Robert and everyone, I apologize; Robert is right, these are not the model I know and love.
Apparently, REI no longer carries these; too bad. If anyone knows of similar pants available from another source, I would be interested in hearing about them. https://www.rei.com/product/158172/rei-co-op-sahara-roll-up-cargo-pants-mens REI Co-op <https://www.rei.com/b/rei-co-op>Sahara Roll-Up Cargo Pants - Men's 3.4128 Reviews View the 128 reviews with an average rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars <https://www.rei.com/product/158172/rei-co-op-sahara-roll-up-cargo-pants-mens#> *This product is not available.* On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 10:55 AM <rltil...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a couple pairs of those Sahara pants as well and I love them. > These look like they got rid of the roll up legs with snaps and replaced > them with zip off legs? I can’t find the roll up leg version on their site. > > Robert Tilley > San Diego, CA > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 27, 2024, at 7:03 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'll recommend the REI "Sahara" cargo pants for occasions when you want to > ride a bike to an event where shorts are inappropriate. They're on sale > now, too: > https://www.rei.com/product/202030/rei-co-op-sahara-convertible-pants-mens?CAWELAID=120217890013538185&cm_mmc=PLA_Bing%7C21700000001700551_2020300028%7C92700067489897493%7CPB%7C71700000081306883&gclsrc=ds > > Very light but densely woven and -- after several years of regular > warm-weather Sunday use -- quite durable, decent colors (tho' only earth > tones), well sewn with intelligently designed pockets.* > > I used to use light nylon pants with zip-off legs, but the hassle of > getting the legs off over cycling shoes (or removing the shoes to remove > the unzipped legs, then putting them on again) was too much. The REI pants > let you roll the legs to either knickers height or to shorts height. > > My brother just gave one of his pairs of same, but oddly a bit too short > -- he's 4" taller than I; he likes high water pants, I guess -- that I > might have converted into knickers. If I do that, can anyone recommend a > nice dark tan, khaki, light brown, or olive green cotton knee sock, with > source? > > As to style: Winter is easy: dark or neutrally colored cycling pants -- > Endura, Osloh* for example -- or wool knickers with wool pullover + knee > socks under Ibex wool vest and/or "light navy" cycling wind shell with pit > zips. Summer: I used to ride in lycra and change in the bathroom, but the > REI rollups paired with nice wicking ss bush shirts in heather sky blue or > more-or-less tattersall that are trim but not tight (I like my civilian > shirts baggy) works very well. These bush shirts, found on sale from Kohl's > some years ago (I'd just written a resume for a Kohl's marketing exec) have > the usual stink problem of synthetic fabrics but are good for a > several-hour first wearing and, as I discovered last summer, if you swish > such synthetics -- works for plastic jerseys too -- in a gallon or so of > cold water when you get home and hang to drip dry you can wear them as long > as you can wool. > > As to wool, I have 2 remaining of a collection of 4-5 nice retro wool med > weight ss jerseys; these are good up to the low 90s in low humidity but > hotter and I accept synthetics. Light wool, including the Riv lightweight > merino Woolywarms, IME aren't nearly as durable -- snags and moth holes. 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