Howler Bros‘ designs honor the soul, passion, and timeless style of sports such as surfing and fly fishing but update historic garment ideas with modern influence from waves, water, geography, fashion, and art. But they also make great off-bike wear. Here’s a couple of items from their collection we really dug this year.
Harker’s Flannel
The Harker’s Flannel brings buttery soft warmth to your post-ride (or even your cooler weather rides). This flannel features a single button-through flap pocket on the left chest, reinforced elbow patches, contrast stitching, custom metal buttons, and a hunter’s yoke on the right shoulder. The fabric is a 60/40 blend of cotton and polyester and the shirt also boasts some nice details like metal buttons and reinforced elbow patches. I just wore this thing to clean the gutters before handing Christmas lights and it kept me warm and shrugged off wet, grimy leaves, too.
Tranquilo Chillshorts
The Tranquilo Chillshorts combine the easy style of your favorite drawstring boardshorts with the zen-like comfort of your go-to sweatpants. Made of 60% cotton, 40% polyester french terry fabric, the Tranquilos are perfect for runs to the bike shop, long car rides, or anytime you want to just lay back and let the world come to you.
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