Formal Trousers for bikers?

[Barnoe]

I have just changed jobs, i work in an office and in my old job i wore Black biker jeans with a shirt and nobody said anything.

However my new job is stricter and i have to wear formal trousers with a shirt (no tie necessary though)

My daily routine now is get my shirt and trousers on, pull buffalo over trousers on and biker jacket and biker boots.

Get to work, go to the toilets and change everything including footwear.
its getting in my nerves to be honest :/

Its bad enough with the usual routine of unlocking 7 bloody padlocks etc to get the bike out lol

Does anyone know of any biker trousers that fit the bill?
Or something i might get away with anyway

Ive googled... but not having much luck.
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[Barnoe]

The best i can find are these

https://www.hoodjeans.co.uk/hood-motorcycle-jeans/b15-jean-mens-black/
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[stinkwheel]

Draggin make a chino trouser. Not easy to get hold of though.
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[Beehive Bedlam]

Just walk around in leathers look cool as fuck be the envy of your male colleagues meanwhile the females will walk around with wet knickers all day.

[Wonko The Sane]

I just change each day when I get to work

The wife has got used to me wondering round the house in my boxers when I get in from work
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[ZX-7R]

If 5 minutes getting changed is that big a deal then buy a car.

I wear leathers to work with my trousers in my rucksack monday morning.Leave them in my locker then bring them home friday for washing.

Easy.
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[duhawkz]

[monkeybiker]

I've got to change at work if in car or bike into my work clothes.

Just get used to it.

Or aerostich roadcrafter do a a one piece suit that is meant to be quick to put on/off. Very expensive and stupid vat/import tax. Not sure if another company does similar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPBtrixYYo

[Rogerborg]

The Hoods would be my choice. It's an obvious gap in the market. though.

[Northern Monkey]

Just buy some slightly bigger bike trousers, and wear them on top of your trousers.

Ever since I replaced pies for salad, I can now wear my jeans under my bike trousers, which makes getting changed at work a fair bit quicker.
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[Hefty]

[Northern Monkey]

[MarkJ]

[Alex A]

I faced this quandary a number of years ago. I very quickly bought a car.

The car is extremely useful and convenient for many reasons, not least escape from Winter misery and peril. And I enjoy biking far more because it's purely recreational. So, that would be my recommendation.

[thx1138]

Some of the motorcycle boots at Motolegends, might just look formal enough? Not cheap though.

Brogue style boots for example. Or must it be shoes?

My employer lets me wear bike boots and draggin jeans, on the odd occassion I need to ride in, fortunately.

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Hefty]

[stinkwheel]

Another alternative is to wear your formal trousers on the bike and try not to fall off.

I'd been riding bikes for a good four or five years before I owned a pair of "proper" bike trousers. Fell off a good few times too with nothing worse than skinned knees.

Even now I wear bike trousers more for protection from cold than anything else.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[gorillaonabik...]

I looked into this as well and don't like the formal versions I found. They just looked terrible. Really, really bad.

So I do the same as you - pull on Dainese trousers over my formal trousers.
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[Rogerborg]

[talkToTheHat]

I have a slightly oversize pair of textile bike trousers that i wear over jeans or formal trousers. They work better with cheap non creasing trousers than really nice trousers. That said i've ridden for 3 hours in those and my evening suit trousers. Parked up, bike jacket offn, shirt on over my motorcycle baselayer. Tie and cufflinks, shaken the creases out of my jacket. Baby wipe to hands, face and neck, spray of whatever expensive man-perfume mother bought me for christmas. Packed bikewear into luggage. Walked around corner, meeting relatives at theatre for ballet, and nobody catching on that i'd come on the bike untill someone bought me a drink afterwards.
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[recman]

I have to wear overalls all day because man job.
I do occasionally see blokes riding to and from work wearing their overalls.

[Samsbike]

a couple of things that helped me

1. got shoes that I can wear with my work trousers (one less thing to take off)
2. get trousers that are protective and zip on and off easily. I plumbe for Aerostich but they are eye wateringly expensive (even 6 years ago when I got mine). However there are a few more people who offer full lenght zips e.g alpinestars etc.
3. change at my desk as all I am doing is the equivalent of taking off my coat (albeit a coat split into 2 bits - top and bottom)

[monkeybiker]