# Kevlar Riding Jeans **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlar-riding-jeans/770247 "2016-10-31T12:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlar-riding-jeans/770247/1 "2016-10-31T12:18:13Z")
There have been a few threads about riding gear, but none for a few years. I recently bought a bike after a 2-year lapse in riding, and discovered my old Kevlar jeans are too big now. Before I just buy another pair of the same brands, I thought I’d see what other Dopers like wearing. Armor doesn’t matter to me, I wear Forcefield underneath whatever I get. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlar-riding-jeans/770247/2 "2016-10-31T15:48:22Z")
I had a pair of [Draggin’ Jeans](http://www.dragginjeans.com/) I liked a long time ago, but have no idea of their current quality. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlar-riding-jeans/770247/3 "2016-10-31T17:43:33Z")
I had a couple pairs of Two Bros., but they were baggy in all the wrong areas and I suspect would have been worthless in the event of a crash. Never got to test that theory, however. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlar-riding-jeans/770247/4 "2016-10-31T17:54:04Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > I had a pair of [Draggin’ Jeans](http://www.dragginjeans.com/) I liked a long time ago, but have no idea of their current quality. I recently got a pair, they seem quite well made. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlar-riding-jeans/770247/5 "2016-10-31T20:04:35Z")
[This.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/d3/61/0f/d3610f9eb3f3835fa22d4c9404f03a26.jpg) But with a helmet! StG ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlar-riding-jeans/770247/6 "2016-11-01T01:41:32Z")
I’m wearing [Sliders 2.0](http://search.compacc.com/search?view=grid&w=sliders&x=0&y=0) Kevlar-lined riding pants in warm weather, for which I had a seamstress add zippers along the outseams from the cuff to the knee, just so I could more easily work around my boots. Shortly after I did that, the company came out with Sliders 3.0’s, which already have the zippers installed. Since the weather is getting colder lately, I’ll be switching back to my deerskin\* leather pants. They’re from Thurlow leather world, which is no longer in business. As I noted in a couple other threads, if anyone knows a place to get a deerskin jacket made, please PM or post it here. –G! \*The jacket worn by the stuntmen in the Indiana Jones movies is from Thurlow. Yes, it really does withstand abuse that well! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlar-riding-jeans/770247/7 "2016-11-01T23:08:35Z")
I’ve got a pair of Sliders that I like okay, but they’re just straight denim on the outside; I was hoping for something that looks like jeans but is a stronger external layer,