Casual Pants?

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ReggieGasket · #1 Post by **ReggieGasket** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:39 pm

Hi, just wondering if anyone has experience with casual biker pants? I want pants to go to work in during summer. I will change the pants once at work, but I don't want to be putting leather or textile pants on for the 9 mile trip in to work. I fancy jeans or similar but want some protection too. There are lots of such pants on ebay but I don't know anything about them.

Shetland Woody · #2 Post by **Shetland Woody** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:50 pm

I have a pair of Draggin jeans, nice and comfortable but one thing I would prefer is zips on the pockets so I could safely put my wallet,etc in without the worry of them flying out, mine are a few years old so maybe the newer ones have zips. There a quite loose fit, but apart fom some Kevlar in the hips and knees there's not much else, good though for a short run. I can't remember what make they were "not much help there" but a friend had similar jeans and they had proper armour at the knees etc. defiantly worth getting ones with better armour in.
If I find out the name I'll post up as they were in my opinion better than the Draggin jeans

fatboy · #3 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:12 pm

I looked at Draggin jeans at the weekend, seems they are a bit more high t ech these days, using all round protection with a fabric called Dyneemar, plus kevlar plus upgradeable drop in armour.
Not cheap, £130 to £170,more for armour upgrade.
Very impressive videos with regard to the performance of the jeans, yes I would buy if I needed new textile pants

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:08 pm

Hmmm biker pants .....

so this sort of thing ..........

or this ...............

Though if you are talking trousers - well it's a shame you missed out on the Aldi kevlar jeans a few weeks ago.

I bought my son some Hood jeans recently - got the ones that look like office type trousers. Very impressed - more kevlar than most of the other brands and they will cut them to whatever leg length you want
http://www.hoodjeans.co.uk/

Cathcart · #5 Post by **Cathcart** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:17 pm

What a link!! Cheers.

ReggieGasket · #6 Post by **ReggieGasket** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:30 am

I'm not wearing Ducati stuff!

Perfect link thanks. GB made

Reading Lee Child again, so may have to get the army ones