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  • Levi Commuter Jeans – any good?
  • geoffj
    Full Member

    I thought I might treat myself and quite fancy the look of these.
    There are weekend days when I’ll often take the kids out for a pootle on the bikes and thought these might be good for that – rather than changing into more cycling specific gear.

    Whaddya think?

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    The reviews I’ve seen suggest the Levi’s stuff misses the mark- too hot and quite crinkly/crumply to wear. That and there’s hardly anywhere that sells them. Better offerings from Swrve maybe.

    bravohotel8er
    Free Member

    Plenty of places sell it, particularly online.

    The jeans/trousers fit true to size in my experience. The jackets
    are a little on the slim side, but I think that’s deliberate.

    For what it’s worth I’m 6 ft tall, 40 inch chest, 32 inch waist and
    12 1/4 stone and have the 32/32 jeans and a medium denim jacket.
    It’s fairly expensive, but then so is everything.

    CaptainFlashheart
    Free Member

    Denim + Rain = Er, no.

    Unless you’re a fair weather fairy, I can’t see the point, TBH.

    geoffj
    Full Member

    Denim + Rain = Er, no.

    I live in Scotland – why on earth would the weather be a problem 😯

    *returns to hiut jeans website and checks down back of sofa for an spare change

    josemctavish
    Free Member

    Haven’t tried the Levis, but have a pair of Muxu denims from alwaysriding which are the comfiest jeans I’ve ever owned and would definitely recommend.

    Graham_Clark
    Full Member

    I have some Swrve jeans, and they are ace. As they are also made with Cordura re-inforced denim they last ages too and look pretty good off the bike as well.

    CaptJon
    Free Member

    josemctavish – Member
    Haven’t tried the Levis, but have a pair of Muxu denims from alwaysriding which are the comfiest jeans I’ve ever owned and would definitely recommend.

    What’s the fit like? Baggy/tight?

    josemctavish
    Free Member

    Somewhere in between I’d say – they look like a smart pair of denims but the cut and stretch in the material makes them really comfortable, plus they do a long length which suits me.

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    Alpkit used to do a denim that was pretty water resistant and stretchy for climbers. Don’t know how they would cope with commuting conditions, or whether you’d end up wrapped around your chainring.

    http://www.alpkit.com/jeanius/

    orena45
    Full Member

    +1 for Muxu jeans

    TiRed
    Full Member

    Think they are 511s with water repellant fabric and some 3M reflective tape. In this country they don’t stock my 31/32 size, but my normal 511s are comfortable for cycling modest distances. I chose another pair of 511 cut trousers instead when I was in the US earlier this year.

    flyingmonkeycorps
    Full Member

    Don’t think the Alpkit ones were stretchy, mine certainly aren’t. Moon do / used to do stretchy climbing ones.

    hammyuk
    Free Member

    Prana do 4 way stretch ones or Alpinestars do proper Kevlar lined jeans. Axiom is the model 😉

    CaptJon
    Free Member

    josemctavish – Member
    Somewhere in between I’d say – they look like a smart pair of denims but the cut and stretch in the material makes them really comfortable, plus they do a long length which suits me.

    Thanks. I might invest.

    deadlydarcy
    Free Member

    Do they do them in skinny?

    geoffj
    Full Member

    Do they do them in skinny?

    Skinnier! 😀

    hammyuk
    Free Member

    deadlydarcy – Member
    Do they do them in skinny?

    drlex
    Free Member

    Alpkit used to do a denim that was pretty water resistant and stretchy for climbers.

    I have a pair; mild water repellancy and no stretchiness- the only real benefit is a panel in the crotch that prevents a seam along the saddle line. Swrve and others are a better bet for cycling?

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