Highway Biker
You know, the ones that have kevlar lining etc - I wonder how effective they are - there is little info about how they perform in a crash situation. I did hear that a guy wearing them came off in the Terrace tunnel in Wgtn a year or two ago - anyone know about this?
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Originally Posted by Tunahunter
They are shit mate, they rip so easy. I've crashd in them and they ripped straight away. Scard my knees up pretty bad
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Hardcore Biker
There have been a number of threads on the topic, and it seems like while there isn't a great deal of consensus, the most common opinion I've seen is that they're better than nothing/regular jeans, and worth considering purely for commuting at around-town speeds, but definitely don't offer enough protection for open road riding.
Personally, I have a pair of Cordura pants, but I am planning on getting some kevlar jeans just for riding in to work through 50k zones, and possibly using on extremely hot days in summer - a month or so back when temperatures were hitting 35 and I was out on a ride I was cursing my water & wind proof cordura pants and wishing I had something cooler.
RAMbo
+1
They have their place (town riding) as you don't get so hot.
Had a pair for a couple of years and done lots of commuting in them. Was wearing
them in a crash and hurt my knees when I hit the road (no impact protection) but they didn't wear through so no road rash (in essence they did what I expected of them).
For the safety conscious you can get armour for them but it doesn't compare with either cordura (better) and leather (best) for protection.
I still wear mine - I'm just aware of what they were designed for.
i'm motarded
The only benefit I find with mine is that they are kevlar Reinforced, so they do a better job of holding my fat arse in than regular jeans.
Fanny.
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Rasta Ratskins
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Forum whore
Smoke n mirrors my friend, you will note the track surface was extremely smooth. not many Kiwi roads are like that.
Jeans remain jeans no matter what you have in them, you only replace direct skin contact with the road ie gravel rash with friction burns.
Dragging did a test at Paeroa, Im sure the jeans didnt look that great at the end of it but better than wearing nothing thats for certain.
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Fanny.
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Have just returned from a ride around the lower Waikato wearing my Rhino jeans. Infact, I haven't worn my cordura pants for about 6 months.
Apart from them being too long when walking about, I like them. Yes the padding in the hips and knees are not the best, but they are comfortable in hot weather. I wear MX type elbow pads under my leather jacket and may look at a pair of knee guards to wear under the jeans.
They may not be as safe as armoured cordura or leather, but they dont bunch up around the crotch/thighs as the cordura pants do with my riding position.
If I wanted to get paranoid about the ultimate protection, I'd wear the dearest gear avalible. I never have,
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Come and see the KNOX ones mate, it what I wear and they are awesome.
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Rider in training
It depends on what kind of accident you want to protect yourself against. Basically the two mains things are abrasion resistance, and impact resistance.
You want abrasion resistance if you are worried about going for a slide, but not hitting anything. You want impact resistance if you are worried about hitting something, but not about a slide. And you want both if you are worried about both.
Also note that the faster you go, the more impact resistance comes into play. For example, hitting a curb at 100km/h is nastier than at 50km/h around suburban streets.
Kevlar jeans only provide abrasion resistance, and only around the arse and knees.
Victorious
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Whisky Tango Foxtrot?
Pretty much what I would expect. Full leather gear with hard armour is what you want to be wearing if you are unlucky enough to be in a crash, but summer riding around the city in full leather gear isn't the greatest for comfort.
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Scooter boy
I've worn Jeans in the past and have come off while wearing them in a 50km/h zone - ended up with a grapefruit sized haematoma on my hip and smashed my right knee into the tarmac; meant I couldn't walk properly / hobbling for 6 weeks.. I hear that wearing 'skins' under leather is the way to go so am saving up for that (although my recent R1 purchase has severely dented any savings I had..)
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