Trouser recommendation please

Richard Bates

Can anybody recommend some trousers which are suitable for cycling in
(i.e. don't have loose flappy ankles, are cut higher at the rear) but
which do not make me stick out like a sore thumb as a lycra-clad prat
when browsing the shops?

Thanks.

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Peter Clinch

Richard Bates wrote:
> Can anybody recommend some trousers which are suitable for cycling in
> (i.e. don't have loose flappy ankles, are cut higher at the rear) but
> which do not make me stick out like a sore thumb as a lycra-clad prat
> when browsing the shops?

If you're just going for a browse around the shops just wear whatever
trousers you'd wear to walk. If the chain isn't guarded either tuck
trousers into socks while on bike, hitch up shin or get some trouser
clips (now available in natty reflective flavour). IMHO not really
worth getting into special clothes (and the expense incurred) just for
short trips.

Pete.
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publicenergy

Richard Bates wrote:
> Can anybody recommend some trousers which are suitable for cycling in
> (i.e. don't have loose flappy ankles, are cut higher at the rear) but
> which do not make me stick out like a sore thumb as a lycra-clad prat
> when browsing the shops?

Gill and Endura both make trousers that have velco fastenings around
the ankle and also you can detatch the lower half on hot days should
you so wish. Wiggle have these - www.wiggle.co.uk

Simon Brooke

in message <knufs09ta2lbf4vdei1npvnnvudb4p9ajn@4ax.com>, Richard Bates
('usenet01@artybee.net') wrote:

> Can anybody recommend some trousers which are suitable for cycling in
> (i.e. don't have loose flappy ankles, are cut higher at the rear) but
> which do not make me stick out like a sore thumb as a lycra-clad prat
> when browsing the shops?

I have some Altura waterproof overtrousers. They're OK, but not
wonderful if you're cycling fast. Lycra longs with waterproof fronts
and breathable backs are better, if you don't mind the look.

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jonestl@breathe.com

or I often wear a pair of breathable waterproof hiking gaitors over my
trousers thus protecting them and keeping stuff off the chainwheel etc.
TerryJ

Richard Bates

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:16:38 +0000, Simon Brooke
<simon@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:

>in message <knufs09ta2lbf4vdei1npvnnvudb4p9ajn@4ax.com>, Richard Bates
>('usenet01@artybee.net') wrote:
>
>> Can anybody recommend some trousers which are suitable for cycling in
>> (i.e. don't have loose flappy ankles, are cut higher at the rear) but
>> which do not make me stick out like a sore thumb as a lycra-clad prat
>> when browsing the shops?
>
>I have some Altura waterproof overtrousers. They're OK, but not
>wonderful if you're cycling fast. Lycra longs with waterproof fronts
>and breathable backs are better, if you don't mind the look.

That is exactly what I'm trying to avoid - The Look. I'm after
something comfy and practical but normal looking.


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David Martin

On 21/12/04 12:29 pm, in article vm5gs0ho95ufu3g47vcrudk1eonlfp21d6@4ax.com,
"Richard Bates" <usenet01@artybee.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:16:38 +0000, Simon Brooke
> <simon@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> in message <knufs09ta2lbf4vdei1npvnnvudb4p9ajn@4ax.com>, Richard Bates
>> ('usenet01@artybee.net') wrote:
>>
>>> Can anybody recommend some trousers which are suitable for cycling in
>>> (i.e. don't have loose flappy ankles, are cut higher at the rear) but
>>> which do not make me stick out like a sore thumb as a lycra-clad prat
>>> when browsing the shops?
>>
>> I have some Altura waterproof overtrousers. They're OK, but not
>> wonderful if you're cycling fast. Lycra longs with waterproof fronts
>> and breathable backs are better, if you don't mind the look.
>
> That is exactly what I'm trying to avoid - The Look. I'm after
> something comfy and practical but normal looking.
>

I have some spring type cycle clips that I haven't seen anywhere else, ever.
They are a spring with reflective bits that wrap round whatever trousers you
happen to be wearing. Much better than anything else.

...d

Helen Deborah Vecht

Richard Bates <usenet01@artybee.net>typed


> That is exactly what I'm trying to avoid - The Look. I'm after
> something comfy and practical but normal looking.

Ordinary trousers[1] and LONG socks into which you can tuck your trouser leg.

[1] M&S Active Fit Chinos f'rexample?

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Tony W

"Peter Clinch" <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>
> If you're just going for a browse around the shops just wear whatever
> trousers you'd wear to walk. If the chain isn't guarded either tuck
> trousers into socks while on bike, hitch up shin or get some trouser
> clips (now available in natty reflective flavour). IMHO not really
> worth getting into special clothes (and the expense incurred) just for
> short trips.

While I agree in principle it is worth checking the 'shine' on the back of
any pair of M&S/BHS/Matalan trousers -- I found an embarrassingly large hole
had appeared rather suddenly in a pair recently. Now I know what is meant
by 'his arse was hanging out of his trousers' -- distinctly chilly!!

T

Tony W

"Helen Deborah Vecht" <helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:313030303736393541C8260152@zetnet.co.uk...
>
> Ordinary trousers[1] and LONG socks into which you can tuck your trouser
leg.

Long socks are the work of Stan

Peter Clinch

Tony W wrote:

> Long socks are the work of Stan

Abd not really necessary: a spot of Masonic cycling is quite all right
to get from A to B in Normal Clothes.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Tony W

"Peter Clinch" <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:32quskF3oueocU1@individual.net...
>
> > Long socks are the work of Stan
>
> Abd not really necessary: a spot of Masonic cycling is quite all right
> to get from A to B in Normal Clothes.

Why would you think it necessary to bear your left tit and hold the
handlebars in a strange embrace?

T

Clive George

"Tony W" <tonyremove@chapmore.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Helen Deborah Vecht" <helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:313030303736393541C8260152@zetnet.co.uk...
> >
> > Ordinary trousers[1] and LONG socks into which you can tuck your trouser
> leg.
>
> Long socks are the work of Stan

Fortunately my local shop has started selling them again - for a while,
fashion meant it was getting jolly hard to get a decent pair of long socks
easily.

long socks are great :-)

cheers,
clive

Helen Deborah Vecht

"Clive George" <clive@xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk>typed


> long socks are great :-)

M&S sell them too[1] (my local Edgware store sells them although it's
not huge and ove half the floor space is food)

[1] Wool rich, £6

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