Clean trousers (with regular clothing)

Stephen Patterson said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Wear cycle clips, reflective velcro, or tuck them into your socks.
If the chain is reasonably clean, only flapping trousers will get dirty.

-adrian

Stephen Patterson said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Best thing is a full-on chain-guard, but failing that, those 'slaps'
make pretty good bicycle clips (Halfords have them, near the cash desk
- they look like fluorescent steel rulers)

Stephen Patterson said the following on 10/10/2006 14:10:

Quoted message said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

I cycle to work wearing normal trousers, but I wrap the bottoms of the
legs with that reflective velcro strip from Halfords. Looks silly, but
gets me to work with clean trews!

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

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Quoted message said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers
without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd
like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Traditionally tuch into socks, trouser clips or equivalent or chain case.

Recently I've taken to just rolling my trousers up so the relevant bit
doesn't reach as far as the mucky bits. Works quite well for short rides.

cheers,
clive

Stephen Patterson said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

cycle clips/velcro bands or tucked-in-socks, as other have mentioned,
or roll up the legs of looser cut trousers. Has the advantage of
needing no hardware and keeping trouse ends further from surface spray
but may crease some fabrics

best wishes
james

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:10:43 GMT, Stephen Patterson <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Before my time, but I understand the cycling Constabulary used to have vertical
trouser clips which attached to the underside of the cuff. Anybody still sell
those?

Stephen Patterson said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings?

I usually tuck them into my socks, but if you want to be cool you have
to roll them up:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1648522,00.html

Stephen Patterson said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Reflective velcro bands.

Its not just muck they protect you from.
Getting a flapping trouser leg caught in the chain can cause severe loss of
control that could have you suddenly deposited on the tarmac.

John B

Stephen Patterson said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

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Cycle clips, or just tuck them into your socks, doesn't look particulalry elegant, but easy to look normal when you get off :-)

Bryan

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Quoted message said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

One trouser leg rolled up seems to be the solution of choice in London
among those who don't favour shorts.

--
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http://congokid.com

congokid said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Stephen Patterson
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Gunk from the chain seems to me to be only part of the problem. Quite
often I find myself cycling along wet roads that have also had a lot of
lorry traffic. Despite having mudguards, a lot of mucky spray ends up
on my trousers and on my bike, especially during the winter months. I
resort to the desperate solution of waterproof overtrousers. They're no
fashion statement.

Allan

Stephen Patterson <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers
without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so
I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Long dark[1] socks, preferably newish, with good elastic tops, into
which touser legs are tucked.

[1] dark enough to disguise the odd inevitable oil stain.

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Quoted message said:

Gunk from the chain seems to me to be only part of the problem. Quite
often I find myself cycling along wet roads that have also had a lot of
lorry traffic. Despite having mudguards, a lot of mucky spray ends up
on my trousers and on my bike, especially during the winter months. I

Are you saying that you get spray from your front wheel or from the
passing lorries?

--
Arthur Clune

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Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers
without wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility
cycling so I'd like to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Cycle clips; cheap and effective.

--
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; gif ye hes forget our auld plane Scottis quhilk your mother lerit you,
; in tymes cuming I sall wryte to you my mind in Latin, for I am nocht
; acquyntit with your Southeron
;; Letter frae Ninian Winyet tae John Knox datit 27t October 1563

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Bryan said:

Stephen Patterson said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers
without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so
I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

--
Stephen Patterson :: [email hidden] :: http://patter.mine.nu/
GPG: E3E8E974 :: Jabber: [email hidden]
"At night, the razor weasels come."

Cycle clips, or just tuck them into your socks, doesn't look
particulalry elegant, but easy to look normal when you get off :-)

As long as you remember to untuck ...

Stephen Patterson said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

Cheap black legwarmers from local market. Tuck trousers in for bike and
pull them out again when off bike for short periods. Take legwarmers
off completely when off for long periods.

Arthur Clune said:

Quoted message said:

Gunk from the chain seems to me to be only part of the problem. Quite
often I find myself cycling along wet roads that have also had a lot of
lorry traffic. Despite having mudguards, a lot of mucky spray ends up
on my trousers and on my bike, especially during the winter months. I

Are you saying that you get spray from your front wheel or from the
passing lorries?

I'd think from the front wheel but the gunk is that kind thrown up by
beet lorries and the like that have been off road - ie mud.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

congokid said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Stephen Patterson
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Hi, what do people reccommend for keeping chain-gunk off your trousers without
wearing shorts or tight-leggings? I ask mainly for utility cycling so I'd like
to look fairly normal after dismounting.

One trouser leg rolled up seems to be the solution of choice in London
among those who don't favour shorts.

Masonic cycling?

--
Andy Leighton => [email hidden]
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

One trouser leg rolled up seems to be the solution of choice in
London among those who don't favour shorts.

Quoted message said:

Masonic cycling?

It's a secret:-(