I rode the last couple weeks between Phoenix and Mesa (round trip about 1.5 hours) with jeans on AND a jacket AND a helmet and I survived. If its too hot for gear....its too hot to ride, especially in Phoenix where these drivers don't pay attention for S***!!

 

Shoot haha sorry I didn't respond to your post faster. About snake skin/high fusion...haha your assumption is correct on high fusion kind of like the skate grips. I wouldn't recommend them with shorts lol but since you already ordered them...I have the snake skin and they look/feel great on bare skin, though I don't normally ride with shorts, not in CA traffic at least!

 

Well both snake skin and high fusion are rubber so it cant be all that bad on the knee's The guy at techspec said I should be fine. The snake skin is MUCH thicker than the high fusion. defference is .125 to .035