Originally Posted by Lenton58

Chainguard? What you do is get some lengthy nylon socks ... preferably black. Cut them just back behind the heel. If you are wearing classic Italian type slip-ons, you just drop them and pull them on over your regular socks. Fold yer suit pants/slacks around your ankle to minimize creasing and pull your "sleeve-sock" over the cuff. Keeps you cleaner than even with the chainguard. If you hit a patch where the street flusher has been, a drizzle, windborn debris, winter chills etc it out does the guard and you are minus the nerd factor.