Aye. http://www.orvis.com/p/moleskin-breeks/4y47s Most colors/sizes gone, as they are on clearence ($113, retail $250).
Riding with them so far they are good up to 50˚F and down to at least 10˚F and 50 mph winds with no long johns under them. Followed the recommendation to size up 2 sizes and mine fit perfectly. With abandon, Patrick On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 12:47:15 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Patrick the Deacon: can you point me to the source for your moleskins? > > I made several pairs of very nice riding knickers out of good quality > men's dress pants, simply by having them hemmed 6 or 8" below knee, and > having velcro straps added. I still have one pair, and I dearly wish I > hadn't disposed of the very nice heavy twill gabardine pair I foolishly > sold. But of course, while these are fine down to the 20sF, I have > windproof tights for colder. > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Deacon Patrick <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Knickers, er, Breeches, uh, Breeks, are an old garment type and, as >> Patrick of the Moore points out, they are supposed to extend below the knee >> when unchinced so that when cinched above the calf there is room to move. >> My traditional birding moleskin breeks I am using this winter come down to >> mid-calm uncinched and fit perfectly when cinched, allowing full range of >> motion, including fully kneel and squat. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick, who is sticking with cotton or wool from now on because it is SO >> much quieter than nylon. >> >> On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 12:11:24 PM UTC-7, John Hawrylak wrote: >>> >>> WRT Knickers, RBW would be better to stay with the traditional length, >>> just below the knees. The last run had a length just above the ankles and >>> looked like pants that were too short. I do not what they were thinking. >>> No wonder they languished on the shelf. >>> >>> John Hawrylak >>> Woodstown NJ >>> >>> On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 1:46:16 PM UTC-5, Ron Mc wrote: >>> >>>> I just referred someone to MUSA shorts on another forum - now I can't >>>> find even knickers on Rivbike? >>>> What's us? >>>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
