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My husband and I have decided to go to Turkey next year, so I thought it was nice to take the pinarello over there and ride. My husband can be my support crew following me with a hired car But I was wondering if anyone knows if I should get some hijab Lycra or would I be ok with my normal lycra. I am just not sure about this, you know wouldn’t want to offend anyone.

found one, but I need a helmet, I would really like it in red


maybe to much leg

I just sent an email off to Iran,
Boy they got back to me faster then Wiggles
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I am taking that bike with my new order of hijab, I must say, very nice lycra colours. This is going to be great.

Wow, I am getting so many emails asking me to join on a group ride. this is amazing, Fatima from Istanbul said she has an all-women’s team leaving from the markets every Saturday at 5.30am riding a 40km ride down the camel drive route. My husband is not so sure, but he has been invited to play checkers with the husbands and have some Turkish Coffee. amazing hospitality.

I think I should write a blog.

Definitely write a blog. Would be cool to hear how you go....

Well, if you want a colourful cycling skirt to go over your leggings/tights instead of the black that most of those women are wearing, there are a few companies that do bright coloured cycling skorts or active skirts that go over the top and won't impede your pedalling. (They also do black too)

Those ladies must get a great sauna effect in the sun though (unless it is winter). I'd be boiling in that in anything over 10 degrees C.

How completely cool! I vote blog!

I looked half-seriously into sports hijab during my last phase of skin cancer paranoia, these don't look too bad ... and they're FIFA approved too!
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Hi Apple,
I have a good friend just returned from an escorted cycling tour of Turkey and Greece and I posed your question to her. The following was her response:

"Just back from cycling tour in Turkey and wore lycra only on the road and never a problem – more considerate of dress code when in other places, but certainly no special clothing require from what I could find."

I am not sure if you would get a different response cycling solo compared to riding in a small group. I will ask more info on tomorrow morning's ride.

cheers (and keep us posted)

I thought that Turkey was not really a problem for women's dress.

I along with everyone else will expect to see a blog or suffer the repercussions, Apple.

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Hi Apple, I have cycled through Turkey lots of times, in fact, we have just finished a ride through eastern turkey. I have also ridden through Iran so I am an expert on what to wear. You will not have problems wearing Knicks. I always wear a little skirt over my Knicks but I do that even in Australia as I feel uncomfortable if I don't.

You do not need to cover your hair even in eastern Turkey. In fact, wearing a hijab is illegal in Turkey if you have a public service job or you go to uni. I am not sure what kind of research you've done on Turkey but I think you might want to do more if you are under the impression you need to cover up.

Where in Turkey are you going?