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42 posts & 28 voices | Started 2 years ago by foxyrider | Latest reply from juiced

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foxyrider - Member

Latest Howies e-newsletter.

Maybe I'm not that trendy but a pair of jeans for £95 to cycle in? At this time of year? Are you Maaad?

We love the Epic Drover. They look just like a pair of regular jeans and they feel like them too, but they have a secret, they are water-resistant. We’ve been testing them all winter and they are a firm favourite here at howies. If you are caught out in the rain the water will just run off them. That’s because each individual fibre is coated with an eco-safe, solvent-free water-resistant polymer.

Sounds techy, behaves techy, but looks just like any other pair of jeans.

Available in Indigo priced £95

Posted 2 years ago #
clubber - Member

Howies in selling silly expensive fashionable kit shocker!

To be fair if you're flush enough not to care about the price and if the techno-crap is actually right, they'd probably be fine.

Posted 2 years ago #
foxyrider - Member

He's not wearing gloves and I bet he's wearing a skid hat

Posted 2 years ago #
hora - Member

Fantastic. I might actually buy a second pair (for both commuting and mountain biking).

How do you order? They look really good quality so £100 is nothing and they probably pay their chinese factory workers higher salaries anyway.

Posted 2 years ago #
bobbyspangles - Member

expensive but i have had my pair of indigos for nigh on 6 years now and i have put them through hell and back.
still not sure i would ride xc/am etc in jean though, only for street riding mebbe

Posted 2 years ago #
james - Member

What is that stem doing on a soul?! Its horrendous
It looks like its got a Brand X seastpost too. Dear oh dear

Maybe the jeans are something to do with it ..

Posted 2 years ago #
vondally - Member

hypotherma included in the price?????

Posted 2 years ago #
vinnyeh - Member

same thing, without the Howies badge, has been available for a couple of years at Alpkit for half the price..

Posted 2 years ago #
hora - Member

Have you ever met a guy who rolls his jeans up to his knees? Plus is that physically possible?!

Posted 2 years ago #
littlegirlbunny - Member

Them's spafftastic looking jeans

Posted 2 years ago #
chakaping - Member

Just think of the chafing!

Posted 2 years ago #
hora - Member

Ah yes- might buy a pair if they are half the price:

http://www.alpkit.com/products/notes/water-resistant-jeans/

Posted 2 years ago #
james - Member

"Have you ever met a guy who rolls his jeans up to his knees?"
Its so he does't miss out on the oily chainring mark on his leg I assume?

Posted 2 years ago #
tonyg2003 - Member

I've got two pairs of Alpkit Epics and they are as good/better than the Howies pair I bought a while ago.

Amazing to watch water bead off Epics when new.

Posted 2 years ago #
cynic-al - Member

I think it's a cool idea, overprices as always but it's a "brand".

So wish I had some of their insulated jeans.

Posted 2 years ago #
Mr Agreeable - Member

I've got some of the Alpkit ones and they are OK in mizzle. They wet out pretty quickly in proper rain though. Also you seem to sweat more in them than proper jeans, and they feel a bit weird and greasy.

It's good that people are making "normal" looking outdoor clothes though and balking at the price seems a bit silly, people will either pay it or they won't. Last time I looked Endura stuff wasn't pocket money either and at least Howies gear doesn't seem to fall apart after one wash.

Posted 2 years ago #
hora - Member

James how big a chainring do you use? I find rolled upto top of sock height sorts that... or roll sock over jeans. Simples.

rolling your jeans upto your knees is for wading in rivers or looking special on a bike.

Posted 2 years ago #
chakaping - Member

Haven't you lot heard of bicycle clips?

Howies probably make an organic freetrade made-in-china pair for £40.

Posted 2 years ago #
james - Member

Whenever I get an oily chainring mark on my legs (when wearing shorts) its from standing over the bike, as per the guy in the picture
44T, 42T, 34T and 32T btw (on different bikes)

Posted 2 years ago #
hora - Member

Howies probably make an organic freetrade made-in-china pair for £40.

If they do-I'd buy a pair.

James. I no longer wear jeans on bikes purely as the crotch area always rips after a while

Posted 2 years ago #
foxyrider - Member

Oh dear I feel old now - [Mental Note] must be more trendy and move away from the black lycra and baggies [/Mental Note]

Posted 2 years ago #
scruff - Member

The Alpkits do look good for DH playing. When its cold your pads keep you warm to an extent but I did ride in jeans with pads under the other week and it felt nicer than just shorts, kept me warmer and mentally offered extra protection. Dont really like the DH nu-skool jim-jams.

Posted 2 years ago #
nuke - Member

Just from the title of this thread, I knew it had to be good old Howies...good call on the Alpkit jeans; going to give them a try.

Posted 2 years ago #
hora - Member

foxyrider in the past 10yrs Ive only ever met one rider as scruffy as me out on the bike. All my bike clothes are mismatched, ripped and old! I just dont beleive in wearing anything co-ordinated or trendy.

Posted 2 years ago #
disco_stu - Member

I've got two pairs of Alpkit Epics and they are as good/better than the Howies pair I bought a while ago.

Amazing to watch water bead off Epics when new.

tonyg2003, what was the fit like on the alpkits? i read on another forum (lfgss) that the jeans were good but not the best fit for cycling in

Posted 2 years ago #
cookeaa - Member

About 6 years ago I used to ride in cheapo Jeans all the time, for Dirt jumpy/trail riding in my local woods comfy cheap don't care if they get torn/dirty, but they were not really suitable for all day epics or putting in some miles, heavy and obviously normal jeans suck up water, I can see water proof jeans being handy, but then if it’s pissing it down and I’m off for a ride I’ll put on the chopped off surplus DPM which cost all of about £14 and look just as twatty as overpriced Niche boy jeans.
For £95 I could have a fair few pairs of those and wouldn’t give a toss it I took a tumble and tore a pair…

Looking good on a bike is highly overrated.

Posted 2 years ago #
loco_pollo - Member

Plenty of people wear jeans for DH. Tough and comfortable with practical pockets. What's not to love? I'm not sure I'd wear a pair of £95 jeans though.

Posted 2 years ago #
Mr Agreeable - Member

Alpkits are cut for climbing, not cycling so they are on the baggy and long side. They do have a seamless crotch though.

Posted 2 years ago #
angryratio - Member

One of the lads in our group rides in nowt but denim, although he just uses virtually disposable primarni denim.

Posted 2 years ago #
_tom_ - Member

I'd never pay that much for one item of clothing, haha. I DJ in old jeans, it actually looks ridiculous as they're about 4 sizes too big, but I don't have any older pairs that fit properly!

Posted 2 years ago #
backhander - Member

I'm finally done with Howies.
I went into the bristol store and it was full of cliftonites with their little jemimas and tarquins, never been muddy in their life. This brand no longer has eff all to do with biking and should concentrate on its proper market; posh ****.
"oh, yah, Crispin this is soooo sweet" Rrrrrrrrrrr

Posted 2 years ago #
Lemurian - Member

Jeans are fine for DH/DJ/FR type stuff but for XC I definitely wouldn't go any where near them. Anyhow, they don't look half as sexy as some nice, tight lycra

Posted 2 years ago #
jam bo - Member

twisted jeans are pretty comfy to ride in. a epic version of them would get my interest.

Posted 2 years ago #
nickc - Member

This brand no longer has eff all to do with biking

Has it ever been a biking brand?

Posted 2 years ago #
Andyhilton - Member

I've got a pair of the alpkit ones and they are great. The seamless crotch is nice and comfy. I don't go riding in them though. That's what baggies/lycra is for.

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