering if there was anyone else struggling with this problem?

My leather sporran kept my modesty but I had to pull my kilt down in the lights in few occasions. People mostly smiled when they saw me, which is always nice but I got to thinkin that this might be too revealing for someon and I am not keen offending anyone. It's one thing to ask what you have under your kilt but to be forced to see asomething natural is not for everyone.

I kept my sporran heavy and between my legs, I also tried to propel with.. Not open heart but open legs so that the extra fabric would cover everything. I also kept my messenger bag on my side so that the sudden wind gush wouldn reveal everything.

if there is anyone who has tried this more often I would appreciate the odd hint/tip.

I am also a keen Kickbiker but that I have tried only few times and keeping my goods private has not been an issue.

Thanks.

Iivari

[cck]

I think you will get the same answer from many others: there is nothing wrong with wearing something under your kilt.

[Ambularasa]

I think you will get the same answer from many others: there is nothing wrong with wearing something under your kilt.

I aggree fully and most times in winter I do wear something under my kilt (it's cold here). My point is that people are not that keen seeing your underwear either. There is nothing wrong in that in my opinion but these days people are easily offended and there is all kinds of people on the road. Kids, young people and all of that.. And that can't be allright for everyone.

I'll still be riding in my kilt but if there is some tips that help me save some souls, I'm keen to do my part

[Bamamedic]

Pants? Scots wore trews on horseback. So did ancient Persians. It's literally why the Greeks called them 'pant-wearing barbarians'.

Moejensta (hello in Finnish).

So I was biking to work yesterday and it started to rain on my way there. This is not the problem however, I am not made of sugar. The problem was the wind and the way you have to lift your knees when you are cycling. I was wondering if there was anyone else struggling with this problem?

My leather sporran kept my modesty but I had to pull my kilt down in the lights in few occasions. People mostly smiled when they saw me, which is always nice but I got to thinkin that this might be too revealing for someon and I am not keen offending anyone. It's one thing to ask what you have under your kilt but to be forced to see asomething natural is not for everyone.

I kept my sporran heavy and between my legs, I also tried to propel with.. Not open heart but open legs so that the extra fabric would cover everything. I also kept my messenger bag on my side so that the sudden wind gush wouldn reveal everything.

if there is anyone who has tried this more often I would appreciate the odd hint/tip.

I am also a keen Kickbiker but that I have tried only few times and keeping my goods private has not been an issue.

Thanks.

Iivari

[KMCMICHAEL]

I wear biking shorts underneath. I do have to remember remove the kilt pin as it bangs the top bar.

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[ratspike]

I wear biking shorts underneath. I do have to remember remove the kilt pin as it bangs the top bar.

Digging that Rivendell! There will forever be a place in this retro grouch's heart for Grant.

OP, yeah, bike shorts or at least boxer briefs are totally the way to go. Along with keeping your equipment covered, and I'd think it'll be more comfortable as well. I can't imagine I'd enjoy things being free to move about on the saddle without shorts to keep it all contained.

[Terry Searl]

[QUOTE=Ambularasa;1338473]Moejensta (hello in Finnish).

So I was biking to work yesterday and it started to rain on my way there. This is not the problem however, I am not made of sugar. The problem was the wind and the way you have to lift your knees when you are cycling. I was wondering if there was anyone else struggling with this problem?

My leather sporran kept my modesty but I had to pull my kilt down in the lights in few occasions. People mostly smiled when they saw me, which is always nice but I got to thinkin that this might be too revealing for someon and I am not keen offending anyone. It's one thing to ask what you have under your kilt but to be forced to see asomething natural is not for everyone.

I kept my sporran heavy and between my legs, I also tried to propel with.. Not open heart but open legs so that the extra fabric would cover everything. I also kept my messenger bag on my side so that the sudden wind gush wouldn reveal everything.

if there is anyone who has tried this more often I would appreciate the odd hint/tip.

I am also a keen Kickbiker but that I have tried only few times and keeping my goods private has not been an issue.

Thanks.

Iivari[/QUOTE Iivari, I am no biker but I did enjoy your story.........perhaps if you road faster the walking public wouldn't have time to be offended heh! heh! ....Good Luck

[John_Carrick]

I found cycling in a kilt fairly practical but my pleats were in a bad state afterwards and did not bother again. It certainly created a stir on the road into Belfast by the hoots from car horns I received.

[Jock Scot]

There are times and places where wearing the kilt is not a good idea. It sounds to me that you have just discovered that.

[neloon]

The kilt was widely worn at my school in the 40s/50s and, as most boys cycled to school, my chums and I never gave cycling in the kilt a second thought. But then what is commonplace tends not to cause surprise - modern-day Finland may be different. The only problem I recall was the need to have a plastic protector over the back wheel to prevent billowing pleats being caught.

Alan