drivetrain - 1; wool slacks - 0
 

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I was riding home today in the rain in dress clothes (as if this wasn't miserable enough), and was mashing up a good-sized hill when my pants came uncuffed enough to get caught in the chain. Suck. I actually avoided taking a spill, but came pretty close as the chainring ate my pants. My knee hit the handlebars pretty hard without my foot coming unclipped, I'm still not sure how that happened... I didn't think it could reach.

I know its not a fingertip, but I just needed to b**** about it, a ruined pair of grey wool dress pants after spending 11 hours gone at school just sucks. :mad:
Maybe they will make comfy cutoffs. :p

Hey, I don't know what you're implying, but you can kiss my cherry red....umm...nevermind.
Sorry about the pants.

I am implying that my level of sacrifice is vastly inferior to yours. What else could that have been interpreted as???

try bicycle clips next time

I am glad that ryan_c is not mortally wounded. Thank you

lemons...then lemonade...better than nothing, right?

Do you mean the metal clips that hold your pants tight around the calf? There's one laying around here somewhere, I think my dad usually takes it... I'm thinking it might start seeing more use. If this isn't what you are talking about, I have no idea.

yep thats it

I'm wondering where you found a good sized hill in Chicago. I'm assuming it was a bridge.

or a pile of homeless people

The lake used to reach my neighborhood, so theres a "ridge" of sorts.
OK, maybe not GOOD sized, but good for Chicago. Short but a fair angle. Mash-worthy.

Fair enough.

same thing can happen to carhartt logger jeans. fixed drivetrain wins every time in my experience.

Not always true - I threw a chain with a pair of carhartts. Brought the bike to a skid stop, and left several little chips out of the bottom of the bike :(

maybe your chain wasn't tight enough or your axle slipped. Mine took a huge chunk out of the carhartts no problem.

No fun either way. Too bad the capri pants popular for guys in europe haven't caught on here :lol:

Nah - I know it was the pant leg. I felt it pull, it just didn't rip...

Maybe you should just "Manpris" them and be just like ACDC's Angus Young.