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[Closed] Screwfix shorts....

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Following a lot of dissapointment with Endura / Altura / Fox shorts, thinking back to the past, all the rad sk8r doods wore dickies as they were more hard wearing than other stuff, I wondered whether the same could be applied to find some cheap shorts for riding in.
Seen [url= http://www.screwfix.com/p/dickies-redhawk-multi-pocket-shorts-size-32-w/74049 ]these for £15[/url] and [url= http://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-multi-pocket-shorts-32/50018# ]these for £13[/url].
Reckon I might pick a pair up and have a look, as long as there's no seams that are going to rub I reckon they'll be fine for a spot of riding....
Anyone else worn something similar?


 
Posted : 15/05/2012 3:22 pm
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I guess 1 problem will be the waistband won't be bike-specific, so expect a draughty builder's bum, which ovbiously isn't a problem for sk8er, jumpy crowd with their keks halfway to their knees.


 
Posted : 15/05/2012 3:26 pm
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i've got a pair not ridden in them though - like the zipped pockets (not a fetish) just been and looked pretty hefty seams in places that will see bike action


 
Posted : 15/05/2012 3:46 pm
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antigee, is it the dickies you have?

Are the seams in places that will be a problem even with a padded liner?


 
Posted : 15/05/2012 3:55 pm
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Most of my riding shorts aren't riding shorts, they are just cheap ones. Swimming shorts are good as they don't hold water


 
Posted : 15/05/2012 5:39 pm
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antigee, is it the dickies you have?

Are the seams in places that will be a problem even with a padded liner?

no screwfix own brand - bought last summer so i guess may have changed since - big seam straight down middle and 2 thick parallel seams 4cm or so out from centre up your butt - not a bike friendly place i would have thought even with a liner depending on mtfu factor and distance riden - but at price worth a poke - good for gardening and looking like you do some real man work


 
Posted : 16/05/2012 12:01 am