Thigh diameter may play a role too...
I remember fondly the days when I used to go through the knees of my jeans rather than the bottom and thighs
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Commuting in Office Trews
(48 posts)- Started 11 years ago by steveo
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Posted 10 years ago #
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Leg swish on large cycling thighs (its muscle honest) might be the answer, I've also had many non cycled in trousers go in a similar manner.
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Craghopper Kiwis work for me. If it wasn't for the map and secret phone pocket they would look like normal kit.
Overtrousers today as it was raining and Tilley T3. No money in mine.
EDIT Just noticed I made largely the same comment 7 months ago. I've washed the Tilley since then.
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I have some early model Craghoppers which are sans cargo pocket(s) (still the wee zipped change/keys/pockets inside the ordinary pockets though). look very normal, except the lower legs zip off to turn them into shorts. I don't wear them to work...
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Will cycle in chino style cotton breeks, go in the buttocks with me
I would seek new legs if walking in trousers caused them to wear out.
Better half who is right about many things suggests the trousers are too tight in this area. Which I think Steveo is alluding too. Seek roomier breeks?
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The zipped side pockets are great because things don't fall out.
I've got the top half of some zip offs on just now.
They suffer from differential fading and the phone pocket on older models is too wee for my current phone. Waiting till Go Outdoors has a special on dark coloured ones.
Posted 10 years ago # -
It's worth going in to the Craghoppers clearance section in Debenhams. I've picked up a pair of Kiwis for £15. It's sometimes a random selection of sizes, but you can get lucky. Usually a reasonable choice of fleeces as well.
Posted 10 years ago # -
TK Maxx usually have Craghoppers trews too.
Seek roomier breeks?
Aye, some old style cricket whites, university lecturer corduroys, 1930s coalman's flannels, or maybe 1980s style 'baggy top' keks å la Duran Duran et al?
Pipe and/or jumper tied around shoulders Cam punting style optional.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Check out the Old Town clothing company of Holt in Norfolk if you wish to go totally mental and spend wads of cash on breeks that the gamekeeper would have worn in Edwardian era. See also their jackets and moustaches
Posted 10 years ago # -
@gembo - why go to Norfolk when Hoggs of Fife are much closer to home (and cheaper)?
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People still want to dress like landed gentry, it seems.
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Indeed. And eye watering prices. But twittish associations aside, tweed is a great general purpose outdoor fabric. Takes abuse that would shred most other fabrics.
Just a shame it's too wet in the UK for merino sheep. Tweed made from merino would be awesome!
Posted 10 years ago # -
Edinburgh Woollen Mills at New Lanark sometimes have last year's colour of Craghoppers on specials.
Other branches might do too but I only see the New Lanark one.
Posted 10 years ago # -
I've had several pairs of Hoggs of Fife moleskin trousers, and they're not bad for cycling in (you still wear out the seat though). Not because I want to look like landed gentry, but because they're reasonably well cut, allowing for women who have both a waist AND cycling thighs. However they do only come in green. And they absorb water so a bit useless for cycling in the wet. Tweed might be better but I'm not quite ready to go there yet...
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@Snowy - I don't think all the prices are that eye-watering. You can pay hundreds of pounds for a Goretex jacket that will be as waterproof and breathable as some as the tweed stuff on here, but won't last anything like as long. The tweed's probably a bit heavier, though.
Compared to Barbour, their waxed jackets are a bargain, and I can vouch for their quality.
With Hoggs you can have any colour you like so long as it's muddy green or muddy brown.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Has anyone tried these M&S Tapered Water Resistant Cycling Chinos with Stretch & Adjustable Waist?
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They look a little skinny round the thighs even for me. I'm in the Gyle tomorrow so if I can find them I'll report back.
Posted 10 years ago # -
@Cyclingmollie Have a friend locally who was very happy with his M&S cycle chinos although they might have been better in darker colours. He's a bit of a whippet though
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