Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: """" What makes these things better for cycling? """"""
I like them as they look like shorts, not riding gear, they look neat enough to wear at work. I usually wear them on the way to and from work and at work and on shorter rides on the weekend and riding around town, etc.... They are cut so they are comfy on the bike and the stretch seems to work. They are quick dry over normal cotton. They last much much much bettter than any cotton canvas shorts I wear. I like carhart shorts, patagonia stand up shorts, but they fray at the hem and pockets and seat while riding. The mountain Khaki shorts are better wearing, but still fall apart after a couple summers. The durable cotton SWRV shorts look new still after a pretty solid year of riding, including lots of thorny off road rides. I have an old version of SWRV cotton shorts that I bought in 2011 and are very faded but seem to hold up much better than any of the carhart/patagonia/mountainkhaki options. So compared to cutoff khakis they look nicer, wear better and may or may not be more comfortable on the bike, probably dry quicker. They cost a bunch more, but I have piles of shredded carharts and mountain khakis that I bought on sale or at deep discout on STP that have not held up at all. Later Tarik On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > Curious: although I love my cycling-specific jerseys, socks, shoes, > shades, and caps, I find cutoff khakis -- loose cut, high waist -- more > comfortable for rides up to 30 miles (at least) than any cycling specific > but not lycra short I've tried, and that includes the older MUSA one. Worn > over loose, low crotch, high rise waist boxers, of course. > > What makes these things better for cycling? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Tarik Saleh tas at tariksaleh dot com in los alamos, NM, USA, po box 208, 87544 http://tariksaleh.com all sorts of bikes blog: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
