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Old 11-28-05 | 10:37 AM
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:41 AM
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right leg rolled only. 3 rolls with most jeans... hot pink tube socks.....HOT
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:45 AM
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Both - I like being symmetrical. And I generally leave them up.

I've also long worn manpris, shants, cut-offs, clamdiggers, whatever you want to call them. They afford a good range of motion and are comfortable.

But, whatever works.
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:48 AM
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second those manpris. but when not rollin' highwaters, I go for the LL.
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:49 AM
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I roll LL cool J, pink cookies in a plastic bag... Thats awesome. Wes turned me on to Argyle socks(which I hadn't rocked since catholic school), which has allowed me even more color coordinating options.
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:51 AM
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If I am wearing loose legged pants (i.e. cargos), I roll both to reduce flappage. Jeans, just the right.
Agree with Jamtastic, wild socks are required
But has anyone notice that some street kids will roll the left only...for reasons that perplex me.
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:51 AM
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Both legs rolled. I call the 1 leg roll 'the homeless look'

No offense to the homeless people on this board.
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:52 AM
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Definitely both. I like the symmetery. I like the feel. Also, depending on where you are, and who you look like, you're liable to get shot with one leg rolled up. I've actually been warned (in a really nice, polite way) by kids on the street when rocking Kool Thing style.
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:54 AM
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neither. If I wear long pants I just let em flap in the breeze. Yes my right one gets chewed up, but it happens more on geared than fixed, the front derailur is more frequently the culprit than the chain ring. Sometimes I chop em off mid calf length to make a quick and dirty pair of manpris. Those I roll up into shorts symmetrically when i get hot.
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:55 AM
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Argyle socks, the higher (and uglier) the better.
Both pant legs rolled up (3x).

That's me for over a decade now.

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Old 11-28-05 | 10:56 AM
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Never rolled them up, that big bunched-up bit of cloth bothers me more then the occasional greasy pant leg.
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Old 11-28-05 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by poopncow
But has anyone notice that some street kids will roll the left only...for reasons that perplex me.
Those are the ones running tandem cranks for left hand drive. Some people just gotta be different
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:03 AM
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Winter time it's Uncle L. I don't dig the dutch boy look.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:18 AM
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I roll em both. I've found that my left cuff hits the chainring sometimes through the frame if i don't roll that one too. So its precautionary. I don't know what my chances are of getting the left leg caught, but I don't want to find out what happens.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:24 AM
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Thus far there are two Audrey Hepburns for every LL Cool J on this board.

Make of that what you will.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:27 AM
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Neither - cutoffs or the silly reflective band.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:28 AM
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oh jesus.

first of all, why?

second of all, you mean KATHERINE HEPBURN, not AUDREY HEPBURN, you culture-lacking maniac!


NOT


Don't mess with me when it comes to the Hepburns... I love Audrey.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:31 AM
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FYI, It's Katherine who was famous for wearing pants. I now see you have a picture of Audrey up there on the bike- sorry for jumping the gun. I'm a chump.

BUT, Kathrine was famous the pants. And I love Audrey.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:33 AM
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teadogg, your weekend of front wheel assisted onanism has, as mother warned you, made you go blind.
i repeat, audrey hepburn

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Old 11-28-05 | 11:35 AM
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edit: i see your edit. audrey was famous for capris dude. it's her signature look.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:35 AM
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i retract my original statement - you're not a culture-lacking manic, eddie. You're a refined, civilized gentleman who know's a classy lady. =)

but for the record, Katherine was the pants wearer, mostly.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:37 AM
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audrey kicks katherine's ass any day. But they are both still great ladies... I wish more of old hollywood style survived. Now we have Jessica simpson with daisy dukes... so how many rock that option?
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:37 AM
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either both sides rolled up with soccer socks in the winter or one of the many pair of shants that i own. Every time i go to goodwill I'm always on the hunt for a pair of pants i can hack the bottoms off. There's just something rewarding about buying a pair of pants just to cut em up. cheers.
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:38 AM
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eddie - Touché.

we're both right In the battle, I fear. let's unite!
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Old 11-28-05 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by teadoggg
i retract my original statement - you're not a culture-lacking manic, eddie. You're a refined, civilized gentleman who know's a classy lady. =)

but for the record, Katherine was the pants wearer, mostly.
fine, but it's not about any old pants. it's about capris. and audrey hepburn rocked capris.

allow me to demonstrate:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
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