>>2054175A decade or so ago when everyone and their grindr roster was riding fixies and shit and bike commuting was the thing, a bunch of clothing makers tried making cycling-specific jeans and trousers that had features like gusseted crotches for reinforcement but it just delays the inevitable by a few months. Cycling just beats the fuck out of cotton, even cotton/polyster/lycra blends. Out of all the brands I tried (Rapha Keirins, Duer, Levi's, Swrve, Mission Studio, a few others), Mission was the best, but $300 was a fuckton to pay for jeans that weren't Dior Homme 19cm MiJ or some shit, and they blew out after a few months anyway. Yeah, you can repair them, but only once or twice. Eventually I started raiding thrift stores for women's jeans because they had stretch and thigh room that men's shit didn't have, and when the crotch blew I didn't give a fuck. Since then, men's jeans now often have stretch in them, more thigh room, and nicer tapers because everyone got over that retarded super skinny fit bullshit, so maybe you can thrift up some shit and not have to hit the women's section like my faggot ass did. But these days I just wear nice Giro shorts
>>2054178In my experience, Brooks meme saddles fuck pants up even faster because the bevel is relatively sharp, tho Swallows are better than B-17s. Berthoud's leather saddles are easier on pants, but they're fucking expensive
