[burnedandfrozen]

So I was in downtown Los Angeles today. This is really the only place where you can still see men wearing suits in LA. As I walked down Figueroa St I saw coming in my direction three young men in suits riding those electric scooters that you rent that have become so ubiquitous that it's hard to remember a time when you didn't have to walk an obstacle course as they randomly lay across the sidewalks.

So down the street they came and I just watched in disbelief. To be quite honest they looked absolutely ridiculous. Now in a Progressive city like Los Angeles where civic leaders would love for everyone to abandon their cars entirely which is not practical in Los Angeles at all, I would think that maybe riding a bike would be a bit more dignified especially if such a bike was vintage of sorts. Maybe the typical cubical just isn't big enough to keep a bike and I honesty can't blame anyone from feeling skittish about locking up a bike in public downtown Los Angeles since it's commonplace to see only the few pieces of bikes that are secured being all that's left. Anyway, it was quite a sight.

 

[ItalianStyle]

If you have to ride a scooter in a suit, at least ride a classic Vespa... have some style!
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[smmrfld]

Amazing. There are constant posts on this site bitching that nobody wears suits anymore, and you somehow find fault with those who do, but happen to ride scooters. Get a grip, man.

 

[SG_67]

Getting from A to B in the most efficient manner possible should not have any bearing on what one wears, and vice versa.

 

[eagle2250]

If you have to ride a scooter in a suit, at least ride a classic Vespa... have some style!
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I agree, get a Vespa...and by gawd, ride that Italian Hog! LOL.

 

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[Oldsarge]

So I was in downtown Los Angeles today. This is really the only place where you can still see men wearing suits in LA. As I walked down Figueroa St I saw coming in my direction three young men in suits riding those electric scooters that you rent that have become so ubiquitous that it's hard to remember a time when you didn't have to walk an obstacle course as they randomly lay across the sidewalks.

So down the street they came and I just watched in disbelief. To be quite honest they looked absolutely ridiculous. Now in a Progressive city like Los Angeles where civic leaders would love for everyone to abandon their cars entirely which is not practical in Los Angeles at all, I would think that maybe riding a bike would be a bit more dignified especially if such a bike was vintage of sorts. Maybe the typical cubical just isn't big enough to keep a bike and I honesty can't blame anyone from feeling skittish about locking up a bike in public downtown Los Angeles since it's commonplace to see only the few pieces of bikes that are secured being all that's left. Anyway, it was quite a sight.

I really wish you'd unlimbered your phone and caught a video of that. It would be choice.

 

[Kyle76]

I'm pretty sure the OP is referring to standing scooters, like a skateboard with a handle bar.

 

[Oldsarge]

I'm pretty sure the OP is referring to standing scooters, like a skateboard with a handle bar.

He was.

 

[ItalianStyle]

Ahhh... I'm trying to picture what a stylish version of one of those would be in that case, but I gave up...

 

[medhat]

You're describing any workday in DC, young men and women. SG_67 is right, it's about efficient transportation. On the plus side, no wrinkles from sitting, Vespa-style. I've not partaken. Yet.

 

[Acct2000]

It sounds like an okay idea. However, I've never had great balance and at 63, I would be a slapstick comedy incident waiting to happen - - whether in suit and tie or in shorts and tennis shoes. (I suppose the suit and tie would lend itself to funnier slapstick, but my budget does not allow for destroying many suits and/or ties.)

If you can ride them, it seems like a solid idea.

 

[Oldsarge]

I commiserate. I was twenty-one before I learned to ride a bicycle and though for a number of years was a semi-enthusiastic cyclist, I haven't been on one in--perhaps five years? I am considering the purchase of a new one but it will be electric assisted and fat tired. We aged need all the help we can get!

 

[eagle2250]

Cruising down the sidewalk on an electric scooter, while wearing a suit...Hmmm? Wouldn't one have a tendency accessorize one's suit with crushed bugs that manage to fly into the scooter operator? You might a few wrinkles, but your suit would look like the windshield of your car after a late spring drive!

 

[Oldsarge]

Well, they don't go all that fast and the bug populations in the downtowns I'm familiar with make that unlikely. Now riding said scooter across Eastern Oregon in the spring would be a whole different experience.

 

[EponymousFunk]

I would be less offended they are riding scooters than that they were most likely wearing backpacks over their suit coats as well.

A pet peeve I cannot help but shudder to think of.

Regards,

 

[Oldsarge]

Someone needs to start making business-like backpacks in, say, 14 oz. worsted. Medium grey and navy would be a good start. It's all these canvas ones that grate on the aesthetic.

 

[eagle2250]

Someone needs to start making business-like backpacks in, say, 14 oz. worsted. Medium grey and navy would be a good start. It's all these canvas ones that grate on the aesthetic.

.....and therein lies the solution to that always troubling, but aggravatingly persistent backpack animus conundrum. At last, we will all be able to openly profess our love of backpacks. I can finally pull my old rucj out of the garage and wear it proudly! LOL.

 

[EponymousFunk]

Someone needs to start making business-like backpacks in, say, 14 oz. worsted. Medium grey and navy would be a good start. It's all these canvas ones that grate on the aesthetic.

That could be a million-dollar idea.

I would still not wear one.

Regards,

 

[JBierly]

I would be afraid I might fall off and trash an expensive suit. Note to self - wear cheap suits on scooter days....