Mountain Bike Pants Review

Constantly fighting with the placement of leg warmers and kneepads i felt like a dunce.

Mountain bike pants review. Once you know what kind of mountain bike suits your riding style and terrain best a few component decisions will help you narrow down the field considerably. This is the pair that initially inspired me to check out mountain bike pants. Now 27 5 inch and 29 inch versions are far more common on the trail. We say dryknees for all and put eight of the best trail focussed riding.

So what is it about our tribe that demands we take on the elements armed only with a pair of shorts. I was riding with a friend in finale ligure last december and was considerably colder than i wanted to be. Looking at some of the shorts on the market. As the sport evolved riders started opting for more loose fitting options sometimes called baggies instead of the body hugging lycra.

Our mountain bike shorts test is a collaboration between three veteran testers. Some baggies have a slim tailored look while others feature a more relaxed fit. Not all that long ago all mountain bike wheels were all 26 inches in diameter. In depth reviews of the 100 best mountain bike products of 2016 including trail enduro and downhill mountain bikes wheels and tyres shocks and suspension cranks gears brakes and pedals stems clothes and more.

The gore bike wear c5 gtx trail pant is the matching bottom to the c5 jacket tested elsewhere and uses the same gore tex fabric. What to look for in mountain bike shorts even within the world of so called baggies there is a range of fits to choose from. He moved to the lake tahoe area in 2001 and has been obsessively riding the wealth of trails in the region ever since. Gore doesn t published figures for the gtx trail pant but during testing the breathability felt very similar to the jacket and it kept out most of the wet.

As kneepads have become more streamlined and stretch fabrics have become commonplace baggy shorts have become slimmer. When mountain biking first emerged riders tended to carry over the apparel choices from road riding tight fitting spandex pants lycra shorts that stick to you like glue and highly aerodynamic clothing. I really like these mountain bike shorts a lot. Jeremy benson is the senior mountain bike review editor for outdoorgearlab and he s been mountain biking since the early 1990s.