Cheap bike pants (shants?)
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Cheap bike pants (shants?)
has anyone tried the Baphomet Cycles Pantagram? they're only $39 and they look pretty standard, not too flashy, so I was thinking of trying 'em out . .
does anybody know how they fit or how long they last?
found them here: https://baphometcycles.com/pantagram.html
does anybody know how they fit or how long they last?
found them here: https://baphometcycles.com/pantagram.html
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40 bucks for a pair of rebranded and hemmed work pants doesn't seem like a good deal to me (besides, that logo looks pretty dumb).
I've found that Red Kap work pants are better than Dickies, as they're cheaper and a little slimmer. They also don't get 'pilly' with age like Dickies tend to.
https://www.automotiveworkwear.com/Re...ork_pants.html
I've found that Red Kap work pants are better than Dickies, as they're cheaper and a little slimmer. They also don't get 'pilly' with age like Dickies tend to.
https://www.automotiveworkwear.com/Re...ork_pants.html
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How much "slimmer" I like loose especialy on my hips, I only brought up Dickies because they make a "Shant" I've been wearing them to ride in as well as work in this spring....I destroy clothes so if they last to the fall they are more than worth the cost
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Dickies "shants" are a little on the baggy side. I hate them. The Red Kap pants are about 1/2" slimmer than standard Dickies work pants and made from a little bit lighter weight material. I usually just buy pants and cut them off...sometimes I hem them. I have a few pairs that are 10+ years old that are showing signs of their age but still hanging on!
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personally, I hate wearing baggy clothes. I don't like looking like I'm wearing hand-me-downs from older siblings. The 'baggy' clothing style has irked me since day 1.
That isn't to say that everyone should wear skinny jeans and all.
But fitting clothes are really the only way to go if you ask me.
Which somewhat sucks for me being 5'8 and 125 lbs, because it's so hard to find clothes that fit. No one makes clothes for thin doodz that isn't skinny jeans.
EDIT: I should also say that there is a difference between 'relaxed' and Baggy.
That isn't to say that everyone should wear skinny jeans and all.
But fitting clothes are really the only way to go if you ask me.
Which somewhat sucks for me being 5'8 and 125 lbs, because it's so hard to find clothes that fit. No one makes clothes for thin doodz that isn't skinny jeans.
EDIT: I should also say that there is a difference between 'relaxed' and Baggy.
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Only riding these from here on out!
I got a pair a few months back and they're the sh%t. They're slimmer than dickies and have a heavier weight fabric. They haven't shown any signs of pilling, and when I crashed on dry pavement, they barely scuffed.
Plus, I'm not allowed to wear "cutt-offs" at work; we're required to wear hemmed pants on our deliveries. I had been using Carharts, but the cotton wears out too fast and they're pretty heavy. I've also tried BDU's (army camo) but they're pretty heavy, too.
I'd definitely buy another pair. The dude who makes them rides mtb's and delivers in Colorado. I met him in Fruita and seems pretty legit.
Hope that helps.
Plus, I'm not allowed to wear "cutt-offs" at work; we're required to wear hemmed pants on our deliveries. I had been using Carharts, but the cotton wears out too fast and they're pretty heavy. I've also tried BDU's (army camo) but they're pretty heavy, too.
I'd definitely buy another pair. The dude who makes them rides mtb's and delivers in Colorado. I met him in Fruita and seems pretty legit.
Hope that helps.
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I got a pair a few months back and they're the sh%t. They're slimmer than dickies and have a heavier weight fabric. They haven't shown any signs of pilling, and when I crashed on dry pavement, they barely scuffed.
Plus, I'm not allowed to wear "cutt-offs" at work; we're required to wear hemmed pants on our deliveries. I had been using Carharts, but the cotton wears out too fast and they're pretty heavy. I've also tried BDU's (army camo) but they're pretty heavy, too.
I'd definitely buy another pair. The dude who makes them rides mtb's and delivers in Colorado. I met him in Fruita and seems pretty legit.
Hope that helps.
Plus, I'm not allowed to wear "cutt-offs" at work; we're required to wear hemmed pants on our deliveries. I had been using Carharts, but the cotton wears out too fast and they're pretty heavy. I've also tried BDU's (army camo) but they're pretty heavy, too.
I'd definitely buy another pair. The dude who makes them rides mtb's and delivers in Colorado. I met him in Fruita and seems pretty legit.
Hope that helps.
Note there's also a difference between pre-made shorts/knickers and cutoffs made from pants. BDU and Dickies prefab shorts/knickers are ridiculously wide, but cutoffs from full pants fit much better in both cases.
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40 bucks for a pair of rebranded and hemmed work pants doesn't seem like a good deal to me (besides, that logo looks pretty dumb).
I've found that Red Kap work pants are better than Dickies, as they're cheaper and a little slimmer. They also don't get 'pilly' with age like Dickies tend to.
https://www.automotiveworkwear.com/Re...ork_pants.html
I've found that Red Kap work pants are better than Dickies, as they're cheaper and a little slimmer. They also don't get 'pilly' with age like Dickies tend to.
https://www.automotiveworkwear.com/Re...ork_pants.html
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mine were pretty similar to Levi's and Dickies, but the hem seemed to be longer. (I'm 5'7 and bought the "Short".)
But I think its better to have a longer hem, because when I'm riding, the bottem of the shants?/knicker? is still an inch or two below my knee, so my knee-cap doesn't get any wind chill. I guess they just seem longer when I'm standing, but on the bike they totally make sense.
I was going to buy some Dickies, have a local seamstress take out the baggyness, and then hem them up, but it was going to cost a lot and I wasn't too sure of how long to tell the seamstress to hem them.
But I think its better to have a longer hem, because when I'm riding, the bottem of the shants?/knicker? is still an inch or two below my knee, so my knee-cap doesn't get any wind chill. I guess they just seem longer when I'm standing, but on the bike they totally make sense.
I was going to buy some Dickies, have a local seamstress take out the baggyness, and then hem them up, but it was going to cost a lot and I wasn't too sure of how long to tell the seamstress to hem them.
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mine were pretty similar to Levi's and Dickies, but the hem seemed to be longer. (I'm 5'7 and bought the "Short".)
But I think its better to have a longer hem, because when I'm riding, the bottem of the shants?/knicker? is still an inch or two below my knee, so my knee-cap doesn't get any wind chill. I guess they just seem longer when I'm standing, but on the bike they totally make sense.
I was going to buy some Dickies, have a local seamstress take out the baggyness, and then hem them up, but it was going to cost a lot and I wasn't too sure of how long to tell the seamstress to hem them.
But I think its better to have a longer hem, because when I'm riding, the bottem of the shants?/knicker? is still an inch or two below my knee, so my knee-cap doesn't get any wind chill. I guess they just seem longer when I'm standing, but on the bike they totally make sense.
I was going to buy some Dickies, have a local seamstress take out the baggyness, and then hem them up, but it was going to cost a lot and I wasn't too sure of how long to tell the seamstress to hem them.
Learn to sew! I hear it's pretty easy. I'm lucky and my girlfriend is pretty handy with a sewing machine, but I suspect taking in jeans (taking out the bagginess) or dickies wouldn't be too hard.
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Yeah, they're great. I literally have about 15 pairs - some cut, some not, some old, some new. They run pretty true to size and last a damn long time.
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at 6'1" and around 200 I like things loose, I also skateboard park/pool/ramp so any shorts have to be able to fit comfortably over kneepads. I'll give the Red Kap a try but $40 pants are more than I'm gonna spend on something I'm not wearing a tie with
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also to note that the classic camo BDUs come in a winter weight, and a summer weight. I have some summer cut offs and they aren't heavy at all. I could imagine riding with winter weights though, those are heavy!