I get these too, the Target Wrangler jeans, to use for my exercise pants, which for the last two years includes riding but also stretching, walking, hiking, some weights and generally climbing over things in the outdoors. Because I give the pants a workout they only last six months or a year, but that's pretty good for the price I think.

I only started riding again a couple years ago, and the first two summers were lower-mileage rides and jeans were fine, but now I'm getting up to 15 and 20 mile rides and I have the feeling it's gonna be a long hot summer for that, so I picked up some shorts to add to the mix. Gotta say, they're a lot cooler, but I still like having my legs covered for the parts of my outings that involve stashing the bike and tromping through the woods.