Roy Big Bro 2 - aka Roy World Tour Round 2

[cungster]

^I think wabash or any sort of discharge fabrics are really cool. I got myself a Sugar Cane white wabash in the mail coming to me. In the meantime, I realised I haven't been so diligent in taking photos. Enjoy a little bit of what I took! 

Some fit pics...

 

Nothing much so far except at work, just the usual routine of gym maintenance, but on Monday, my gym received a late Xmas present from Valencia, Spain. We ordered 2 tonnes of handholds and they are here!

Sorting these out was a bitch. After the grueling labor, I had to toss the Bro into the washing machine, because they just stink from all the sweat.

 

Oh, and also, some fun comparison shots between my pairs. Left to right: RJB 105 BSP, Roy Big Bro 2, TFH 3009.

Don't mind the sheets, my gf and I like them a lot hahaha

[cungster]

I am really liking how the pair is turning now. I have tried wearing them with my Kapital boots and they look good together. Work has been busy with all the new handholds that have come to the gym. As a result, I've worn the jeans harder than I thought I could. Worn the jeans to do some climbing over the last weekend too.

Yesterday, there was an incident. I spilled some sauce and thought, I should give it a wash. Little did I know that when I told my gf this, she proceeded to give a warm wash to remove the stain... The jeans is fine but the patch is discolored. No more noogie time. I am really sorry guys!

Also, Bosco and I have decided that I am to hang on to the pair a while longer than agreed earlier because of his travel schedule.

[FeloniousMonk]

Wabi-sabi! Glad they're seeing some time on the climbing wall. How did the patch end up looking after the wash? Might just need a bit of coconut oil or some leather conditioner to stop it from drying out too much, but I can't imagine a wash and dry cycle would change it too much.

If you're willing to share, I'd love to hear more about life in Singapore, too. I've been there a couple times, but only in the CBD area for business or a few days of sightseeing. Is the whole island pretty densely populated, or are there more suburban areas? Seems hard to imagine any real countryside left... Is it possible to spend all your days in one part of the island, or are some areas almost all residential with other areas having all the work, restaurants, bars, and places for fun?

Kapital boots look sweet too, are those roughout with a crepe sole?

[cungster]

The patch looks dried out and discolored, I am gonna try VSC later to at least bring it some suppleness again. 

Singapore is really just a city island. You know the CBD, but around 10 km to 15 km away from CBD there are basically mixed land uses, suburban residences with lots of retail spaces and offices like that. We are... smaller than a small city in the US and we are very densely populated, so the housing are always high rises apartments, much like in Tokyo or Hongkong I believe. There are some "countryside" if that includes water reservoirs and snippets of rainforest left relatively pristine by the government. Enough trails to hike around if you are a casual hiker, there's even a small rock climbing area (that sucks because it's tropical and it always rains).

Bars and stuff like that are usually in malls or in hipster art centers and things like that, they are scattered all over the place. Mostly in the CBD still. There are of course famous neighborhoods where all the good foods are. 

Yep, the Kapital boots are I believe deerskin suede (I might be wrong) with pigskin stripey lining and crepe sole. They rubberised the welt stitching so that it's completely uniform with the crepe sole.

[cungster]

This is the patch now, real sorry people!

[louisbosco]

oh interesting. i would never expect the patch to be like that even in a warm wash...

[cungster]

That's a first for me too. Usually I wash my jeans without much care and I don't get any of the usual weird washing machine disasters.

[cungster]

So just a peek on what's been up the past week. It was Chinese New Year week, where all the Chinese customarily visit family members for reunion etc, so most places in Singapore is closed (since we are like 90% Chinese or something like that). But, my family don't live here so I don't have much celebrations to do. The roads were so empty, like this:

 

 

I took a crotch pic at that bus stop lol

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You can see the shade of blues are peeking through more and more.

I manned the gym on Sunday and there wasn't much crowd. In case you are wondering, from my desk, this was the view:

 

Tuesday comes and I was doing some routesetting:

The color looks very bad on pictures because of how fluorescent these are.

 

This is the tool of the trade, Makita USA impact driver:

 

Wednesday (today), I also did some setting and the result is this:

 

That's an update for now, folks, Bosco and I have decided that I will keep the pair for another week or so to fit his travel schedule. Let me know if anyone has any objection. So sad to know that I will part with this Bro soon, because I have come to love the Bro. Hopefully, everyone is gonna enjoy the Bro as much as I have been.

[Broark]

I remember enjoying Chinese New Year when I lived in Singapore, it was really nice to walk around because the streets were empty.
Almost felt like a ghost town or something.

[louisbosco]

hahaha. my second year not celebrating and i feel pretty alright with that. maybe once in awhile with the whole extended family is nice, but when the busybody questions start appearing, you know it's time to leave!

[cungster]

This is my ninth year not celebrating lol. I have lived away from my family for that long.

[holio cornolio]

Great update Cungster. The texture of the Roy's is really developing nicely. 

Edit. And happy new year of course. :-)

Edited February 2, 2017 by holio cornolio

[cungster]

Hi all

I finally have sent the pair to Mr Bosco over in Australia. I am very glad that I have taken part in this world tour, sharing a well made jeans with awesome denimheads all over the world. Hopefully, everyone gets to see more of each participant's personality through this tour.

Some post wash pics for you guys to look at.

cungster out.

[goodrain]

nice leg of the tour, Cungster! Looks like the patch is coming back to life a bit

[cungster]

Thanks to Venetian Shoe Cream haha

[holio cornolio]

Nice work Cungster. Looks like you've got the fading started pretty nicely too.

[FeloniousMonk]

Thanks for the views of life in SG, Cungster. The jeans are looking great too, it's nice seeing some of the medium blue starting to show after a few washes. Intense hair still showing on that close-up of the waistband!

[cungster]

I have to say I am very surprised at how fade resistant the fabric is. It's a tough SOB, like Roy the man haha. Even with climbing and gym managing and all the stuff I do daily, it's still pretty dark.

[louisbosco]

Just picked up the jeans from the post office today. Timing with the parcel was really good. it arrived yesterday but unfortunately, i only got off my flight late at night. won't be up to much this couple days. still recovering from my holiday where i drove about 3500kms.. but to start off,

 

funnily, the parcel went through quarantine check. wonder why. i know aus customs are a little anal, but i've never really had it before except for my rear sway bar i got from the US. just wearing it around the house getting a feel of it. Fit is good, waist is alright, perfect with a belt. loving the denim, the rivets on the back pockets is different but nice, even the shape of it is different to Roy's first pair of RS1 (or RN1 can't remember now) i have

Edited February 17, 2017 by louisbosco

[cungster]

Yay, it's now down under!

[louisbosco]

just to start this off. 4 years ago, i decided to quit my job and go back to doing my degree full time. moved to perth, my second home and now i'm waiting for my graduation in march. i'm also going to be starting full time work again soon, so it's really come a full circle. had a relatively short day at work today and decided to head into the city for lunch. just a couple photos of what perth looks like and me in the denim. 

 

i'm in this placed just in the city called Elizabeth Quay. They've just had a revamp a couple years ago now and the area looks spanking new, even the historical bell tower. Apparently, it's a tourist destination kinda thing, but i've never been to all this touristy things as this place has been "a second home" to me.  they place now is great for summers as they love to host food festivals and what not by the Quay. Not too bad of a day with the weather, cooling summer day that's brilliant for a ride.

[louisbosco]

it's amazing, the leg twist in this pair. reminds me a lot of the lvc pairs produced with cone denim. did this shrink much when soaked initially? (considering when i tried finding the initial details, i believe they were unsanforised

 

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[FeloniousMonk]

Oh yeah, quite a lot of shrink even just with a warm soak for an hour. I think they lost a full two inches in the inseam. With the washes and drying they've had since, it's likely been a little more.

[Broark]

I think with my Roy Test Lot 00's (same denim) the inseam has shrunk almost 4 inches. The denim does shrink a ton and has a bunch of leg twist.

[louisbosco]

yeah i would assume so aye! i don't have a lot of experience with cone mills denim fabrics, but the only lvc pair i have around somewhere did shrink a lot when i hot soaked it.

[louisbosco]

FUCK! i've got a hole in the thigh and i've no idea how it came about, roughly about 2-3mm big. pohots when i upload it...

[louisbosco]

went out for dinner last night. this little tapas place in what we call northbridge/ chinatown where pretty much all if not most of the nightlife is. sadly i didn't document of all the food and drinks, but they had quite the list of craft beers too.

 

 

that was when i noticed the hole in the jeans not knowing how the hell it got there. 

 

 

not the best job. but i've tried to fix it. there was another smaller hole just above it, not as bad. i'm can't sew for shit. i really hope the treads stay intact..

[FeloniousMonk]

Stillwater is a fantastic brewery - amazed that it's making its way across the Pacific though. Quite a trek for a smaller east coast label, but apparently it has importers all over now that I looked up its website... I've been really happy with the shifting fashion in US craft brewers over the past few years, moving away from the all-hops, all-the-time to more balanced beers and especially a lot of wild yeast used to make saison variants. Great way to get a lot more spicy or funky flavors in the brew without burning off your taste buds.

Pity about the hole in the thigh. That stitching can hold for now though, and we can get them darned somewhere in the US before the next person takes over.

[louisbosco]

yeah that beer was great. i'm not a huge hops person and prefer a more balanced summer ale kinda craft beers that's light and refreshing. haven't heard about them but definitely keeping an eye on them now. australia has quite a number of craft beers manufacturers but still can't be compared with the huge amount in the US and europe.

yeah the hole is a pity. sorry guys! i was hoping if anyone was near a selfedge (i believe they're only 1 of 2 worldwide that i know) with a darning machine, it could be fixed. sadly, there's none near my region at all. 

[FeloniousMonk]

We should switch to PM to figure out the details, but my preliminary plan was to check with Rain at Indigo Proof and see if she will be able to take delivery from you and let me handle the repairs and onward shipping details. Then once they're fixed, they can just go to whoever is next on the US west coast. Then no one has to go out of their way or cover the darning costs.