Of course it's a fucking fixie.

But it was a fuckin' lame ass fixie with brakes! What kind of poser puts brakes on a fixie??

Brakes are for grandparents and scared little babies.

So are pants, for that matter.

"The nervousness about not riding a bike correctly—not even, "Am I in the right lane?" but, "Am I cool enough for this? Do I look ridiculous?"—keeps some people from getting on a bike at all."

Not that this idea isn't stupid, I condemn it, but maybe you aren't their target demographic.

that bike was too small for the rider. however, street riding on a fixie without a front brake is a good way to turn yourself into an organ donor.

ALSO: BIKES CAN BE ON THE ROAD ONCE THEY START PAYING AN EQUAL SHARE OF THEIR TAXES AND STOP FOR ALL THE YIELD SIGNS!!!

1. It's possible this is a single speed and not a fixie.

2. Is it a one time event at The Cleaners or a permanent shop?

3. Weiden + Kennedy has been doing ads for Levis does that mean they're responsible for this crap?

What's with all the hate? You guys don't actually ride, do you? Biking in normal jeans sucks, you'll rip holes in the crotch way before the rest of the pants are trashed, when they get wet they stay wet forever, and they're not flexible. Existing "bike pants" either look incredibly dweebish or cost a fortune. If these jeans are as good as they look, I'll be getting them. Once they come down from $78 and I can get them somewhere other than UO.

Are they going to follow this up with a Dockers brand version? Some of us aren't so young and skinny any more.

@Broseph Goebbels: If you're ripping the crotch out of your pants; you're doing it very very very wrong. PROTIP: If your saddle has any sort of embroidery or rough spots, that's what's causing the problem; not your pants.

@wouterra: It's a fixie (the rider's cadence and the stability of the back wheel's rotation when moving to a rest position indicate that it's a fixed).

Not the front of the crotch, the bottom just in back of where the four seams meet. Saddles do cause the problem, but it's unavoidable - your legs will chafe against the saddle no matter what you do (lol @ "embroidery or rough spots"). The fabric will thin and eventually you'll have two small holes on each side of the seam. If this isn't happening to you, you either already have reinforced pants, stretchy pants, baggy pants, or your saddle is way too low. Even in these cases, it'll happen eventually, just maybe not before the pants are ready to be traded out anyway. I know dozens of guys that ride and complain about this, it's not like I'm pulling it out of my ass. Thanks for the condescent though.

I must concur with Broseph. No matter the seat, if you ride enough, sooner or later your ass will be hanging out of your worn out trousers.

So I was reading this article on my google reader and came across this line: "On the other hand, the one thing biking doesn't need is more expensive, specialized clothing that makes the mode of transportation seem like a hip clique." And without looking at who wrote this article I say to myself "that's something Sarah Mirk would say!". Lo and behold!

When you can get a fixie at Walmart for $99 maybe it is time to move on. This back to school season Walmart has ironically decided to become the wanna be hipster supply store.

@broseph goebbels & eastside: Have you considered owning more than one pair of pants? Because, yeah... if you wear the exact same clothes every single day; they'll wear out faster than is reasonable. If you really expect these over-priced under-qualitied Levis to fix that problem... well.. you're well and trully fucked.

If you seriously need some pants that you can wear every day and not wear them out; get some Duluth Five Pockets: http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/clothes… or some Swrve knickers: http://www.swrvestore.com/servlet/Detail?n… But if you persist in wearing the same pair of poly-cotton Dickies every single day; you're a lost cause and to be ignored.

Nobody said shit about wearing the same pants every day.

All I came to say was that these jeans are perhaps not the diabolical corporate drivel that Sarah and others are making them out to be. Or maybe they are. Who knows, I haven't seen or tried them yet. I didn't mean to get in an argument with someone who seems dedicated to denying the simple fact that regular biking damages pants. To say nothing of Jake's moronic logical fallacy.

"Or maybe you're just one of the ultra-hardcore bicycling dumbasses that just needs something, anything, to bitch about."

and maybe you are one of those fair-weather cyclists who thinks that commuting several times a year makes you a bleeping expert.