One of the joys of the outdoors is cycling, properly dressed. By that I simply mean wearing the correct top, forms and a fitting bra.
A hairpiece goes without saying as do shorts.
A helmet is hardly an essential if you are not in heavy traffic or exceeding 25mph. These being the only two occasions that you will probably damage your head.
While the top need not be pink, Shorts should be black. Where else can you wipe your hands after replacing the chain or repairing a puncture ? Anything else, light blue or whatever is merely a wanna be pro style sucumbing to advertising.... I think.
Shorts should also be sort of short and definitely Lycra. Men seem to go for the long, almost knee length variety.
There is an urban fable that the material helps support the thigh muscles. Rather like leg shaving for the male rider.
Ladies shorts are too short to offer that support and the ladies do seem to get by without it. My shortest and the most comfortable ones are around 5 inches as compared with some mens' of 12 inches
Truly, whatever it is you are going to do, then dress as the ladies would.
~Samm