I wear basically any kind of pants, except when I’ve got loose cargos. I tie the right side up with a hair tie that I steal from my family members
TRIPL1ONLY on
Pants that make me feel comfortable
Tiny-Ant-2695 on
Brown pants for when I inevitably come within inches of death
Trobus on
Currently some cheap jeans from target, in the past mostly Levi’s (damn do I miss their commuter pants). Since we’re heading into fall I’m thinking of picking up either chrome, or if my wallet permits it, mission workshop pants to see how they holdup.
Which part of your jeans are getting destroyed?
OlUglyAss on
Chinos/Chino shorts which are also getting worn out around the ass.
threenames on
Cuff up the right leg, or buy/make a strap for the right leg (if the chain interference is a problem). Google “bike pants strap” for options from rockbros to Brooks.
If you’re blowing out the crotch of your jeans due to saddle wear… Good luck. Jeans just don’t last (for me, at least. I’m a big guy). I’ve torn, repaired, and destroyed the crotch of everything from high quality selvedge to Levi’s Commuter jeans. (No Mission Workshop though… I don’t have the cash for that experiment).
The only thing that lasts for me is a thinner pant with lots of lycra in it, like the 686 everywhere pants.
Potato-Vegetable on
Beat up skinny jeans or chino shorts usually.
I try not to wear jeans that don’t have blowout when I ride, and I save my blow out ones to ride in , this keeping my nice jeans nice and my old jeans old. I have no shame about the crotch holes.
delicate10drills on
Lucky’s over LLBean longjohns. 10’s of k’s of miles and no holes. No stink, good in cold temps and warm temps, dry pretty quick for denim-looking material, stretchy-enough. Chain stain washes out pretty easy.
Shorts when it is warm, bike specific pants (windproof, not lycra) when it gets colder. I have a few pairs of Baleaf pants I bought on Amazon that are good.
Bigbeeperton on
Specialized trail pants
It has enough stretch to not tear
milketiddies on
Dead stock Levi commuters. There’s also a uk based company called swrve that makes decent cycling jeans
eezee- on
In the summertime since I ride 28 miles (14 1-way) I inevitable sweat through on my commute, so I wear bike shorts and shower at the office. as it gets colder (I live in Southeast MI) i transition to carpenter pants and flannel lined jeans as needed since I ride rain or shine and snow be darned. Last year I only took 1 week off when they didnt plow a major street for a week. (7-mile)
beepboopdoowop on
Fucked my gi pants cuz they got stuck in the chain. Lesson learned, if I’m commuting with pants I’ll fold the bottom
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I wear basically any kind of pants, except when I’ve got loose cargos. I tie the right side up with a hair tie that I steal from my family members
Pants that make me feel comfortable
Brown pants for when I inevitably come within inches of death
Currently some cheap jeans from target, in the past mostly Levi’s (damn do I miss their commuter pants). Since we’re heading into fall I’m thinking of picking up either chrome, or if my wallet permits it, mission workshop pants to see how they holdup.
Which part of your jeans are getting destroyed?
Chinos/Chino shorts which are also getting worn out around the ass.
Cuff up the right leg, or buy/make a strap for the right leg (if the chain interference is a problem). Google “bike pants strap” for options from rockbros to Brooks.
If you’re blowing out the crotch of your jeans due to saddle wear… Good luck. Jeans just don’t last (for me, at least. I’m a big guy). I’ve torn, repaired, and destroyed the crotch of everything from high quality selvedge to Levi’s Commuter jeans. (No Mission Workshop though… I don’t have the cash for that experiment).
The only thing that lasts for me is a thinner pant with lots of lycra in it, like the 686 everywhere pants.
Beat up skinny jeans or chino shorts usually.
I try not to wear jeans that don’t have blowout when I ride, and I save my blow out ones to ride in , this keeping my nice jeans nice and my old jeans old. I have no shame about the crotch holes.
Lucky’s over LLBean longjohns. 10’s of k’s of miles and no holes. No stink, good in cold temps and warm temps, dry pretty quick for denim-looking material, stretchy-enough. Chain stain washes out pretty easy.
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Shorts when it is warm, bike specific pants (windproof, not lycra) when it gets colder. I have a few pairs of Baleaf pants I bought on Amazon that are good.
Specialized trail pants
It has enough stretch to not tear
Dead stock Levi commuters. There’s also a uk based company called swrve that makes decent cycling jeans
In the summertime since I ride 28 miles (14 1-way) I inevitable sweat through on my commute, so I wear bike shorts and shower at the office. as it gets colder (I live in Southeast MI) i transition to carpenter pants and flannel lined jeans as needed since I ride rain or shine and snow be darned. Last year I only took 1 week off when they didnt plow a major street for a week. (7-mile)
Fucked my gi pants cuz they got stuck in the chain. Lesson learned, if I’m commuting with pants I’ll fold the bottom
the italian way – speedo!