To RonHill, or to Not RonHill

[captainhastings]

any stores sell them or is it online only shops only ?

 

[Plax]

I have 2 pairs of Ronhill bikesters. Really like them. Not worn them for several months now as it's shorta and sandals season at the moment, and previously it was 3/4 length season .

 

[ChrisBD]

any stores sell them or is it online only shops only ?

I'm sure many of the specialist running shops will sell them. But one rarely sees them in high street sports shops these days.

Online shops tend to be the easyest place; or there are many adverts in running and tri magazines.

 

[User169]

I just can't bring myself to wear 3/4 length trousers. I think it's an age thing...

Or maybe it's a taste thing...

Most definitely a taste thing. 3/4 trousers, for men at least, are an abomination.

 

[ChrisBD]

I wear them for cycling (short rides, or on top of padded shorts), for gardening, running, XC skiing, DIY, round the house

My friends and Mr T were joking before our wedding, if only Ron Hill did wedding dresses ...
(and no, I didn't get get married in ronnies)

T

Another (slightly ex-services - TA only) RH wearer here too. I used the black (dayglo green piping and inserts) tracksters for years in the Alps - the only thing which didn't seem to attract crampon spikes - and for fell-running as I'm not one of those fell-runners who insists on shorts and a Helly-hansen longsleeved top all year round .

Then I moved to Switzerland and got addicted to the early compression tights for running in and by the time I came home tracksters seemed to have disappeared or a least moved upmarket

Ok ok......ladies in RH's and even in Uniform.......this thread is taking a route I was not expecting but I'm NOT complaining!

 

[perplexed]

RonHills Trackster.

The most fantastic garment ever invented in the whole history of the Universe.



(Except French knickers, obviously...)

 

[porteous]

Wore them in the army, can't wear them out so wear them on the bike and wear them in the gym. Why hasn't Ron Hill got a knighthood??

 

[Stephenite]

New classic RonHill GT Tracksters blue with red piping arrived in the post yesterday! I was like a kid on xmas day

 

[Fnaar]

I wear them for commuting on the bike (17 mile each way). Black. I have a blue pair too, but Mrs Fnaar calls them my "Jimmy Savilles", so I tend not to wear them very often.

 

[qigong chimp]

Bikesters and tracksters, aye, but the pinnacle of Ron Hill achievement was their coolmax base layers of 25 years ago. High wicking, non-pilling, robustly easy care, timelessly plain styling and warm to the touch, unlike many contemporary offerings that look and feel like they've been made by stitching together refuse sacks with their ludicrous confusion of panels and darts. Sheer form/function marriage perfection.
Still routinely use the two long sleeved and two short sleeved I procured back then, wish I'd stockpiled more.
Merino? You're having a laugh!

 

[vernon]

Holy thread resurrection!

 

[screenman]

I have 3 pairs, seems like you cannot wear them out. Any way I am going to tell you a story, being a low down bottom person mine need turning up, the wife does that for me, one though she did not get it quite right, cut the hoops off, shortened the leg a refixed the hoop 90% out, yep I ended up with a hoop the went front to back not side to side.

Now did I tell you about the time she cut off and turned up the same leg twice.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Ron Hill was born in Accrington! I have a pair of 17 year old bikesters. They're a bit baggy at the knee now and the drawstring has been replaced with a bootlace.but i still give then an airing every now and then.

 

[gbb]

Been a Trackster /Bikester wearer for years.
They may look a bit naff to the uninitiated but people get used to you wearing them. I always wear a pair under my overalls, if you commute, after a short time people dont even bat an eyelid, theyre one of my favourite pieces of clothing, I'll happily wear them for dossing about.

 

[User269]

Brilliant garment, I've got 3 pairs.

I've often wondered if Ron is walking around in a pair with a 'whiskywheels' logo.