Well I ordered a pair of the shift riding jeans. Figured its gotta be better than regular jeans and I can't see myself wearing leather pants - i'll let you guys know my thoughts and such.

 

Man this is nasty... Hence why I always wear leathers...

 

Buy impact knee pads and wear them under your whatever you wear.

 

Went riding today in some nasty twisties, and my buddy in front of me had a get off rolling about 30 mph around a down hill 90 degree right hand turn. High sided then slid a good 50'. I got to him before he stopped sliding, and I was 2 bike legnths behind him. He walked away with one scrape on his elbow, and a sore wrist. He was wearing full gear like the rest of us.

 

I think we can all agree that riding jeans aren't designed for twisties, stunting, tracks, drag racing or general squidliness. That's not their purpose. They're designed to resemble normal looking jeans as closely as possible afterall.

Short, they're meant to protect during cruising / commuting speed. If a person exceeds that, I hope they're not stupid enough to expect leather protection. If they did protect as well as leathers, everyone would buy 3 pairs of them instead of one set of leather pants