Jeans

What, like the cut off leg part? Thought about that, but won't the overlap rub more?

I do it with brand new cheap jeans now. immediately turn then into 3/4 length and stitch a bit into the crotch, means that the fabric is still the same colour. Seems to be working so far. Had to replace my stitching once but I'm doing it all by hand so kinda expected

UTFS make some cycling-specific jeans called Merge.

Stretchy jeans, they don't wear, nuff fuckin' said!

muxu - better cut than swrve (for me)

Don't ride in jeans, if you don't do lycra try Endura Humvees, awesome shorts.

Primark jeans soaked in Nikwax cotton proof for a bit of weatherproofing. No need to feel precious about getting them dirty or worn. I like the 'stretchy' jeans though. I don't know if that even technically makes them jeans anymore.

I do it with brand new cheap jeans now. immediately turn then into 3/4 length and stitch a bit into the crotch, means that the fabric is still the same colour. Seems to be working so far. Had to replace my stitching once but I'm doing it all by hand so kinda expected

Got pics of that? I'm curious to exactly how/where you do this.

I do 4 patches around the seams in the crotch. the two at the front about 1"x3" and the tow behind about 2"x3". It depends on where you normally wear through the jeans.

No pics sorry, left the jeans in work today