I've had made some very nice cycling knickers out of good quality men's dress pants, wool and cotton (ie, khakis cut like wool dress pants). At the simplest, I made them myself by simply cutting them off at the right length and sewing on velcro or running a shoelace through the hem -- I wish I stll had the pair of very nice tan wool gabardines I so altered. (I like mine long so that cinched just under the knee, they bag enough not to bind when you pedal -- the Tintin look.)
Dress pants tend to be fuller cut (pleats are nice) and higher rise, which IMO and IME makes them more comfortable when riding bent over. The nice thing about knickers is that with knee socks they give you double protection at the knee. (And I had a lining sewn in to the front of two pairs.) I also bought a couple of Nashbar knickers on sale a couple of years ago: $35 each, IIRC. No nonsense, heavy, black nylon canvas, do damned pad. Not as nice as the wools, but still very nice. I seem to recall that Nashbar has various knickers on sale right now. Hell, for that matter, you can just wear long pants (not jeans! Ouch!) and use a clip or strap at the ankle. I've got a pair of Riv's original MUSA long pants that are nice when I don't want to wear tights or knickers. On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Clayton <treefir...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have bum knees and the cold is locking them up. I am looking for > recommendations for winter bicycling pants that are warm, water resistant, > wind proof and have a full set of pockets. I'd like them to look like > pants, not tights. Cheap would be nice. Right now, I have taken to wearing > ACE knee wraps around my jeans. Not very comfy, but they do leave > interesting wrinkles on my skin. I have been looking at softshell pants at > Columbia and REI, but the price kinda makes me choke. I am hoping someone > here has come up with an economical solution? Thanks in advance for your > collective wisdom. > Clay > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
