Trouser recommendation please

Steph Peters

Helen Deborah Vecht <helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk> of wrote:

>Richard Bates <usenet01@artybee.net>typed
>
>
>> That is exactly what I'm trying to avoid - The Look. I'm after
>> something comfy and practical but normal looking.
>
>Ordinary trousers[1] and LONG socks into which you can tuck your trouser leg.

Or ordinary socks, and a pair of Aldi yellow reflective bands with flashing
red LEDs for after dark.
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Tony W

"Clive George" <clive@xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> long socks are

the Work of Stan


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great :-)

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Chris Malcolm

David Martin <d.m.a.martin@dundee.ac.uk> writes:

>On 21/12/04 12:29 pm, in article vm5gs0ho95ufu3g47vcrudk1eonlfp21d6@4ax.com,
>"Richard Bates" <usenet01@artybee.net> wrote:

>> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:16:38 +0000, Simon Brooke
>> <simon@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:

>>> in message <knufs09ta2lbf4vdei1npvnnvudb4p9ajn@4ax.com>, Richard Bates
>>> ('usenet01@artybee.net') wrote:

>>>> Can anybody recommend some trousers which are suitable for cycling in
>>>> (i.e. don't have loose flappy ankles, are cut higher at the rear) but
>>>> which do not make me stick out like a sore thumb as a lycra-clad prat
>>>> when browsing the shops?

>>> I have some Altura waterproof overtrousers. They're OK, but not
>>> wonderful if you're cycling fast. Lycra longs with waterproof fronts
>>> and breathable backs are better, if you don't mind the look.

>> That is exactly what I'm trying to avoid - The Look. I'm after
>> something comfy and practical but normal looking.

>I have some spring type cycle clips that I haven't seen anywhere else, ever.
>They are a spring with reflective bits that wrap round whatever trousers you
>happen to be wearing. Much better than anything else.

A tip passed on to me by my grandfather was that if you've forgotten
your bike clips you can tuck your trousers into your socks.

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Chris Malcolm

"Clive George" <clive@xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> writes:

>"Tony W" <tonyremove@chapmore.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> "Helen Deborah Vecht" <helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> > Ordinary trousers[1] and LONG socks into which you can tuck your trouser
>> leg.

>> Long socks are the work of Stan

>Fortunately my local shop has started selling them again - for a while,
>fashion meant it was getting jolly hard to get a decent pair of long socks
>easily.

Fashion moves so fast these days. When I were a young lad, when a pair
of shoes wore out, I'd say to meself, "Those were good shoes, I'll get
another pair of them", and there they would be, on the shelf in the
same shop. Nowadays you're lucky if they haven't changed the fashion
on you by the time your socks have worn out, and as for going to get
the same pair of shoes, forget the shoes, you're lucky if the shoe
shop hasn't turned into a sandwich bar.

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Tony Raven

Chris Malcolm wrote:

>
> A tip passed on to me by my grandfather was that if you've forgotten
> your bike clips you can tuck your trousers into your socks.
>

Unless you are "nobody" in which case you tuck them into only two of
your three socks ;-)

Tony

Peter Clinch

Chris Malcolm wrote:
>
> Fashion moves so fast these days. When I were a young lad, when a pair
> of shoes wore out, I'd say to meself, "Those were good shoes, I'll get
> another pair of them"

Nah, I'd say "I'll see if mum will get me some Clarke's Commandos,
'cause they're cool"[1]

Pete.

[1] i.e., had the word "Commando" involved and were the favourite shoes
of your pals for that very reason, which was all you needed in the 70s
to impress a lad. For those not familiar they were in no way military
or commando-like, just slip on black leather shoes with a 'C' on the
side of the heel.
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Julesh

Peter Clinch wrote:
> Chris Malcolm wrote:
>
>>
>> Fashion moves so fast these days. When I were a young lad, when a pair
>> of shoes wore out, I'd say to meself, "Those were good shoes, I'll get
>> another pair of them"
>
>
> Nah, I'd say "I'll see if mum will get me some Clarke's Commandos,
> 'cause they're cool"[1]
>
> Pete.
>
> [1] i.e., had the word "Commando" involved and were the favourite shoes
> of your pals for that very reason, which was all you needed in the 70s
> to impress a lad. For those not familiar they were in no way military
> or commando-like, just slip on black leather shoes with a 'C' on the
> side of the heel.

I thought they were one with the compass in the heel?

I seem to recall that had soles that imprinted the tracks of small
animals in the mud too..

Crazy days!


Julesh

Peter Clinch

Julesh wrote:

> I thought they were one with the compass in the heel?
>
> I seem to recall that had soles that imprinted the tracks of small
> animals in the mud too..

Maybe earlier or subsequent versions did, but not the ones I or any of
my cohorts had. They were just called "Commandos", and that was enough!

Pete.
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Richard M

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:43:33 GMT, Julesh
<canned_lunchmeat@hotmail.com> wrote:


>I thought they were one with the compass in the heel?
>
>I seem to recall that had soles that imprinted the tracks of small
>animals in the mud too..
>
I think they were Clarks Trackers, I'm sure all my mates had them

Cheers
Richard

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