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author: "joostdecock"
caption: "Cycling like a true gentlemen"
date: "2021-03-06"
image: "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hl5bw8cj/site-content/15c72486b0c48905f9f4a916a32caa058f1b0f8a-997x857.jpg"
intro: "Wouter is at it again, this time around he's treating us to classic cycling breeches."
title: "These Cornelius cycling breeches are Wouter's latest gift to us all"
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[Wouter](https://www.instagram.com/wouter.vdub/) is at it again, this time around he's treating us to classic cycling breeches.
He writes:
> When I was a child my dad would tell me stories about hiking in the mountains, something magical for a kid living in The Netherlands.
> He had a suitcase with his mountaineering things in it, and part of that were some 'knickerbockers', baggy trousers that reached down to your calves.
>
> When I moved to the USA in my thirties and started hiking myself, I would often reflect on those talks and felt sad that I didn't inherit those knickerbockers.
> Then when I discovered sewing, I decided I would make myself a pair, but no good patterns presented themselves.
>
> This year someone on the Freesewing discord server posted a link to The 'Keystone' Systems, Practical methods of cutting, from around the turn of the century.
> This contained a drafting system for 'Cycling Breeches', which seemed to be close to what my father used to wear, and could be translated into a Freesewing pattern.
> A project was born, and I'm happy to be able to present the results to you.
As Wouter mentioned; This pattern is based on [the Keystone drafting method](https://archive.org/details/keystonesystemsc00heck/page/n5/mode/2up).
Not that it matters because as always you get it made-to-measure for
you [right here on FreeSewing.org](/designs/cornelius/).
![Here's the man himself](https://posts.freesewing.org/uploads/wouter_9fbc821146.jpg)
Note that you don't have to cycle to wear these.
All that's required is a willingness to show of those socks (or calfs).
Cornelius is available at [/designs/cornelius/](/designs/cornelius/).