"Stop making this difficult."

Sorry....it's what we do.

I thought that my idea was the best!

Everybody has a drawer full of single socks!

I'll try it later this week!

I call them shorts.

+1 on shorts, or tucking jeans into your socks.

But if you need a flimsy excuse to buy another bike, don't let us stand in your way.

daisy dukes are best!

Hey you guys are putting too much science into this! But for some of you younger guys you might not know what I'm talking about, but it's called a Clothspin! yea and if you loose it, it's OK because they come like 20-30 in abox don't complicate your life,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I still prefer the new fangled binder clip

I think I've tried everything, buffalowings, ant the large binder clips are best for me, too. At least till it warms up enough for shorts.

Get them altered ,'Pegged' as it was called, to Be Tight enough .. and you may not need to shave your legs,
as the fabric will pull the hair out by the roots.

Levi's 501s stay out of the chain pretty well. I occasionally get chain tats when I'm bare legged so I have no idea how to assure that you won't get a grease mark any time you ride with an exposed chain. Tucking into your sock at least puts the chain mark out of sight once you arrive at your destination.

Another trick I have used is to get black terrycloth wrist sweatbands. I wear one over my sock and just pull it up over the pant leg when riding and push it down around my ankle when off the bike. With black socks and hidden under the bottom of the pants they are pretty inconspicuous and take just a couple of seconds to tuck the pant leg in when you get back on the bike.

bicycle spring clip, large paper binder clip, or my go-to is simply a rubber band. I can't see why anyone would select pants for cycling when the solutions are so simple.

In browsing for commuter bikes I've stumbled upon the Breezer Uptown 8. It comes fully equipped with a full chain case, full fenders, dynamo lights and a rear rack. The comment below sums up my opinion. It's also in line with pretty much all of the cities and countries worldwide that have a high percentage of people bicycling (Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Hangzhou, etc).

Clearly the answer is jeggings.

I think that's OK for short, easy commutes or errands, but my commute is a very hilly 25 miles round trip, which takes a minimum of 45 minutes in and 1+ hours back home - riding pretty hard. I just need to wear cycling clothes.

But I definitely think that a huge percentage of recreational riders, not to mention commuters, could be much better served by a "dutch" kind of bike with fenders, a chain cover and easy, simple shifting.

roll them up. All my jeans are Levi's 510 (super skinny) just because I'm pretty skinny and they feel "baggy" to me; I still manage to get them dirty, so I just roll 'em up. Provides air ventilation too, so I roll up the other side as well. And I mean ROLL THEM UP, don't just pull them up; it might be faster than rolling them up, but they will always fall back down and get your pants dirty.