Riding pants or Carhardts + armor?
I'm about to set off for South America for 6-9 months and am still debating what to wear for pants. I have a pair of revit dakar pants that get a little too hot and the armor doesn't seem to stay where it's supposed to. For that matter I've never found a pair of riding pants that fit me well and are easy and comfortable to wear. I'm wondering if I should just forget about riding pants and get some heavy carhardt work pants and wear some strap-on MX style knee/shin armor over them. This would make getting off the bike and walking around in towns much easier and less conspicuous as well. For rain gear I'd just have some waterproof overpants that I can pull on over my boots. I also hate that riding pants use waterproof liners. When it's hot and steamy I won't have the liners in, but then that tropical rain comes all of a sudden and I have to pull over and strip on the side of the road in the rain to put my liners in. That's just stupid. Any opinions out there?
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