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Fieldsheer street pants.
The more I think about riding and hearing people go down for dumb reasons, the more I really need to get some armored pants. I've got nice boots, helmet, jackets, and gloves, but no pants. The main question is that I see things like the icon jeans with just leather reinforced knees, and once in a while double stitch hip components and hitena reinforced areas, but they're still basically jeans. I want something that if I go down, I truly have some protection while being able to move around and not look like spiderman if I walk into a store. I don't want some butt hugging leathers, but desire the impact protection in the hips and knees with CE rated foam or otherwise. I'm also a huge cheapskate so if I can buy it somewhere cheap, I will or get last years styles or anything I can do to save a buck. Whadday'all think???? (Whoooo Wee, get my redneck on there)
They look similar in construction to my Fieldsheer Four Season pants. Comfortable.
I have not crash-tested them. They look like good protection (that and $1 will get you a cup of coffee in some places). Not as good as leathers, but more practical for hot weather and a lot cheaper.
Yeah, thats what I'm trying to figure out. Its definitely gonna be cheaper to get good stuff than the hospital bill that follows a crash with cheap junk. I don't want to skimp too much, just looking for a justifiable cost per feature pair of riding pants like these. Thanks for the input.