CYCLING FOR WOMEN.
TO THB EDITOS.
Sib, —I-writo to correct the wrong impref eion likely to bo produced hero by your; .correiponAjnt "Rational" in his or her letter of 17Hi iost. At Home the "faddy" women and girls ■whoqycle in naked kcicker costume arebnt a very itmall pwt of the whole body of female cyclists. Wbito skirt oostume i» the recognised drees of the lady cyclist there, ond for. general bearing in the saddle-I refer your readers to the really pretty pictures in the London Sketch of lady cyclists in the parks—erect and graceful bearing, very quiet and neat costume. Oar lonl koicker troape shows badly iv comparisoi*, as does also ft picture, in the London Sketch of Melbourne female cyclists. Whether riders at Home wear knickers o* petticoat under the skirt;, Ido not know.—l am, i &c.. . ■ • : -..' ..-•...;,-. ..
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10495, 19 October 1895, Page 6
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