Trousers for cycling

[Aston]

We call those breeches in the UK, knickers are ladies underwear.

You might find a sarong quite liberating and refreshing.
Thermal Y fronts are handy once there is snow on the ground.

Seriously +1 for walking trousers. Mountain Warehouse are good.
Craghoppers, make some nice smart trousers that have a bit of stretch to them, nice if someone else is paying. Have some sort of lifetime guarantee thing. I'll believe it when it happens

My main two wheeled transport is a Royal Enfield motorcycle, which in India is sold with a sari guard, optional here, but maybe I should go all 'David Beckham' and give it a go

 

[Aston]

Thank you all for thoughts, appreciated 👍

 

[Gwylan]

My main two wheeled transport is a Royal Enfield motorcycle, which in India is sold with a sari guard, optional here, but maybe I should go all 'David Beckham' and give it a go

You have to buy the sari guard.

Sarong of one form or another can be quite appropriate in some climates. Lava lava is my most recent encounter.

 

[Fredo76]

These are working well for me:

https://ketlmtn.com/products/shenanigan-pant?variant=40355115794498

 

[Seevio]

+1 for Endura Humvee

 

[freiston]

Another vote for Endura Hummvee - would be even better if they didn't keep messing with the pocket design. Before my first pair, I had a pair of Endura Firefly (sadly no longer available) - they have much better pocket design. If Endura could make a trouser with the top half like the Firefly (except putting a proper belt onto it) and the bottom half like the Hummvee, then I reckon that they'd be onto a winner.

I regularly ride up to about 20 miles per day in trousers I wear for work and I find the most comfortable to be Decathlon Steppe 300 or 500 trousers. I have a pair of stretchy cargo trousers that irritate and make the insides of my thighs sore whether out walking or on the bike - I think it's because of the stretchiness and the seams where the legs zip off.

 

[a.twiddler]

I suppose I should add that in regard to the M & S Chinos, I have done quite long rides in them and they've been quite comfortable. I'm a slow old pensioner, yet have done rides up to 100 miles in them, though it was in recumbent mode. So should be fine for knocking about in.

 

[Baldy]

I mostly wear Ron Hill's but I've just bought a pair of these
https://alpkit.com/products/floe-trouser-mens-1
For when it's cold and wet, not actually tried them out yet.

 

[Gwylan]

I still have a pair of Complete Runner, Fastrax long running trousers.
They must be 30+ years old. Still very good.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Only problem I find with Tracksters is they tend to ride down over time. To combat this I use clip in braces under my winter jersey.

 

[a.twiddler]

Only problem I find with Tracksters is they tend to ride down over time. To combat this I use clip in braces under my winter jersey.

Only problem with braces is I can't resist twanging them!

 

[iandg]

I've been using Tesco cargo trousers when I go to schools to teach Bikeability. Elasticated hem, stretchy material (cotton, polyester, elastane mix and they do a long (34") leg size. Cost just over £20 IIRC

 

[presta]

Coming to cycling from a walking background, I preferred polycotton walking trousers because they're windproof and Lycra isn't, but if you're tall, the bottoms ride up so far they're half way up your calf. That in turn means you can't use cycle clips without them pulling out, so the bottoms get greasy. I solved those problems by customising the trousers with a zip at the top of the knee with a gusset behind it so that I could open the zip, and they would bend without riding up. The cycle clips were replaced with straps at the bottom that tightened with Velcro, like the ones you get on over trousers. It all worked fine, but I got tired of the amount of needlework involved in making them, so I just gave in and used draughty Ron Hill Bikesters.