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Re: [RC] tights vs. breeches - merryben BEcky and I rode most of our first couple of thousand miles in breeches and English boots. When we switched to breeches with over the calf tube socks and running shoes and finally to other footwear and tights............mb
-----Original Message----- From: greymare56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: ems4life24@xxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [RC] tights vs. breeches I would not, personally, want to distance ride in
breeches...most I have seen have fairly unstrechable waistlines with belt loops
and zippers....and breeches are also often short (end mid calf)....so that you
can wear tall boots....can have deerskin or suede knee patches or full
seat....
Tights, on the other hand, are more stretchy all
over...stretchy, comfortable elastic waistbands...(can pull down quickly to pee
on trail!)....go to bottom of ankle, someitmes with foot arch elastic to keep
from riding up...and, in the case of my favorites, Carousel tights, have lightly
padded knees and seat. Also, often no inner seams....
These are all generalization, of
course.
Karen
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