Comments on: Chrome knickers are babe magnets

By: Allie

Allie — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:23:55 +0000

Ha, very european too..

By: someone

someone — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:56:37 +0000

For that they cost, they better be.

By: Philly Bill

Philly Bill — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:41:32 +0000

Yeah, I’m not gonna lie, before I only would ever ride in rolled up jeans and dickies, but for long rides you need something with a little give and some padding. I really wear these all time I wear them out, I wear them on my bike, wear’em around the house. Oh and I think they look and feel best rolled up just a bit…and that way you can’t tell if they are knickers or shorts.

What it comes down to is buying these is like buying snowboarding pants, you want something you can move in, that is put together to last and looks good. If you got the cash….I’m telling you its well worth it.

For those who are too cool, cheap or hipster, keep wearing you cut off dickies and your jeans but you don’t know what you missing….I sure didn’t

but then again some people snowboard/ski in jeans……

By: urbino

urbino — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:43:51 +0000

Hi, all. new to the site.

I still haven’t gotten on the knickers bandwagon. I usually go with hiking pants, with [reflective] velcro straps just below my calves. Now that the weather is warming up, I’m really liking the lightweight REI pants I got. (I think they call them “Adventure” pants, or some such.) Very lightweight, cool, and look like normal khakis when I’m off the bike.

By: Vic DeHaven

Vic DeHaven — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:09 +0000

Actually it is a lot more fun to wear a cargo kilt in the hot area I live in. Southwest Aridzone.

By: John

John — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:59:47 +0000

At 57 I could use a few comments like that. I can imagine what I would actually get though. Probably a give certificate for Nutri Systems.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:10:22 +0000

G-Ted, I coulda swore I've seen you wearing Chrome pants. Or maybe I'm confusing that with your messenger bag. For great blue collar knickers, baseball pants from the thrift store are a great buy. Here's a photo of my friend Martin riding his high wheel bike wearing baseball pants. Even brand new they're about $10. Stretchy fabric moves with you and they fit great for cycling. I don't know how fire retardant they are, though. (Great link, Gene!)

By: Biking Bis

Biking Bis — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:23:02 +0000

Hey Fritz... They may be hot, but do they catch fire? Check out Hot Pants.

By: redcliffs

redcliffs — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:13:43 +0000

They are nice, but they’d have to be outrageously awesome to be worth 3.5x the MUSA knickers at Rivendell — http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/clothing?page=2#product=22-635 — at $40. That goes for all the knickers mentioned here, I think. i don’t own a pair, though I’d like to; I confess that I wouldn’t pay $100+ – $150 for technical bibs, let alone unpadded pants for getting around town…

By: g.ted.productions

g.ted.productions — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:02:43 +0000

Choke: I’m with ya there on the price thing. Maybe Tim needs to start a site called”Blue Collar Commuter”.

I just wear Dickies. Long ones in winter and short ones in summer. I think I can buy anywhere from five to six pair at the going rate for these knickers and I can get colors too. Anyway, it works just great for me commuting and I have been using Dickies since I started commuting in 2002.

To each their own.