Bike to work pants…
Bike to Work Pants from Cordarounds on Vimeo.
From the website… “Since launching these pants in October, the response has been tremendous — no, ridiculously, mind-bogglingly tremendous. Most every day, a new blog talks ‘em up and we keep cranking out production run after production run to keep up with demand. A sampling of this growing pants phenomenon: Gizmodo, Bike Hugger, Tree Hugger, Boing Boing, Eco Velo, Thrillist, and more. Best of all, they’ve inspired fun things like this instructables contest and the great (though wet) Rollin’ Lightnin’ time change ride. Seems like we’re on to something here, and we look forward to expanding upon this idea. As always, we love your photos and feedback. “
In the words of Lupe…
“We tryna go up in this club
Show a little love
Get a few drinks
Holla at some girls
Snatch up a pair
Leave outta there
Put some dro in tha air
And then go and get some grub.”
Oh cool Tom,
Thanks for the feedback. Maybe I’ll hang onto my 90 buck and wait for a version 2.0 or maybe I’ll make my own. how cool would that be… a Seeds Sewn brand reflective-lined chinos or Carharts or Dickies… I’ll work on it and let you know how they turn out. If they work out well, maybe we will sell them in our shop!
That is my idea. I was going to post an Instructable.com on how to make your own with a pair of your favorite pants. Just haven’t had the time yet. The 3m sew on reflective fabric is available widely on the internet. I had also voiced the fact that the reflective flap in the pocket should be standalone and flip out of the pocket so that the pocket is usable instead of the pocket needing to be reversed completely rendering it unusable.
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I won a pair of these in a contest. I like em for the most part. They need to do some refining on keeping the pants from unrolling when they get wet (heavy) and the leg is just a hair too baggy. I think they’re coming out with darker colors soon too, which is good, the tan gets dirty (shows dirt) very quickly. Overall I’ve been happy as mine were free but I’m looking forward to version 2.0.