Pant legs

bseelbach · #1 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 12:09 PM

So the weather here in Michigan is starting to change. I took the MB for a quick trip to the store, not even thinking it was the first time I was riding with pants instead of just shorts. Yeah, that's just and accident waiting to happen. Luckily I didn't get caught up in the drive chain but I did get caught on the clutch actuator several times

I guess I need to use the "commercial" leg straps or rubber bands.
Any other ideas?

**BarelyAWake** · #2 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 12:39 PM

Stop wearing bell-bottoms you hippy o.o

bseelbach · #3 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 02:13 PM

Not far from the truth! They aren't necessarily bell bottoms but they are rather baggy cargo pants.

I guess it was more of a "watch out" comment for newbies.

mechanickid · #4 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 02:22 PM

seriously that happens to me constantly, very annoying... i tried tucking that corner of my pants in my shoes or socks, but it comes out... so i taped a piece of plastic over the clutch actuator so my pants would slide off of it...

fasteddy · #5 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 03:51 PM

When I was a kid you were a nobody unless every pair of pants you owned had a chunk missing from a trip through the chain.Your stock in the biking community went up if you had a story about the wreck for every pair of pants.

Even better if you could show them the scars.

As long as last years pants fit mom didn't buy any new ones until school started and then you better wear your pant clips with the new ones. Schools out, games on.

My worst one was when I caught my pants and jammed the chain tight. I'm looking down to look at the damage and rode right up the guy wire shield of a telephone pole.
It was a short. sharp, trip downward from a 45 degree angle.
No leg out. No bracing myself. Just that star studded slam on the sidewalk every bike rider knows.

I was the town hero for the rest of the summer. Thats about how long it took me to heal.

Steve

noco · #6 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 04:25 AM

i have only caught my pants on the clutch...now my shoe lace wrapping the peddle well thats all the time...i just tuck them into my shoe now....

**2door** · #7 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 11:26 AM

Funny, I was just sitting in my garage a couple of days ago, after a ride, and looking at that clutch lever that is constantly grabbing my pants leg. "No how can I keep that from happening?" It is so annoying, and a little dangerous. I run chain guards on my bikes so the chain isn't really an issue. It's that lever that sticks out there. So far no good ideas that won't look bad so I found a spring loaded paper clip thing. Everyone has seen them, usually black, chrome squeezy handles and come in various sizes. When I park the bike I clip it on a clutch or brake cable then when I mount up I pinch my pants cuff and clip it tight with the metal clip thing. Looks dorky but my jeans don't get caught anymore.
Tom

mdlee1958 · #8 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 04:41 PM

I have to say this is not a problem for me. All I have down there is carbon fiber and aluminum so ain't nuthin gettin caught in the chain......LOL

Tim_B_172 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 06:10 PM

Ironically the only time I have ever caught my pant leg in a chain, it was the pedal side and it HAD a chain guard. I have no idea how it happened.

I was at a gas station once and there was this kid with his pant leg caught in his bike chain. People were walking by him left and right, I was the only one who stopped to help. What is wrong with people?

Srjeeper · #10 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim_B_172

I was at a gas station once and there was this kid with his pant leg caught in his bike chain. People were walking by him left and right, I was the only one who stopped to help.

What is wrong with people?

I'm afraid many people today think they're just too busy to take the time to be human. The two things I find to be in the shortest supply anymore is time and kindness.