Help with shorts/jeans alternative... for a lycra virgin

Your all cyclists, why can't you just get over jeans and wear cycle clothing.

Even though you think you look like a twat in lycra, has it not occurred to you that the cycling community thinks you look like a twat in jeans?

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This would be valid were it not the case that the 'cycling community' you speak of is a bunch of cunts who no-one gives a shit about.