• Combo contains both shell and liner as separates
• Outer shell has 4-way stretch nylon
• Outer shell is incredibly lightweight, and tough
• 2 outer cargo pockets with snaps
• Made in San Francisco, CA
• Imported pad
• Liner is soft stretch poly knit
• Wide comfortable waistband
Diving Deeper
The Minkman Combo is an outer 4 way stretch shell that comes packaged with a Minkman Liner. See a pattern here? The idea behind this design is that we wanted to offer a no nonsense design that was modular with the rest of our short program. These outer shells fit larger than our other designs, so order conservative on the sizing front. Independent movement is the best baggy technical design. If the liner is sewn to the outside shell....you're hosed. Like our other technical bottom designs, we encourage everyone to add an extra pair of Minkman Liners or OS11 liners because it's then like having 2 pairs of shorts. Re-use the outer shell on day 2 when you swap out the used and abused liner. That's how the system works. Just an idea.....not necessary.
Great shorts for mountain biking although poofy in the seat and a little noisy. Would like to see them use a less noisy fabric and add some slash pockets on each side along with the already great cargo pockets. They seem to fit true to size and length.
Posted by: Ursula | September 24, 2008 11:48 am
I'd say 2.5 stars on these... comfortable but the elastic waist makes them poof in front and back in a not-super-attractive way. Plus the fabric is noisy... revised version with the flat front is MUCH nicer.
Posted by: Laurel Hunter | September 23, 2008 1:35 pm
Excellent commute shorts-very comfortable and you can wear them out for after work beer without looking like a total bike geek. I even changed on a busy Seattle street corner by just undoing the overshorts- the liner shorts looked presentable until I could get my pants on and were comfortable enough to wear for a couple of hours of hanging out.
Posted by: Marta Medcalf | September 23, 2008 10:42 am
Great shorts. Durable and have a good fit. Rides are comfortable.
