Riding jeans

[johnsimion]

Interesting. I too have the S&S jeans with similar issues but moving the pads only cost me $20 (PM me for a cheaper alterations lady). And I had to have them taken up in the waist. They're near perfect now except the zipper wants to come down an inch every time no matter what and that will mean a new zipper. Even after all the alterations they are a good buy IMO.

 

[Peteoz]

Thanks for passing that along, it’s nice to be able to pick an inseam instead of ending up with 6 extra inches dragging under your heel.

Send the extra 6 inches over here, LeftCoast......Be grateful you can at least shorten them. They don’t make them long enough for me

Pete

 

[LeftCoast]

Ha! You got it Pete. I may keep 3 inche# though for my seemingly ever expanding waist!

 

[johnsimion]

Seems to me that for Spyder riding, it's wrong to put the focus on Kevlar. Nothing wrong with it, of course, but Kevlar is best used as protection against road rash caused by sliding, a real risk on a two-wheeler, particularly in a low-side at a turn on loose gravel or sand. On a Spyder, however, it seems to me that the biggest risk is simply getting thrown off and landing hard, such as in a rear-end collision or a car strike or even accidentally running off the road. In those situations you're unlikely to slide very much. I would be more concerned with knee and hip injury than with road rash. Because of this, I suggest that knee and hip armor is more important than Kevlar when choosing jeans - or better yet, when used together with Kevlar.