On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 6:34 PM, jim_OLP <j...@landoloons.com> wrote: > > Every year when it starts to get cold, I undertake a futile search for > cycling pants that don't look like something from the ballet or the > circus. I mean pants, not lycra tights. And not rain pants, which > tend to be way too baggy and - if they're Rivendll - too orange. I > want nylon pants that block the wind but are trim enough so they don't > flutter in the wind, and will stay out of the way of the chain, > preferablly with some sort of cinch around the ankle. I need pockets > too. > > Wool would be great, but I know that's not going to happen. > > I'd buy the MUSA pants, but I can't do the blue crotch. Just too > conspicuous. "Ooooh, are those bicycling pants? Where did you get > them?" > > It's hard to Google on this without getting 50 pages of black spandex > tights. > > Does anyone else makes something just like the MUSA pants, but without > the 2-tone color scheme? >
I like REI ACME (for cold) and Mistral (for not-so-cold) pants. They're not bike specific, but I commute daily through the rain, snow, ice, etc in the winter, and I wear one of these pants almost daily. In year's past they've been made of Schoeller, which is a high tech super fabric. Like others here, I'm pretty skeptical of high tech super fabrics, but Schoeller is good stuff -- it's not a spray-on treatment; it's water resistance is the result of the fabric weaving (essentially -- the fabric doesn't allow water to rest and soak -- though heavy downpours will soak through). Unfortunately, REI is not using Schoeller this year -- but they're pretty good at imitating, so I won't be making a call either way until I try the new pants. I carry on about the pants here: http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/2010/03/review-rei-acme-pants.html I've no finacial interest in REI -- other than being a coop member. I just think some of their stuff is a good value. John "wearing 1st Gen trashed MUSA pants at this particular moment" Speare -- John Speare Spokane, WA USA http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
