Originally Posted by ecovelo

Funny you should say this. I ride with a couple of guys who go this route, especially for cooler weather rides. You can wear long sleeves, shorts and knee warmers, and not freeze to death having to take off your jersey to drop trou if you stop at a port-o-john or one of those breezy, unheated parks & rec bathrooms.

Just make sure you get suspenders with plastic flat clips, or slip-through button clips; not metal clips, since those will rip up your shorts.