Padded Jeans or Over-Trousers

[mylovelyhorse]

ps - I meant to include above the link to Hood Jeans site: http://www.hoodjeans.co.uk/

Oh I have a pair of them. Very good indeed - great in summer, not bad in cooler weather. Takes them about an hour to actually leak in the rain (but they get cold quickly in the rain).

Cheers

m

 

[iceclimber]

Heavy Duty Work Jeans

For the last year, I've been commuting in Crater work jeans, decent work boots and a Rukka jacket............the work jeans are designed to be used in heavy industrial workshops and I know from experience that they take a lot of punishment.......I doubt they'd last for as many metres sliding as decent leather or a 'proper' pair of bike trews, but I can ride in them, wear another pair of trousers under if it's cold and I believe they'll give me more protection than many 'bike' trousers......up to, perhaps, the point where the roadside furniture comes into play, then it's game over anyway.

I have tried draggin' jeans and hood jeans, but I found that the lining made me sweat like a pig (do pigs actually sweat? ) and I was uncomfortable in them.

Go with the best you can afford, balanced with a comfort factor.......there's no point in riding in plate armour of you can't see, can't move and it makes you so uncomfortable that you can't ride.

There's a balance somewhere, and sadly, only you can find that balance for you, your pockets and your self-preservation instincts

Hi, like another post in this thread, I to dropped a bike at 20mph on a roundabout .... my jeans were not kelvar or heavy duty work jeans but they did OK, still had sore hip though. I am however very interested in the heavy duty work jeans idea for summer, as my Hein Gericke toureg trousers (8 years old) are pretty uncomfortable and get very hot. However I did a google search for the Crater work jeans & no results

 

[wessie]

Layers are best in my view.

When I was commuting to Cardiff, 33 miles each way, I'd wear jeans on warm days. If it rained I put on a pair of nylon over-trousers. As it got colder the nylon got replaced with an pair of proper textile trousers over the jeans. When it was really cold I used a gaucho for added insulation.

All I had to do either end of my commute was put on the nylon/textile trousers over my jeans thus minimising the time taken to go from riding clothing to day-wear.

Same applied to my upper half. Layers underneath an all season Hein Gericke Cruise III jacket

 

[STUBBS]

normal work wear underneath my stitch

 

[Nutty]

I can't wait for the warmer weather so I can wear my jeans on the bike again FREEDOM

 

[iceclimber]

I did a google search for the Crater work jeans & no results

Found these 'work jeans' they sound very original & tough ... american product called Carhartt double fronted logger jeans ...... for £50 I am tempted to get a pair just to see.... BUT am also impressed by Hood jeans from the comments expressed on this thread + looking at their web site

 

[Hare About]

I found a pair of Lindstrands trousers on ebay, very expensive normally.
I would swear by them for wearability. They are meant to be brillant for going down the road in and have armour.

 

[Fanum]

However I did a google search for the Crater work jeans & no results

Apologies.......I got it wrong, it's Cratex not Crater

I have a feeling they're a Cloggy company, as Gert gets them from Holland when he goes home........He's lost a lot of weight over the last year so I've taken charge of his fat boy trousers

I can't find much online about them either, even WITH the right name

The ones I have on right now (I went out on the bike earlier and haven't bothered changing) have internal knee pockets, which I presume are meant for foam inserts or something for kneeling at work, but the pockets are almost perfectly sized to take some fairly standard CE rated armour pads that I rescued from an old pair of 'proper' bike trousers.

 

[Steptoe]

The only padded trousers you'll ever need to wear will be when you're in the old peoples home.

 

[Bendy toy]

I crashed at 40 mph in my Hein Gericke two season jacket and Texport troose. I still use both. The jacket's shoulder and sleeve are scuffed and one knee on the troose, but both are still solid and waterproof.

The negative (apart from poorly sickle) was landing on my back onto my right arm. The arm was bruised but the armour broke a rib. At least not wearing a back protector meant no broken arm. :|