Recommendations for Armored Riding Shorts
 

I'm on a "Snipe Hunt" for the best (best - not necessarily most expensive) armored shorts - and I'm soliciting your opinion(s)

Background:
Last year I had a low-speed off. Left hairpin turn on tarmac. Damp sand on the road that I just didn't see in time.
Didn't make the turn (obviously). Came down on my left hip, about 3 feet from the bike.
Broken left femur (Lesser Trochanter - see the attached pic)

It's taken some time to get back on the bike, but I'm there.
(65-year old bones don't knit as fast anymore)

So.....I'm in the market for the best armored shorts I can find.

I've already got (and wear) all of the rest of the stuff (kneepads/shoulder pads, etc.).

In an "ideal" world, these would be something that I can wear over the top of my underwear....yet underneath riding pants/denim pants.

Your ideas (and reasoning) PLEASE.

Now THAT is a thought that never occurred to me
Certainly a cheaper price
......Hmmm

I'm in the 60s and I had hip and shoulder bilateral surgeries, and now I expect to have to undergo knee surgeries too before too long.

I have investigated and bought armour riding gears and for me there is no best ones.

I would say look for something that you are looking foward to wear every day. The biggest chalenge is to find what who are most confortable with.

For this reason I only buy from the distributors that have no restocking fees.

Finally, after a surgery and as I age I need to do specific stretching exercises daly to maintain the range, the strenght and the movement of my articulations.

Hope this helps

Actually, it does help.
Shoulders, Knees & Elbows are (currently) comfortably covered.


It's my A:censored::censored: that I didn't expect to need to cover :rolleyes2:


As mentioned above, I'm gonna look into the pads that the High School / College / NFL/CFL players wear.



Dressin' for the Slide, not the Ride.