Do you prefer riding jeans, or textile?

Do you prefer riding jeans, or textile?
Currently, I ride with my Joe Rocket Atomic jeans with knee armour. I am considering getting some textile pants for better "slide" protection.
What are your thoughts and suggestions. keep in mind. I don't want to spend over $200, since that equals about $270 Canadian, and i'm not worth that much ;p.
Thanks peeps...

UPDATE;
I have narrowed it down to these tree choices, but am leaning towards the Alpinestars Bogota Pro pants;
https://fortnine.ca/en/alpinestars-bogota-pro-drystar-pants
https://fortnine.ca/en/alpinestars-ardent-3-in-1-adventure-touring-pants
https://fortnine.ca/en/revit-offtrack-2-h2o-pants

I normally am a fair weather rider.
Not afraid to ride in the rain. Then again, none of us wake up to a pouring rain, and say " MAN it looks like a great day to ride"

I do have a {revit adventure type}, jacket, so the H20 might be a contender as well.

If you consider the cost of skin grafts from clothing that could melt into your skin as you slide along the road then I would recommend this kit:

https://www.motoport.com/

Not even close to the $200 you mentioned but if I had bought this first instead of several different suits over the years I would have been money ahead. Only suit that fits me as they build to your measurements.

Be sure you read up on polyester suits and their shortcomings. Having said that anything is better than jeans and a t shirt. Have had two buddies that dismounted on 20 mph curves and the road rash was unbelievable.

Duluth Trading flex firehose pants - and stop falling off the bike

Check out these sites:

https://motorcyclecloseouts.com/

https://www.ridersdiscount.com/

https://www.cyclegear.com/closeout-gear

https://discountmotogear.com/

I'm a staunch Aerostich fan. Buy once, cry once.

Use both, kinda depends on how lucky I feel. Anything longer than a short local ride (and I mean really short) it's armored jackets and pants. I have a mixture of Motoport and Aerostich with the 'stich getting the nod when there's a threat of moisture.

Hospital stays and skin grafts don't interest me in the least...YMMV

~G

mophead said:

If you consider the cost of skin grafts from clothing that could melt into your skin as you slide along the road then I would recommend this kit:

https://www.motoport.com/

Not even close to the $200 you mentioned but if I had bought this first instead of several different suits over the years I would have been money ahead. Only suit that fits me as they build to your measurements.

Be sure you read up on polyester suits and their shortcomings. Having said that anything is better than jeans and a t shirt. Have had two buddies that dismounted on 20 mph curves and the road rash was unbelievable.

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The link takes you to a company website. Which pants in particular are you referring to?

classicrocker said:

Do you prefer riding jeans, or textile?
Currently, I ride with my Joe Rocket Atomic jeans with knee armour. I am considering getting some textile pants for better "slide" protection.
What are your thoughts and suggestions. keep in mind. I don't want to spend over $200, since that equals about $270 Canadian, and i'm not worth that much ;p.
Thanks peeps...

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Along with my Klim Latitude pants I have a pair of the Joe Rocket Atomic riding jeans. I had to swap out the torturing knee pads; they were terrible, unflexible. I put in standard D30 knee armor. Now the jeans are comfortable to wear.

On a long trip I will take both. If a chance of rain, I wear the Klim. If no rain or just heading out for a short trip, the Joe Rockets are on.

I’ve been wearing Saint denim. They have a proprietary “unbreakable” denim and have CE2 rated armor for the hips and knees. Very comfortable, look good, and wear well.

I commute to work in them and wear them all day without issue.

They regularly run sales or offer free armor on their own page. Service has been excellent when I needed to swap sizes. I also have their jacket and gloves and love them all

Note that I’ve never actually put the armor through a real world test and work hard to ensure I never do.

papabird said:

Along with my Klim Latitude pants I have a pair of the Joe Rocket Atomic riding jeans. I had to swap out the torturing knee pads; they were terrible, unflexible. I put in standard D30 knee armor. Now the jeans are comfortable to wear.

On a long trip I will take both. If a chance of rain, I wear the Klim. If no rain or just heading out for a short trip, the Joe Rockets are on.

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That’s not the D30 ghost armor knee pads right? The ghost armor uses non-Newtonian material that will only work when enclosed in fabric designed to work with the armor. It has to hold the shape of the armor while the impact is occurring for the fluid to rigidize and absorb the energy.

Bionicpork said:

That’s not the D30 ghost armor knee pads right? The ghost armor uses non-Newtonian material that will only work when enclosed in fabric designed to work with the armor. It has to hold the shape of the armor while the impact is occurring for the fluid to rigidize and absorb the energy.

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No, it was the Level 1 D30. The pads that came with the jeans were about 16" long, thick and absolutely unflexible; it almost hurt to stand up the way they were shaped.

I have a pair of Tourmaster Flex (2nd set, actually).

What I like about them is they have a multitude of zippered panels and liners that can be mixed and matched as conditions require. At the minimum, they are (mostly) mesh pants with armour in the knees and sides for hot weather riding. Zip in panels cover the mesh for temperate conditions. There's a rain liner for wet weather and quilted winter liner for cold weather (either can be used singly or both together). The flexible configuration is great for long trips through a variable climate.

What I don't like about them is they have a multitude of zippered panels and liners. First you have to figure out which one goes where, then you have to figure out which way the zippers go. Being careful not to get them mixed up with the long zippers that close the sides of the legs. And being careful not to get the material of the rain liner caught in a zipper. Then you have to reserve some luggage space to carry them when you are not using them...

Ok, it's not quite that bad -- the quilted liner gets left at home in summer and the outer panels usually get left installed in the shoulder seasons. And it's less stuff to carry than separate sets of gear for different conditions. So I put up with the dang zippers.

When I ride in jeans, it's 501 Levi's. With Bohn armor under. Bohnarmor.com

I’ve unfortunately been down in (Levi’s) jeans and full track leathers.
Jeans provide no protection. Full armoured leather is the best way to go, but I can appreciate that compromises are made for comfort and weather protection.
Spend the most you can to protect yourself in the best way you can. And get the right fit - it should be snug, not loose “because it’s more comfortable”. The better it fits, the closer to your body, the better chance it stays in place on impact.
ATGATT!

Sticking with Aerostich Darien pants. Weather proof as well as pretty good protection.

I've been searching through pants: order, return losing money on 2nd shipping and restocking, repeat. Anyone know anywhere that actually stocks them any more to try on before throwing money down the shitter?

rbentnail said:

I've been searching through pants: order, return losing money on 2nd shipping and restocking, repeat. Anyone know anywhere that actually stocks them any more to try on before throwing money down the shitter?

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My local cycle gear stores stock a lot of stuff. So does Bobs cycle supply. But it is going to depend on what is around you.

Went down to my local Cycle Gear and ordered in a truck load of gear that they have on the website but don't stock in the store. Tried on a bunch of it, bought the items I wanted, and they took back the stuff I didn't want. Only paid for the items I bought, didn't pay any money up front, or shipping or restocking fees.

I ordered multiple pair of pants, jackets, gloves; different brands, different sizes, different colors. Tried them on in the store, went out to the parking lot to sit on my scooter, repeat until...................well, you get the idea.

Apologized to the guy behind the counter for all the extra gear and work. He (manager) said it is actually good for the store in the eyes of corporate to move inventory, even if there are returns. Since the gear never left the store there wasn't any question of condition of returned items since it wasn't sold.

I got just what I wanted all in two trips to the store, one to order, one to try and buy. Well, actually three trips, I wasn't very smart the first trip.



dan

A lot of the smaller (non-franchise) store operators cannot afford the cost of maintaining a large inventory. Also, they can never have the volume to warrant the deep discounts that some on-line retailers have. What makes it worse is that a lot of people would go to the local shop to try stuff on and then end out ordering on-line for the inevitable cost saving. If any local retailer can come moderately close to the prices charged by the on-line guys, I'll give them my business. If they can't (or won't), I'll buy on-line but won't use the local for sizing and fit.

rbentnail said:

I've been searching through pants: order, return losing money on 2nd shipping and restocking, repeat. Anyone know anywhere that actually stocks them any more to try on before throwing money down the shitter?

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Cycle Gear, see post 18. Order the same thing in different sizes, helmets in different colors/sizes, try all in store and keep what you want. I call the store to let them know I wont be coming in until the whole order arrives, so they know to make room. Exercises your credit card. They have expanded their product lines quite a bit since the Revzilla merge.

-Steve