chaps
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: East Tennessee
Chaps
I have chaps and trousers and choice was always trousers, especially one time after working on the bike and needed to test it and get gassed up. Decided to wear chaps and noticed on the road folks were looking at me in a kind of strange way and then at the gas station, more of the same. No biggie and when I returned home, wife was waiting on me, laughing with tears. I didn't realize it but I had white jeans on under the chaps which looked exactly like my white boxers. Then I knew why I was getting the look. Betcha I won't do that again.
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Pacific Northwest
Only wear 'em in the cold.
Just for the sake of argument, has anyone ever slid down the road with chaps on? The reason I ask is because it would seem that one would obviously do more sliding on their fanny than their legs, which would render chaps nearly useless since they leave your fanny totally exposed.
How 'bout it....
Just for the sake of argument, has anyone ever slid down the road with chaps on? The reason I ask is because it would seem that one would obviously do more sliding on their fanny than their legs, which would render chaps nearly useless since they leave your fanny totally exposed.
How 'bout it....
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Arkansas
Only wear 'em in the cold.
Just for the sake of argument, has anyone ever slid down the road with chaps on? The reason I ask is because it would seem that one would obviously do more sliding on their fanny than their legs, which would render chaps nearly useless since they leave your fanny totally exposed.
How 'bout it....
Just for the sake of argument, has anyone ever slid down the road with chaps on? The reason I ask is because it would seem that one would obviously do more sliding on their fanny than their legs, which would render chaps nearly useless since they leave your fanny totally exposed.
How 'bout it....
I think anything that protects any part of my body is better than nothing and therefore, not "useless".
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Joined: Aug 2009
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From: madison wisconsin
I made the mistake of wearing full leather (jacket & chaps) thought the Utah Salt Flats during high noon on my trip out west 3 weeks ago. Even though I drank a liter & a half of H2O, the black leather absorbed the heat & I couldn't keep up with the H2O intake & dehydrated myself. For me, they now are cold weather & the first level of rain gear. Now if they were to make white leather (or heavy duty textile) chaps to reflect the heat instead of absorbing it...