Presentable cycling clothes (dry ones)

A fucking tuxedo???

just spat my coffee out!!
You have rep sir

These do look rather smart.

Stelle: A beautiful, lightweight, spacious, stylish bag, (no cordura, no rucksack and no plastic fastenings). in a basket? on a rack?

If I had a rack or basket I wouldn't need such perfection form my bag - any common or garden handbag would do. I have neither though, and although I'd like to grow into a gentle meandering cyclist, at the moment those miles aren't going to ride themselves so I'll just have to ride them. But when I get there I don't want to have an ugly rucksack with me, you know? Sometimes I don't mind looking like a cyclist but usually I'd rather avoid it.

I wish this was available in the uk
http://www.nau.com/mens/

if you really want office-y, beautiful but functional clothes, i recommend OUTLIER:
http://outlier.cc/
expensive, but really good quality.
although that being said, my job requires that i spend a lot of time in meetings with very snobby people - so i have to look and smell delicious - and i don't need this. I wear jerseys and stuff and then change when I get to the office. Easy as that.

oh yeah and tokyo fixed gear stock quite a lot of their stuff ^ ^ ^

All of the outlier stuff is really nice. problem with all of these brands is the price, but i suppose that is inevitable with any technical clothing.

Fully synthetic formal suits are totally fine for this sort of thing. If they are a dark colour you cannot tell they are wet, plus they dry very quickly.

Decent ones have some lycra stretch in them plus teflon/scotchguard coating for added bonuses.

wtf?

Balki, I am with you. Synthetic suits cannot be the answer to any rational question (unless you live in Birmingham, the land twhere the tanktop reigns supreme).

Sometimes I don't mind looking like a cyclist but usually I'd rather avoid it.

I wish I looked more like a cyclist.

I ride to work and don't change because my commute is currently two miles each way and I go slowly on a Dutch bike. On the way in at least.

On the way home I drag the heavy bastard up a couple of hills as quick as I can for training!

for the lower half,
tweed plus fours or plus twos,
they dry out suprisingly quick after showers
the top half should be an easier prospect thereafter.

Did none of you lot ever ride a bike to school?

School uniform worked just fine through winter. If your legs are cold/need padding, stick leggings on underneath.

I stand by my formal attire for cycling stance.

Also, mudguards will make a surprisingly huge difference to how wet you get. And for all the weird looks, cycling capes are good at keeping you dry but ventilated. Not going to win any prizes for speed, but.

There's no excuse for synthetic suits. But it probably is worth having a change of clothes in the office - wearing wet clothes all day will do no good to your skin, and they'll dry much faster if you can hang them up somewhere.

..and if you're going to do that, you might as well wear lycra as it dries fastest.

How about Google.to the army surplus shop and getting waterproof over garments - trousers and jacket combined are going to be less than £50 I would have thought.

Overshoes and waterproof gloves and you're done.

Yes you will look like a Wally when cycling, but one quick strip act later you are bone dry for your meeting.

I stand by my formal attire for cycling stance.

Hilarious

i bet it's one of those stripper suits with velcro fastening for quick release.

Didn't paul smith make an synthetic mix suit called endurance? The suit keeps its shape and can be machine washed too? It was meant to be for active people and scotch guarded too.