You are reading a single comment by @rusty and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@rusty
When I was in New York in 2008 I went out to one of those mega discount shopping malls and was enticed by the prices at the Levi's shop. I bought a pair of what I now believe to be 501 Original shrink-to-fit in indigo. I hadn't a clue about jeans at the time so I grabbed a pair of 30" waist, 30" leg and headed up to the cash desk to pay. The guy there told me to buy 30Wx32L or 30Wx34L as they'll shrink. Again, I was clueless so I just picked one. Unsure which now. I wore them, then washed them by themselves, then washed them some more. Fairly regular washes at 40º. I think I still have them but they're really short in the leg and look crap now.
My question is, what was I actually meant to do with these jeans? I think they had great potential if only I'd treated them properly. The reason I ask if that I'm thinking of getting another pair. This time I might get the selvedge ones too (I know it's been asked before but what does this mean? just better jeans because the denim's better?).