Kevlar jeans armour. Question.

[Hitcher]

you could always get some of those leather chaps the American boys wear.

Which offer no arse protection whatsoever. Brokeback Mountain in more ways than one.

[helenoftroy]

Would that be the suspender belt and garter then?

LMAO!

Stop it! you cheeky beast.....

[quickbuck]

I actually find my Draggans quite hot to wear in the height of summer.
I guess they are thicker than some... Obviously not all Draggans are created equal (And there are different styles anyway).

What is actually a better alternative is my Technics Cordura Trou with the liner removed, as they allow a bit of air flow around the legs.

[LBD]

If armour is a must-have for you, don't wear kevlar jeans. Seriously..

I hear that and it is not full armour I am looking for, Just some knee protection. Feet to calves are catered for with boots, and I have no shortage of inherited padding around my hips and waist.....but I enjoy tramping so want to look after those two boney sticky out bits in front.

Just had another thought (I blame the wine) - you could always get some of those leather chaps the American boys wear .........

Only a Honda rider could come out with that line....

Would that be the suspender belt and garter then?

You and AllanB mates then?

Back to the first Question ...Integral or worn seperate knee protection?

[slowpoke]

I wear Draggins. I don't wear armour in them, largely because I believe armour is overrated.

I'd love to hear the logic behind this belief.....er, on second thoughts......

Nup, gimme something with abrasion and impact protection any day of the biking week, over something with only dubious abrasion protection . I've still got the abrasion scars (knee and hip) from testing my Draggin's and they tell me that kevlar jeans are shite in even low speed accidents. If I hadn't been wearing a thick leather belt at the time my hip would have been in a really bad way, cos the kevlar in the Draggin's was dragged around as I slid and was next to useless (jeans wore/tore through next to kevlar) and although the I lost a bit of skin the belt took most of the punishment......and all at just 40kph.

3 x racing crashes in armoured leather: not a scratch and the leathers are still very useable. 1 x road accident in Draggin's: knee nearly ground to the bone, bark well scraped off my hip, and the Draggin's are fucked.

[crazyhorse]

If you are that worried about the protection................. stick to leather.

[Rosie]

I wear mx knee armour under my draggin cargo pants, the knee guards are very comfortable, but the cargo pants do get hot when you aren't on the bike. For summer touring, I have a pair of over-the-boot MX pants, which are basically cordura pants without the waterproof etc liners. They are nice and cool, and are more comfortable on long trips than the draggin cargo pants are. And it feels a bit more secure having knee armour firmly attached to my legs.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I wear jeans around town and when pootling quite a bit. My leather pants are very hot to wear in summer, and seem to have shrunk in the waist recently.

I recently (when the dollar was really high) bought some Bohn body armor legging things. They're mesh leggings with decent armour in them designed for american cruiser riders who wear jeans but want some protection. Only ridden once with them but seem to perform pretty much as advertised. certainly not uncomfortable to wear.

http://www.bohnarmor.com/


hell expensive though.