heathercapri:

Ryan’s reviews are genius.

ghostmanonthird:

A couple quick words on the day to day gear that gets me from Denver to Boulder and back

Long time no review, next up - Levi’s Commuter 511s. 

Jeans? Yes,  jeans.  Sweet, stretchy, skinny man fitting, gusseted crotch levi jeans.  

These aren’t your grand-pap’s 501s that he wore as he panned the Colorado river for gold.  You’re slipping in to these as you jam from A to B on two wheels.  On your way to work? Sick, now you don’t have to worry about changing in your cubicle as Jan peeks over the divider.  To dinner?  Yep, that’ll play, especially when you have to jimmy on up to that tall stool and are afraid of giving the ladies the full moon.  Heading straight home?  Ride it out, no more switching to comfy sweats for you, its jeans all night long. I  know what your thinking, and no, these are not man-jeggins, they have back pockets.  Alright, they have more than that, but mostly a whole lot of comfy stretch.  

Ever had to swing your leg over the front handle bars cause your pants were too tight to get the leg over the seat? Yeah, I raised my hand, I am not ashamed.  Ever wonder how the hipster do it? Yeah, me too.  It definitely isn’t cause they got smart and bought these bad boys.  However, now you can cheat and actually mount that 58in bike you got off craig’s list without the fear of crotchal tear out.  It’s a serious fear. 

These beauts have so many other features, I mean, do you roll your pant leg up? Do you wish you had more reflectors on you at night so the cabbies don’t get you? Ever wonder what 3M makes besides scotch tape? Me too…me too.  Well, here is the answer….reflective strips on the inside of Levi’s 511 Commuters. Yep, 3M makes them.  So roll the pant legs up for safety. 

What else do these jeans do? Lets see…stretchy, reflecty, buttony?  Oh yeah, buttony.  Welcome to the big leagues of pants, no more zipper fly for you, take those training wheels off and reap the benefits of a 4 buttoned fly.  I might be still working on my list of benefits, but I sure do feel like a big boy every time I use the buttons.  

Thats about it.  Well, they also do keep you from smelling as they soak up your man sweat, but come on, that’s a given.  Come join the party.