Jeans

Edwin did some goretex lined jeans ages ago.

Had a pair of those to review. Nice idea but not the most comfortable to wear against the skin. They also did a windstopper pair as well.

Alpkit do waterproof jeans and Edwin did some goretex lined jeans ages ago.

checked the alpkit slim jims
they look very decent and great price too. I wonder if they are comfy or not?

Yeah, they do look good. I'm still swaying towards a pair of
swrve jeans though. Does anyone know what they are like in wet conditions? i.e. do they dry out quickly? Are the waxxed/coated special editions any more rain resistant, or is the coating just a style thing?

checked the alpkit slim jims
they look very decent and great price too. I wonder if they are comfy or not?

Where can you buy them and how much?

http://www.alpkit.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16387&category_id=248

and £50

I decided to buy myself a pair of the Alpkit Jeanius slim fit. Seems a good deal at £50. I'll post my thoughts here once I've got them and tried them out a bit on the bike over the next couple of weeks.

Yeah, they do look good. I'm still swaying towards a pair of
swrve jeans though. Does anyone know what they are like in wet conditions? i.e. do they dry out quickly? Are the waxxed/coated special editions any more rain resistant, or is the coating just a style thing?

I once knocked a whole pint of cider over Hillbilly's swrve jeans and it was bone dry in 10 minutes, freaked us out a bit.

I have two pairs of them , but to be honest dont ride in them much although I wear them constantly, prefer their 3/4's for riding.

Do you/hillbilly have the normal jeans or the special edition coated ones?

http://www.alpkit.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16387&category_id=248

and £50

Thanks, looks interesting but they don't look very 'slim' more 'straight' and that color is not to my taste - I prefer dark blue denim, not washed out.

Do you/hillbilly have the normal jeans or the special edition coated ones?

the regular ones, those shiny ones look wierd.

the Howies are lovely to ride in, although since I got em it hasnt rained! But the fabric has a good feel. will update when its been wet....

What is selvedge?

It's the old way of making jeans - woven in batches which are the correct width for a single pair of jeans, meaning that the jeans are made to size. The edge of the material is therefore the edge of the jeans.

Nowadays jeans are made on enormous industrial looms, the denim is woven meters across, and the denim is just cut down to make the jeans. The edges on those jeans are just the middle part of some denim.

Not explaining this very well, but suffice it to say that generally speaking selvedge jeans are made with more care and more respect for the material than your average pair of jeans. WHen you see a pair of Levis for £140, it's because they're selvedge and will last longer. When you see a pair of Levis for £40, it's because they're not and they won't.

these are waterproof too. and made to withstand mc crashes so definately tough to the state of nearly overkill.

http://www.dragginjeans.net/product/slix%20for%20men

Alpkit do good stuff - these jeans look a bit naff style wise, but looks like they do the water resist thing well

http://www.livefortheoutdoors.com/News-Landing/Search-Results/Gear-news/Gear-blog-video-270309/

selvedge is cheap as chips in uniqlo.
with online discount codes - **UNI15OFF **for 15% off a 45 spend you can pick some up for around £40..
lots of different cuts dependent on your style.. the hipster in me prefers the T000 for riding in.

Primark 391's.

Seriously, how can anyone sell jeans for £3.91. That's fucking ridiculous. They must have been made by female battery semislave children in a foreign 'third world' country, out of genetically modified cotton that was sprayed with the most deadly, environmentally damaging pesticides and treated with carcinogenic compounds, and then delivered to each store by illegal immigrant lorry drivers.

But they're cheap and if you wreck them who cares.

edit: I didn't read page 1.

i've been cycling in this one pair of jeans from h&m for freakin aaaaaaages with no hint of wear around the manhood. they were about 20 quid and were already pretty old when i started wearing them on the bike. these things are indestructable - they're made of cockroaches or something.

waterproof jeans would be disastrous... waterproofing = not breathable = smelly from the inside

wrong wrong wrong wrong.
there's plenty of breathable waterproof fabrics out there (and no i'm not talking about goretex before you get you knickers in a twist)
event or paramo for example

i've been cycling in this one pair of jeans from h&m for freakin aaaaaaages with no hint of wear around the manhood. they were about 20 quid and were already pretty old when i started wearing them on the bike. these things are indestructable - they're made of cockroaches or something.

+1

I have one pair I got in 2007, and they only have a little rip on the thigh, near to the knee, other than that they're amazzzinnng.

wrong wrong wrong wrong.
there's plenty of breathable waterproof fabrics out there (and no i'm not talking about goretex before you get you knickers in a twist)
event or paramo for example

Softshell is a great alternative to Goretex, flexible, breathable, and lighter, our weather aren't severe enough for Goretex.

Softshell is a great alternative to Goretex, flexible, breathable, and lighter, our weather aren't severe enough for Goretex.

softshells fabric isn't lighter than goretex. i have softshells of various thicknesses from gore N2S (the thinnest) to a waterproof seamsealed softshell (useless on the bike unlesss it around freezing) and all are heavier than a cycling specific gore/e-vent jacket.
if anything our weather is hard to deal with because it can be wet and warm so fabrics have to be very breathable as well as water resistant/waterproof.

I got myself both the Alpkit Jenius, and the Swrve coated special editions. I'm gonna try both on properly later when I get home, but first impressions this morning, I preferred the fit of the Swrve's. The coated special edition Swrves don't look as weird in the flesh as they do on the Swrve UK site, not as shiny in reality. I'll post some pics of both later.

selvedge is cheap as chips in uniqlo.
with online discount codes - **UNI15OFF **for 15% off a 45 spend you can pick some up for around £40..
lots of different cuts dependent on your style.. the hipster in me prefers the T000 for riding in.

I'm with billybob on the uniqlo T000. 25 quid a year ago and no unwanted vents yet.

our weather aren't severe enough for Goretex.

Manchester is always Gortex weather

Manchester is always Gortex weather

Ha....! bet you got soaked today mate.... bad messenger weather today..... Denim definitely Not FTW today!