On your bike, peeping Toms! Woman devises 'button' hack so female cyclists can wear a skirt without fear of flashing... and it just needs a penny and rubber band
- The trick involves securing the back and front of the skirt together
- This is done by wrapping a coin around the fabric and affixing with a band
- It was invented by Johanna Holtan, an Edinburgh-based blogger
Summer is fast on its way (here's hoping) and so, therefore, are skirts and dresses.
But as any female bicycle-enthusiast knows, skirts aren't the most practical of sartorial options when it comes to keeping your modesty in check, especially while you're mounting or dismounting your trusty two-wheeled steed.
Luckily, there is a clever hack to solve this problem and according to its Edinburgh-based inventor Johanna Holtan, all you need is a penny and an elastic band.
Careful! As any female bicycle-enthusiast knows, skirts aren't the most practical of sartorial options when it comes to keeping your modesty in check
The so-called 'Penny in Yo' Pants' hack does not, despite its name, involve pants.
The gloriously simple trick works by creating a temporary 'button' by pushing a penny, or presumably any coin, from the back of your skirt to the front, so that it is covered in two layers of material.
Then secure this with a rubber band.
The coin becomes a button that holds the front and the back of the skirt together, essentially transforming it temporarily into a pair of shorts.
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Johanna and her friends made a brief video
It has been viewed by more than three million of people from around the world and by all accounts, the hack works.
'I cycle every day and I love wearing skirts, but I find it hard to get on my bike, off my bike, to cycle in the wind, without exposing myself,' Johanna explained.
Step one: The gloriously simple trick works by pushing a penny (left), or presumably any coin, from the back of your skirt to the front (right)
Step two: After securing it with a rubber band (left), the coin holds the front and the back of the skirt together, essentially transforming it temporarily into shorts
An avid biker with a blog devoted to her adventures, Johanna writes of herself: 'I’m not a cyclist. My cycling kit does not match. But I do ride my bike everywhere.
'Owning a bike has changed my life and has made me appreciate Edinburgh (and my legs!) in an entirely new way.
'I like talking to people about their adventures on their bike. I appreciate sharing clever cycling tips on surviving the cold wet winters.
'I could spend hours watching the cyclists of Edinburgh whizz by and I'm overwhelmed with admiration when folks pull off style and function on two wheels.'
She got so much positive feedback following her video, she was invited to give a TEDx talk about it.
Johanna is now developing a product version of the penny which she plans to sell, with a portion of the profits to the Afghanistan women’s cycling team – who are making history as the first Afghan women to compete in world class events.
Before and after: The demo has been viewed by more than three million of people from around the world and by all accounts, the hack works
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