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How do you find them in summer?
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Draggin Jeans
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Originally Posted by tmotten
How do you find them in summer?
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I live in Tropical North Queensland. Luckily not on the coast so I dont have the humidity, but............ It doesnt matter what you wear, in summer, on the coast up here you will melt. We try to avoid it from now until about March.
They are a bit warm but only when you have stopped. Sort of like wearing a pair of MoleSkins if you know what they are.
Overall I find them to be a good "all rounder" type of pants
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I bought a pair of the Draggin' Cargo Camo's. Wore them a few times then threw them in a drawer. I've recently thrown them away. They're crap. Not cheap either.
The seams around the crotch had started to come apart. And I don't have particularly large balls, nor do I spend ages scratching them.
The waist button had also popped off. Do yourself a favour, don't bother. Get some Levis.
Hein-Gericke do some armour plated underwear. Come to think of it, when I was younger, I may have dated the girl that INVENTED armour plated underwear.
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Putting knee and hip armour in jeans beats the purpose, you will just look ridiculous and be uncomfortable. I have a pair of Swedish made jeans, and the armour is a nuisance in them so I took them out. Wear leather trousers with armour or accept that you are going to get hurt if you fall off... armour or not, let's accept it, jeans are not great in an accident.
Take it easy and keep it between the hedges!
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Try Looking at Esquad strong jeans, || ESQUAD : the legendary armalith apparel - more protection, more comfortable and no secondary layer of kevlar knit or woven - the actual denim is the protective fabric not a sewn in insert so they are cooler and more comfortable. They claim to be stronger ( they claim to be the strongest rider jeans on the planet - if you believe the blurb - but thats upto you)than most Kevlar jeans and that is without an inner layer of Kevlar which can be both bulky, very hot and heavy, The actual denim weave is made up of Armalith fibres they are very comfortable - more so after they have been washed a few times as they soften up, excellent fit with a seated riding position built into the way the jeans fit when your riding so they do not tug at your knees or ride up away from your ankles, and they claim higher abrasion resistance than leather - the hip armour is superb and not really noticable when fitted but the knee armour is a bit more bulky but very light and flexible - I dont use the knee armour much myself. I have tried Hood jeans and Draggin jeans in the past these to me were Heavy, bulky, hot (sweaty off the bike)are a shadow of the quality fit and comfort of the Esquad stuff. (i wear the Esquad jeans as everyday jeans to the pub etc as well as on the bike that is how comfy and well cut they are). Mind you they are very expensive. (think about £280 when I bought mine) They have replaced virtually all the heavy leather and goretex stuff I have usually worn when travelling, or for use as everyday rider wear, i have worn them in hot weather and very cold wet weather including this current winter weather with a pair of waterproof over trousers. Excellent bit of kit if denim stuff is your thing.
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