The people saying crotch… do you mean inner thigh?
This. I'd imagine for most folks on this site, it's riding a bike (saddle) that does it. But it can also be the collection of large seams in that area that constantly just get abraided and strained.
Yes, as above in answer to the crotch / inner thigh wear.
Picked up a pair of my Nudie's yesterday that I had dropped in for their lifetime repair service and dropped another couple of pairs off (I have an N+1 jeans problem!).
I never ever ride a bike in trousers … and my bike shorts wear through the arse, so it’s definitely walking for me.
Yeah I used to cycle to work every day and my trews would wear through the arse first. But I don't particularly have big cyclist thighs.
Now I only cycle once a week and i haven't had to repair or replace any jeans in years!
I think my thighs are thinner from cycling compared to when I played rugby and football.
63cm now and they were over 70 when I was a teenager.
I tend to always buy Howies - but they only last around a year before the crotch has air vents.
Quick update. I went down the Vinted and ebay route in the end:
1 pair of Edwin ED55 £30, like new, rrp £185
1 pair Levi 502, £15 good condition, not the quality of the Edwins' but nice fit
1 pair of Nudie Steady Eddie £15!, condition stated as very good, yet to arrive.
So a big thumbs up for saving money and the environment.
I am old and not at all trendy, so my Jeans come from M&S. Fit well, last well and under 40 quid. Loads of cut and size options too.
I have quite a few younger friends and colleagues who agree as well.
I am old and not at all trendy, so my Jeans come from M&S. Fit well, last well and under 40 quid
Interesting.... I've found the ones I've bought last less than a year before they go at the knee or bum!
Maybe it’s because I hardly wear jeans these days, so mine hardly wear at all, but even when I did regularly, I’ve never had jeans wear on the inside of the crotch; on the ass, yes, because I was sat down all the time, moving around on my seat, so after several years they’d start to go a bit thin, but it was years, probably more like ten.
I mostly wear shorts, or if it’s a bit too cold, then my lined Danish Army combat trousers, which are very comfortable, and they keep the cold out. Just had new zips put in, after more than ten years the zipper tags broke off.
Just right for next winter. 😁
Got some half price jeans on the Edwin website.
Cycling.
Denim jeans have to be the most inappropriate clothing for cycling in, what with that big seam joint right at the main pressure point where you sit, I tried wearing jeans once on a bike, it was horribly uncomfortable, which is why I bought proper shorts and long leg trousers designed for cycling in.
And the few times I wore anything out through the seat, was because my job involved sitting down the whole working day, and I didn’t have many pairs to swap around. Now I have loads of combat/cargo-style trousers, jeans, lightweight walking and climbing trousers, shorts, that I’ve worn for many years, which, apart from a couple of instances like my Trolls which snagged and tore slightly, are still completely intact twenty-odd years on.
Mainly because the wear gets spread out, I don’t wear one pair constantly, I’m always swapping them around. Just like I do with socks; I’ve got a drawer full, each pair gets worn once then goes in the wash, some of my M&S socks are getting on for twenty years old, and only now getting a bit threadbare.
I guess I’ve accumulated over a dozen different pairs of shorts, if not more, some are Kona and RaceFace, even a pair of Large Hardware cycling shorts that I often wear, none have worn out, ‘cos they’re only worn a few days at a time.
Spreading the load = less wear and tear. Simples.
