All the gear, all the time???

[Pterodactyl_imp]

Gloves, jacket, modular helmet, boots (sneakers sometimes)... all the time. But I do wear jeans and would love to find a good pair of armored and skid proof jeans to wear instead. Any ideas?

These have had very good technical and "fashion" reviews. Not sure about availability in your area.

[url=https://www.dragginjeans.net]Draggin Jeans.

Cheers and best regards to you both.

[curlyjoe]

Yes, I am going to order a pair soon. I may go without the armor though since I like relaxed fit jeans.

Here's the USA site.

http://www.dragginjeans.com/

[Chapomis_imp]

Check out Diamond Gusset Jeans. The inseam is available in 1" increments, knee, hip and butt armor, Velcro straps on the cuffs, extra side pockets, look great, very well made.

[Rocky_imp]

Check out Diamond Gusset Jeans. The inseam is available in 1" increments, knee, hip and butt armor, Velcro straps on the cuffs, extra side pockets, look great, very well made.

I highly recommend these. I have several pairs and they are my summer-time fair weather riding pants.
What I really like about them is that you can order any inseam and waist size for a perfect fit.
The Velcro strap on the cuffs is a nice touch to stop that cuff flapping that looks so uncool

[Cormanus]

Here's a crash test of Rukka motorcycle pants, http://motorbikewriter.com/rider-crash-t...le-pants/.

I also found this piece on the sale of protective gear in Australia a bit interesting, although the researchers have not released details of what they actually tested. http://motorbikewriter.com/motorcycle-ge...on-tests/. Not the comment that the gear available from Aldi from time to time is up there.

[pdedse]

I ride year round in Oregon where it tends to rain from time to time. My commute to work is only 4 miles, but even then I'm bound to get wet and worse--wet and cold--if I don't dress right, but I do, mostly. Summers...sometimes I don't...because I simply don't think anything is going to happen and I ride extra safe. Yes, I know, what about the others? I have no good argument. Ok, I always ride with helmet and gloves and long pants here in the States. 95% of the time jacket and pants...but some days...no. I also ride quite a bit in Costa Rica where I have another life. I ride 6 miles to the beach in my shorts and t-shirt and 3/4 helmet...and light gloves. It's also 95 degrees and even higher humidity...and my maximum speed along these roads is about 30mph on my Honda CGL125. I minimize risk most of the Atgatt time...but yeah...sometimes I don't wear my seatbelt either. I don't know why. Maybe it's a generational thing...we used to cut the seatbelts out of our old cars so they wouldn't get in the way. I can't recall using a seatbelt ever from the late 60s until the early 90s...then it was the right thing to do.