http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 3/4 trousers en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:06:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93949 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:24:28 +0000 sallyhinch 93949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm interesting. It's almost impossible to find women's trousers that sit on the waist these days - unless you go to the shooting outfitters. I already mostly wear moleskin trousers from Hoggs of Fife but these look almost designed for cold wet winter cycling: </p> <p><a href="http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/shop/ty_275-breeks,-trousers,-leggings/9349-seeland-glensbury-lady-trousers.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/shop/ty_275-breeks,-trousers,-leggings/9349-seeland-glensbury-lady-trousers.html</a></p> <p>wind &amp; waterproof, velcro leg closure - I wonder how sweaty they'd be? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93939 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:23:32 +0000 DaveC 93939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SRD said <em>When I was a kid.... in... the 80s </em></p> <p>Aye right, and the rest... ;-)</p> <p>I'l grab my coat.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93938 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:16:29 +0000 Arellcat 93938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Poco, I think drop lined means the liner fabric (like the mesh in Goretex jackets) is only sewn to the outer at the seams, and is free to move otherwise. My motorbike leathers are made like that too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93935 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:56:13 +0000 Pocopiglet 93935@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>TwoWheels, t'internet is fair heaving with sites selling breeks (general term for shooting/hunting plusfours/twos outwith Scotland). There is a Barbour shop in Edinburgh so I'm sure they'd happy to get a pair in for you to try (expensive though). The following have some at more reasonable prices, particularly the Musto ones, though I have NO idea what drop lined means!</p> <p><a href="http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/?template=search&amp;search_term=Breeks" rel="nofollow">http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/?template=search&amp;search_term=Breeks</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93933 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:35:13 +0000 Arellcat 93933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This thread is <strike>useless</strike> probably better without pictures. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93932 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:31:01 +0000 wee folding bike 93932@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looked much the same then as now… more hair then. I've not lost follicles but it's not waist length anymore. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93931 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:26:21 +0000 Arellcat 93931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Strawberry Switchbade? Sounds like Tiffany to me.</p> <p>I didn't have lacey gloves or a rah rah skirt. I was too busy straddling the line between goth and hippy, and generally failing to do either convincingly.</p> <p>Were <em>breeks</em> actually the Scottish equivalent of plus-fours? Admittedly my education of the vernacular was supplied in quantity by <em>The Broons</em> in which Paw referred to his trousers as his guid breeks.</p> <p>Where's Ruggtomcat when you need him? Pretty sure he's no stranger to them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93925 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:22:51 +0000 Nelly 93925@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Strawberry Switchblade - loved them (not musically, but were very like a pair of bonkers goth twins at my school!) Great times, check their <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Switchblade#section_1">wiki</a> page - referencing bill drummond, dave balfe, will sergeant. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93923 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:26:27 +0000 TwoWheels 93923@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's what I love about this place. I came looking for fashion advice, and not only received it, but also a free tutorial in Scottish slang and a whirlwind tour of some fantastically bad 80s music. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93922 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:59:13 +0000 sallyhinch 93922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No lacy gloves. Not admitting to the rah rah...</p> <p>Probably more Human League than Strawberry Switchblade if I'm honest </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93920 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:51:44 +0000 wee folding bike 93920@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ohh… and here they are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&amp;hl=en-GB&amp;v=x7QPBzAJ_io" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&amp;hl=en-GB&amp;v=x7QPBzAJ_io</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93919 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:45:12 +0000 wee folding bike 93919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lacey gloves and a rah rah? Possibly looking like a third member of Strawberry Switchblade? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93918 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:41:23 +0000 sallyhinch 93918@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I seem to remember that in the 80s I was the very proud owner of a pair of burgundy pedalpushers. I have only just made the connection with cycling now, but they buttoned under the knee.</p> <p>In the interests of full disclosure I also had an asymmetric jumper and (briefly) a Lady Di haircut. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93917 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:37:49 +0000 wee folding bike 93917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Up till about 2006 you would have got Hebden Cords.</p> <p>Possibly this can sort out what you need:</p> <p><a href="https://www.spencers-trousers.com/plus_fours.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.spencers-trousers.com/plus_fours.php</a></p> <p>They're not cheap. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93916 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:40:45 +0000 Pocopiglet 93916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'ems the very dab! Breeks....we'll have you fluent in a wee while. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93915 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:39:21 +0000 SRD 93915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When I was a kid, you could always spot the <strike>twits</strike> Brits because they wore woolen knickers. But then it was the 80s and they were even in style fr a bit. Not for sports though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93914 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:32:34 +0000 TwoWheels 93914@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wait! Breeks! That's what I need! Breeks! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93913 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:22:16 +0000 Uberuce 93913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I believe you meant to say "I'll get me coat", but the sentiment is much the same. </p> <p>I really should cross a personal rubicon and start sawing the quarterbottom off many of my trousers. They spend all day rolled up and only unfurl their leaves to receive the light of the washingmachinesun. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93912 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:16:47 +0000 TwoWheels 93912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, thank you! Yes, plus twos are what I'm looking for, they're a little less fuller cut than the plus fours.</p> <p>Good lord, why can't you guys speak normal English?</p> <p>...I'll just see myself out... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93911 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:13:07 +0000 stiltskin 93911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>3/4 tights? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93910 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:58:11 +0000 Pocopiglet 93910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We call them plus fours ( going to 4 inches below the knee). There is also a species called Plus Twos.Quite a few places come up when you google it, in fact there's a US site called Golfknickers!</p> <p>Is that the sort of thing you're thinking about, or have I got my wires crossed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9087#post-93908 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:32:10 +0000 TwoWheels 93908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Holy cow, I hope I got the wording right. The US/UK differences in clothing nomenclature have led me down some wonderfully embarrassing paths.</p> <p>So anyway, what I'm looking for is a pair of wool 3/4 trousers (what we call knickers), suitable for chilly riding and cross-country skiing.</p> <p>They seem to be an extinct species in my country. I was wondering if any of you knew of a place in the uk where I might satisfy my strange sartorial passions (I'm also looking for a kilt, but that's a different story...) </p>