Leather chaps and jackets
Road Warrior
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+1 Try not to get too tied up in "more money = better quality." You can buy 7 good quality X-Element jackets for what 1 Schotts or Langlitz jacket costs. Asphalt doesn't give a crap what brand your jacket is, when they meet, chances are you'll be buying another one.
Road Warrior
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From: Austin, Texas
I started over twenty-five years ago with A2 copy leather jackets from L.L. Bean. Excellent quality. When I outgrew the first one I bought a second and also a third, one insulated with 3M Thinsulate. They're extremely well-made jackets, they hold up through the decades, and the insulated one is unbelievably warm (you can hardly wear it when you're not moving, I almost always take it off when I get off the bike!)
They're very "1940s" which works for me, I love the practicality and the look. They're not the most "flexible" jacket, I'd take mine off before I got into a barroom fight for example.
But they're tough (goat leather) and oh so durable.
They're very "1940s" which works for me, I love the practicality and the look. They're not the most "flexible" jacket, I'd take mine off before I got into a barroom fight for example.
But they're tough (goat leather) and oh so durable.
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From: Richmond, VA
Since your in the Carolina's make the trip up to see Fox Creek. At least for your chaps. There really is a difference. I have both the 49 dollar chaps and a quality set of Leather chaps. Both do the same thing, the good ones do it many times better.
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