Commuting gear choice (jeans)

[Quasievil]

or keep using regular jeans with something like Knox cross lite knee protectors underneath.

The only Armour to wear in your jeans to guarantee the armour staying in place in a crash (including the Dragging KNOX armour jeans) is the KNOX Cross Lite Knee guards

As per this video



You can buy them here, we have a small order due any day of them.

You can order them here
http://www.qmoto.co.nz/products/knox...knee-protector

$149 so they are cheap as

[davereid]

I'm away until the end of the week, so I'll have a look then.

[CookMySock]

a decent pair of cordura pants easily slip over normal jeans, more protection, and for fairly good quality are still cheaper than draggins

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-286289662.htm

And they are far warmer - suitable for winter.

Just get the cordura.

Steve

[Sentox]

I'm away until the end of the week, so I'll have a look then.

Thanks! Much appreciated

[Urano]

Ordinary jeans take a "nanosecond" to wear through.

a big quote.
jeans would be annihilated in half a second, so think at what you're searchin for.

i've been commuting in jeans often: i hadn't felt safe, but driving with usual circumspection and at SLOW speed (40-50 MAXIMUM) you can maybe accept the higher risk.
in case of crash in front of a car, flying above it mean that in the instant you touch the ground you are probably at 30-35 kmh, and you'll stop quite quickly.
the problem in those cases is more "where you stop in"... so, keeping clear the assumption above (NOT MORE THAN 40-50), i'd be more concerned about impact.

anyway, obviously, the more the best. so if you can afford a kevlar jeans pair, well... take it.

[Dodgyiti]

a decent pair of cordura pants easily slip over normal jeans, more protection, and for fairly good quality are still cheaper than draggins

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-286289662.htm

Yep, got some cordura pants, fully waterproof and with armour for $120. Bargin. Commuting means getting wet...

I read some test results on jeans vs road rash, they 'recon .4 of a second before skin on a new pair of jeans and that goes down the more worn they are, not worth it.

[imdying]

Woven kevlar is quite easy to get, it wouldn't take too long to sew up an entire kevlar liner with a little padding, for a set of jeans. Some cursory stiching through out would keep it located without making it too difficult to move the liner to the next set.

Anyone have any pics of the internals of existing kevlar jeans?

[Quasievil]

Woven kevlar is quite easy to get, it wouldn't take too long to sew up an entire kevlar liner with a little padding, for a set of jeans. Some cursory stiching through out would keep it located without making it too difficult to move the liner to the next set.

Anyone have any pics of the internals of existing kevlar jeans?

The Denium it self (that holds it all together or at least tries to) is usually thicker i.e. a 16 Oz or at least a 12 oz. The normal denium ex say hallensteins is thin as fuck.

[shrub]

I use kevlar jeans.

I rode in all conditions for many, many years in nothing more than 2 pairs of jeans - you had your good jeans underneath and your "reggies" on the outside that were caked in oil and grease (old Brit bikes) and you NEVER washed them. I had a few offs and lost a bit of skin here and there, but nothing major. And we rode pretty fast, and before anyone makes comments about performance of old Brits, they could actually hussle along, and in the early 80s I moved to Jap bikes for a few years (I wanted to experience this thing called "reliability" for myself), and still rode in jeans on them.

I wear cordura riding pants and leather pants, but only when I'm riding out on the open road because I figure my kevlar jeans will probably be fine at commuting speeds.

[peasea]

I use kevlar jeans.

I rode in all conditions for many, many years in nothing more than 2 pairs of jeans - you had your good jeans underneath and your "reggies" on the outside that were caked in oil and grease (old Brit bikes) and you NEVER washed them. I had a few offs and lost a bit of skin here and there, but nothing major. And we rode pretty fast, and before anyone makes comments about performance of old Brits, they could actually hussle along, and in the early 80s I moved to Jap bikes for a few years (I wanted to experience this thing called "reliability" for myself), and still rode in jeans on them.

Me too, they're called 'originals' and I still have mine.

You're right about the old Brits, we used to tweak the crap out of 'em and gave many a Jap bike rider a good run for his money. (For a while.)

[shrub]

Me too, they're called 'originals' and I still have mine.

You're right about the old Brits, we used to tweak the crap out of 'em and gave many a Jap bike rider a good run for his money. (For a while.)

Still have em - I'm imprfessed your leather and your originals (the crew I mixed with mostly called them riggies) were treasured, but my leather got cut off me by an ambulance driver (I was unconcious, so I couldn't object) and my originals/riggies disappeared and were probably thrown out by the hospital staff - I was in a coma for a fair while and don't remember most of the 2 months I was in hospital.

My old Bonnie could outrun anything Japanese through the corners. On the straights the Japs could pull me in, but come the corners.... The only bikes that I knew I had no chance against were the Italians.

[firefighter]

My old Bonnie could outrun anything Japanese through the corners. On the straights the Japs could pull me in, but come the corners.... The only bikes that I knew I had no chance against were the Italians.

Which decade was this?

[shrub]

Which decade was this?

Late 70s to early 80s. Back when Jap bikes had hinged frames. In 83 after my big accident I moved to a CB750F and loved the reliability and smoothness, but by Jesus the thing was scary in the corners, and that big disc brake was pretty well hopeless. After a hard ride it would be blue.

[peasea]

Late 70s to early 80s. Back when Jap bikes had hinged frames. In 83 after my big accident I moved to a CB750F and loved the reliability and smoothness, but by Jesus the thing was scary in the corners, and that big disc brake was pretty well hopeless. After a hard ride it would be blue.

Give me a well-adjusted Twin Leader any day.

I still have my leather jacket too, but it fits me not.
I didn't know leather could shrink so much.

[shrub]

Give me a well-adjusted Twin Leader any day.

I still have my leather jacket too, but it fits me not.
I didn't know leather could shrink so much.

Yeah, at least twin leaders slowed you down. But I could park my Honda outside the pub, I didn't need to keep it in my bedroom and nothing ever fell off.