Need advice on leather pants
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Need advice on leather pants
I am 45 yrs old and never owned a pair of leather pants. I want to take the advanced riding course and they require them.
My questions are, how do you size them? Do you buy the regular size pants you wear and they will automatically fit over your jeans or do you have to buy them bigger than you would normally wear? Can you also by some that are slim fitting and they dont go over your jeans? Are they labeled differently depending on if you want to cover your jeans or wear them by themselves. Can you recommend a good brand that won't set me back too much. Also. what is the best brand regardless of price. Can I wear them without underwear? (Just testing you on that one to see if you read the whole thing)!
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My questions are, how do you size them? Do you buy the regular size pants you wear and they will automatically fit over your jeans or do you have to buy them bigger than you would normally wear? Can you also by some that are slim fitting and they dont go over your jeans? Are they labeled differently depending on if you want to cover your jeans or wear them by themselves. Can you recommend a good brand that won't set me back too much. Also. what is the best brand regardless of price. Can I wear them without underwear? (Just testing you on that one to see if you read the whole thing)!
Thanks!
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RE: Need advice on leather pants
Oh hell, it's time for the leather pants/chaps topic again.
I'll cut to the chase.....
Leather pants are gay.
<rebuttal> They are not!
Chaps are gay.
<rebuttal> They are not!
End result: Wear what ya like and the hell with what everyone else thinks. Although you wont convince the persons who thinks the items in question are gay.
And if that didn't head everyting offf..... Well then LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
I'll cut to the chase.....
Leather pants are gay.
<rebuttal> They are not!
Chaps are gay.
<rebuttal> They are not!
End result: Wear what ya like and the hell with what everyone else thinks. Although you wont convince the persons who thinks the items in question are gay.
And if that didn't head everyting offf..... Well then LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
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RE: Need advice on leather pants
I didn't know they required them for the advanced MSF course. What about jeans that are specific for riding? I wear some Joe Rocket jeans that have some sort of steel/nylon mesh in the knees and seat. They were about $90- cheaper than leather pants. The downside is that they don't really have wind protection like leather would.
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RE: Need advice on leather pants
LOL, true, except this one had the added element of commando style....how does that fit into your debate scenario?
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RE: Need advice on leather pants
ORIGINAL: JeffreyLebowski
I didn't know they required them for the advanced MSF course. What about jeans that are specific for riding? I wear some Joe Rocket jeans that have some sort of steel/nylon mesh in the knees and seat. They were about $90- cheaper than leather pants. The downside is that they don't really have wind protection like leather would.
I didn't know they required them for the advanced MSF course. What about jeans that are specific for riding? I wear some Joe Rocket jeans that have some sort of steel/nylon mesh in the knees and seat. They were about $90- cheaper than leather pants. The downside is that they don't really have wind protection like leather would.
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RE: Need advice on leather pants
When I rode a lot in Germany, I bought a pair of leather pants for safty. I brought them back state side and eventually got married. My wife said that I needed to toss the leather pants because I looked like a friken fruitloop wearing them. She said,,, "Real Men wear Chaps"
