Can 3/4 tights b made into shorts

[jim55]

After realizing only girls wear 3/4 I won't use these as is
Can I just cut them ..?im not sure of reattaching the gripper band , can u buy this separately or am I just better buying a new pair

 

[Adam4868]

I wear 3/4 and last time I looked im still a boy !

 

[jim55]

Lol , they're not for me

 

[welsh dragon]

I think you'll find that they will just unravel, or stretch, and you probably wouldn't be able to cut them very straight because of the type of material they are made from. Its too stretchy.

 

[srw]

You'll welcome them in the autumn and winter. Don't be such a fashion victim.

 

[Hacienda71]

I wear them. Good compromise on a cooler morning. In fact I am wearing a pair in my avatar. Not.

 

[ianrauk]

There are some odd threads that turn up on Cycle Chat.

 

[jnrmczip]

Take them to a seamstress but really as said before colder mornings they will be good I'm new to cycling and I will be buying a pair as well as full length too as rain and shorts don't mix especially going to work and legs get boggin

 

[shouldbeinbed]

leave them alone. at the end of the day you're in lycra on a bike. 99% of the population will have you down as looking dafter than Ronald McDonald whatever length they are.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Incidentally, I've made myself some quite nice smart-casual / cycling shorts from some Union 34 long trousers that had shrunk to Ronnie Corbett length after a couple of washes. It was either repurpose them or find a podgy dwarf cyclist to pass them on to.

 

[fossyant]

If your missus is handy with a sewing machine, yes.

Sewing machines are N+1 in our house, like the bikes, and cost several £k..

 

[vickster]

Put leg warmers underneath in winter. Just please don't wear baggies over the top!

 

[jim55]

No baggies , Lycra all the way lol ,I just haven't seen any guys wearing 3/4 lengths , they are endura ones so pretty comfy pad and if I could shorten them they'd b ideal, anyone know if u can buy the grippy material

 

[ianrauk]

No baggies , Lycra all the way lol ,I just haven't seen any guys wearing 3/4 lengths , they are endura ones so pretty comfy pad and if I could shorten them they'd b ideal, anyone know if u can buy the grippy material

Plenty of guys wear 3/4's including myself, so stop being a silly billy.
Have a flick through Cycling Plus or Cycling Active and you will see plenty.

 

[coffeejo]

If only girls wear 3/4 lengths, am I allowed to continue donning mine during autumn, winter and spring? (I'm 35.)