Aye, Grant. I used to only wear a kilt. I quickly realized my aversion to pants was all the rubbing they do. For a wimpy brain like mine, that's a lot of neural input, and near a day's allotment in just an hour. That was unsustainable. So was a kilt on a bike. Knickers are brilliant (I only wear mine snug below the knee). They are intended for athletic use, freedom of motion. They are, in essence, for people who wear kilts but need to ride horses or bikes. Grin. They allow full freedom of motion required by "floor living" (no bed or chairs). I personally prefer less baggy that Grant, more baggy than many of the "modern" takes out there, and only recently tried the moleskin from Denmark. Their natural material silence is wondrous (again, a wimpy brain stimulation issue).
Without Grant, I don't know how long it would have taken me to find daily wear knickers/breeks/breeches. Thank you, Grant! With abandon, Patrick On Monday, December 5, 2016 at 10:14:01 AM UTC-7, Grant @ Rivendell wrote: > > > > On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 10:46:16 AM UTC-8, Ron Mc wrote: >> >> I just referred someone to MUSA shorts on another forum - now I can't >> find even knickers on Rivbike? >> What's us? >> > > MUSA may be the longest-running flop in the RBW micro-empire. As anybody > who knows me knows, I am never not wearing MUSA bottoms of some kind. My > favorite (and I think DPatrick's favorite) are the knickers. I'm less > fashionable than most (excess bagginess doesn't bother me, but any > restriction does). My wife won't let me wear MUSA bottoms of any kind to > any event that involves cloth napkins or a piano, and in this family > there's a lot of those. Plus, as I get reminded of frequently even on > this fantastic list, there are all sorts of cheaper alternatives. The > recommendations come up in the form of turning our cyberpals onto bargains > we've found elsewhere. It's true that our $90 flannel shirts seem like a > bad deal compared to Bean's $45 flannels. Pants are the same. > I never expected "MUSA" to be a huge draw, but I underestimated its > appeal....or the cost-realities of making and selling commodities in the > USA. > > I like the long knickers because they can double as pants, so you don't > have to be the guy walking the aisles of TJ's getting odd glances from the > ladies. I adjust the elastic so they're loose extended, but in half a > second I can pull them up above the calf and pedal a greasy chainring all > clear. Probably that's why DP likes them, too! But in the past, it has > taken us two years to sell forty of them, and it doesn't work. > > By Dec 15 we'll get in about 80 of the "new-improved" MUSA pants, probably > our last run of them. They're 2-inches shorter, no zip, no lower cinch > velcro, no reflective stripe in back, a more relaxed elastic in the waist > (but the same fit). We'll see how they go. They'll be gray with blue meshy > pockets (if that fabric ever came in), and there was a decent reason for > every change, but every time you change X to X.5, somebody wants the > original X, and the default perception is that X.5 is a cheapening, even > when it was an attempt to improve. > > I DIG the MUSA stuff. Halfmitts were perfect on yesterday's ride! Splats > are miles ahead of the next best raincovers for shoes! But overall, MUSA > has been a 14-year flop. I am glad to have my personal stash of MUSA > knickers and pants and shorts that'll last the next 20 years...but I really > want some of the new pants, too. This is not a tricky psychological attempt > to drum up MUSA pants sales when they come in. It's just the way MUSA has > gone around here, and anybody here will vouch for me. Thank you to all > who've bought something! > G > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
