A lot of sites review riding gear, but none of them review the affordable riding gear. Sorry but I am not impressed with a $500.00 armored jacket that looks no better than the $79.00 Xelement jacket I bought online. I see the same flaws and poor sewing on the expensive jackets as I see on the cheap stuff.
So I plan on reviewing some of the Cheaper riding gear. No I'm not talking the "big bad biker" gear, that's for looks and not function. I'm talking about the gear that promises to save your hide when you come off the bike at 70mph and skidding along the pavement. We all know the effectiveness of leather chaps, thin leather vest and fingerless gloves when confronted with pavement. We don't wear those for protection.
I mostly buy off brand cheap stuff simply because I cant see any difference in the super high priced gear. I have held a set of $800 gloves in my hands with real carbon fiber inserts and a set of $29.00 cow leather gauntlets with plastic inserts and just can not see any differences at all, not even in stitching quality or fit.
In fact, I'll start with gloves in my next review post.
