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Sundays is up to town on tourer with panniers (6 miles round trip), potter around house a bit, then off to costco (on other side of town, 12 miles round trip) also on tourer, and return well laden.

Mrs flap observes that singletracks and T shirt looks OK in summer, but ronhills under the singletracks and smelly helly on top aint.

Fashion police please help...


 
Posted : 04/12/2011 3:30 pm
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Posted : 04/12/2011 3:32 pm
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Can you still get those rubberised jeans?


 
Posted : 04/12/2011 3:46 pm
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Humvee trousers?


 
Posted : 04/12/2011 4:21 pm
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corduroy trousers are surprisingly good for cycling.wool baselayer,woolie jumper,maybe a windproof jacket.
flat pedals.5.10 freeriders.
humvees are allright,wear them to work.but don't age well.woudn't buy again.


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 12:47 am
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[url= http://www.surface-clothing.com/products.php ]Surface[/url] make some nice gear that might be what you're looking for?


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 12:55 am
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Jeans, t-shirt, fleece and a wind proof.


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 1:19 am
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jeans aren't that good.tshirts are made of cotton and take ages to dry,with a fleece and wind proof you'll be all sweaty,and the tshirt won't dry.wool works well.


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 1:26 am
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Swrve 3/4 length shorts or trousers. They are available in a few different fabrics, the softshell versions are fairly warm. http://swrve.co.uk/


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 3:51 am
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Berghaus tech t-shirts look almost normal and dry quicker than a cotton t-shirt.


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 6:23 am
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He's not cycling for longer than 20 minutes for any single journey - jeans, t shirt, fleece and a wind proof will be perfectly fine. It's not like he'll be cycling up the Galibier with fully laden panniers.


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 8:04 am
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The Nike dryfit T shirts are good, lots cheaper than Berghaus etc, mine we about £11 from Costco. Looks like a silky regular T shirt, even has some reflexives on it for the summer evenings but works well under a jumper at this time of year.

Defo wool though not cotton and if you can stretch to it there are some really nice Icebreaker jumpers out now, just make sure you try them as they tend to be a bit "athletic" in the cut so maybe go up a size for something more casual.
Nice light windproof on top.
For legs I'd avoid jeans this time of year had too many freezing leg moments on my commutes to Uni in the past, cord is a good call but remember the ankle straps it's a bugger to get out of your chainset maybe one of the nice leather brooks wraps?


 
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Posted : 05/12/2011 10:02 am
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I wear my Montane hiking trousers for everything. Job interviews, weddings, court appearances, funerals...


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 11:56 am
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is it just me or the young gent above looks allright dressed like that,dunno about the white socks.
that reminds me,did militant graham get a penny farthing?


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 7:15 pm
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Sundays is up to town on tourer with panniers (6 miles round trip), potter around house a bit, then off to costco (on other side of town, 12 miles round trip) also on tourer, and return well laden.

Normal clothes.

What is this British obsession with having to have specialist equipment to do everyday activities?


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 7:33 pm
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I often knock about locally on the bike in combats, (rolled up in spring/summer), work boots and 'something' on top depending on the weather ...


 
Posted : 05/12/2011 7:37 pm