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Really hard to capture the magic of the black 50’s in a photo, but they are really settling in nicely after about a month of wear.

@Double 0 Soul here’s my current stable. It’s been drastically cut back in the last few weeks... Yeti ARC-X turned single speed cyclocross bike with the help of rear Eno White Industries hub to tighten the chain. Unknown 90’s steel road bike that I bought at Brick Lane bikes when I was living in London back in 2008. It has Carbon Tubular wheels, also laced up to White Industries hubs...

The bike is also a very nice thing... bespoke all road/gravel bike made for me by a good friend of mine. here it is photographed by John Prolly of the Radavist. The new cranks should fit in better with the overall build. Was never a fan of the ultra modern Shimano cranks on this bike... @Double 0 Soul I remember those Roox cranks! I grew up in Marin county (birthplace of mountain biking) so there was always tons of niche parts that you couldn’t get in the rest of the US slapped onto equally niche bikes. I had a pair of Kooka cranks on a Bontrager Race Lite, bit over kill for a kid in middle school...

One of my other hobbies that I spend way to much money on is cycling. I just got these White Industries cranks last week, and they are an utter sight to behold... CNCd from a solid block of aluminum in Petaluma California. The craftsmanship is like no other bike part I own, it certainly is a very nice thing, almost don’t want to put it on my bike...

It’s currently not that nice and I just dropped more cash into it than I’d like but my 81 Westfalia is a labor of love and source of constant frustration.

7 months old

@fre-co it will be a few years until my son can wear these but I’ll take you up on your offer if they are still available.

Just pulled my 129’s out of the closet. Pretty much the craziest fades I’ve ever produced... 4~5 years owned, maybe about a year of wear. I wore these climbing for the first 6 months of their life and they were washed constantly. The hand repairs have been a labor of love, but I’m considering dropping them of at Self Edge for some proper fixes. @rodeo bill thanks for the amazing jeans and fabric!

@chicote I went with a 29 knowing they’d be a bit snug compared to my indigo 50’s. The fit is pretty much spot on everywhere except for the waist but with the two inches of stretch @julian-wolf got, I’m fairly confident these will be perfect.

Just got my black 50’s and loving them! They’ll be a great replacement for the $30 oversized black wranglers I’ve been wearing. Forgot how much I love this fit! The waist is smaller than my 29 50’s (measured around 27in...) but they’re already stretching out and should be perfect once they settle.

About 2 years on these 1101’s. They’ve been put away for now, never really liked the fit.

Just ordered the new black 50’s pants, so I decided to pull out my 50’s tux. 50's jeans, about 4 years old and many hand repairs 50’s jacket, probably about 5 years old by now, still going strong.