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Riding Pants

What kind of pants do you wear when riding?

  • Leather or Textile riding pants

    Votes: 89 74.8%

  • Jeans / Normal Pants

    Votes: 16 13.4%

  • Jeans / Normal Pants with armor underneath

    Votes: 3 2.5%

  • Jeans / Normal Pants with protective overpants

    Votes: 11 9.2%
  • Total voters
    119
Oh, and all textiles are not made the same. If you're talking Aerostich and similar, that's great stuff. But a lot of the textile gear out there is crap.
 
To work, I wear one of those jeans with leather sewn inside at the knees and ass area. Otherwise either textile overpants if its cold or leather if its hot.
 
Pants: Dainese Hooper D-Dry

Jacket: Dainese Zen
 
Leathers for twisties, jeans in the city. I've been down in jeans a few times, broke my kneecap once. Mostly just scratches, but I was younger and spry.
 
So this poll was very enlightning for me. I now am sure that I want leather pants that offer good protection. Today I found the Dainese store in San Francisco. That place is like Toys R Us for adults. I bought the Firefly Pelle leather riding pants. Now I want a Dainese jacket....

I have a feeling I'm going to be spending some time at that place. :teeth
 
JoshF said:
So this poll was very enlightning for me. I now am sure that I want leather pants that offer good protection. Today I found the Dainese store in San Francisco. That place is like Toys R Us for adults. I bought the Firefly Pelle leather riding pants. Now I want a Dainese jacket....

I have a feeling I'm going to be spending some time at that place. :teeth
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If you're not riding much now, wait for their sale in Jan. It will be Toys R Us with costco pricing :ride
 
JoshF said:
Now I want a Dainese jacket....

I have a feeling I'm going to be spending some time at that place. :teeth
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Leave room in your budget for a back protector if you don't already have one. Most jackets from folks like Dainese, A*, etc. have pockets sewn in so you don't have to wear the protector as a separate piece. It's a minor cost/nuisance but one more thing to help you walk away from a get off.
 
ST Guy said:
'Not exactly a scientific poll, but it's nice to see that the vast majority responding are gearing up properly.

The rest of you.....get with the program.
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Mebbe they haven't taken a nasty fall yet. Myself, I wear the gear all the time. I took a nasty fall when I was learning and my leather saved me when I slide for 120 feet while spinning. I don't think jeans with armor underneath would have stayed in the proper place.

I know the whole ATGATT vs non ATGATT stories but here is how I look at it. Chicks dig scars but not skin grafts...
 
NO, don't simply group Leather and Textile riding pants into one selection.

As some of us worshipers of cow and 'roo will tell you, we consider textile to only a little better than jeans.
 
serazin said:
NO, don't simply group Leather and Textile riding pants into one selection.

As some of us worshipers of cow and 'roo will tell you, we consider textile to only a little better than jeans.
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Meh. I see your point, but still think textile can offer adequate abrasion protection for some situations. I'm a huge fan of the cow, but haven't found a satisfactory solution for cow + work clothes*. Fortunately, my commute never tops 35 mph.


*not to mention I'm really sure I don't want coworkers seein' me in teh racin' leathers.
 
This is actually a timely subject for me. Im just starting out (~ 2 months and ~ 3k miles) and bought all the gear (full face, leather jacket, proper gloves and good boots) but I only bought A* jeans with the "anti-abrasion" lining and kneepads. I have been thinking that it's about time to get some real riding pants but am not sure how to work out the convenience factor.

I can get away with the jeans even though you can sort of see the knee pads, no big deal, but I dont trust them. And it sort of sucks walking around in $300 moto boots, but I like my foot bone attached to my ankle bone, so I deal with it.

But how do you guys work out ATGATT when you want to ride over to a friends house or some other place that isn't conducive to rocking leather riding pants the whole time? The best I can come up with is get a seat bag, stash a pair of sneakers in there and get a pair of leather overpants; change out of the gear upon arrival and stash it? Maybe get a locking case and just change out of that shit right there at the bike? Sorry for the long post...
 
OK back to Dainese for the 2nd time in two days. Yesterday I bought the Firefly leather pants. Today I bought the Arizona Leather jacket in White. I like white because it's a lot more visable.

Also bought the Joust gloves.

This store is habbit forming....
 
What, no one has mentioned assless chaps? :confused

(And yes, I know that's redundant...sigh)
 
Vanilla_Gorilla said:
This is actually a timely subject for me. Im just starting out (~ 2 months and ~ 3k miles) and bought all the gear (full face, leather jacket, proper gloves and good boots) but I only bought A* jeans with the "anti-abrasion" lining and kneepads. I have been thinking that it's about time to get some real riding pants but am not sure how to work out the convenience factor.

I can get away with the jeans even though you can sort of see the knee pads, no big deal, but I dont trust them. And it sort of sucks walking around in $300 moto boots, but I like my foot bone attached to my ankle bone, so I deal with it.

But how do you guys work out ATGATT when you want to ride over to a friends house or some other place that isn't conducive to rocking leather riding pants the whole time? The best I can come up with is get a seat bag, stash a pair of sneakers in there and get a pair of leather overpants; change out of the gear upon arrival and stash it? Maybe get a locking case and just change out of that shit right there at the bike? Sorry for the long post...
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changing out is a minor inconvenience that come with riding.

get a hiking backpack with a chest and waist straps. I roll my clothes as tight and compact as possible so it doesnt wrinkle them. Shoes go in a baggie and in the backpack. Depending how much crap i have with me i can arrange the stuff in my backpack and cinch the bag into the general shape of a speed hump.

unless you're going on an adventure ride, plan ahead and try to pack light. At the most, I've manage to pack 4 days worth of clothes my backpack.

i plan on getting the kriega r35 when my North Face eats it.
 
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Karbon said:
changing out is a minor inconvenience that come with riding.

get a hiking backpack with a chest and waist straps. I roll my clothes as tight and compact as possible so it doesnt wrinkle them. Shoes go in a baggie and in the backpack. Depending how much crap i have with me i can arrange the stuff in my backpack and cinch the bag into the general shape of a speed hump.

unless you're going on an adventure ride, plan ahead and try to pack light. At the most, I've manage to pack 4 days worth of clothes my backpack.

i plan on getting the kriega r35 when my North Face eats it.
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I didn't mean the changing so much as what to actually do with the stuff once you get there. I have a north face backpack that can fit a
bit of stuff but I prefer to not ride with a pack. I guess in the end though if I can take off and stash a leather jacket I can take off leather over pants
 
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