While the warm season is a ways off for many of us living in Earth’s northern half, finding solid riding gear is an ongoing affair. There are loads of robustly-built shorts out there for shoulder season shreds and outings where pants are not quite the right answer. Who wants to let the weather tell them when they can show a stripe of calf skin anyway?
I have ridden in three notably thick and tough pairs of shorts this autumn and early winter to find out how they feel in the colder months. The details below are organized from the lightest to the heaviest offering. You may note that this is not the least expensive set of half-pants we have reviewed, and that’s thanks to the materials and methods used to create them and their higher level of protection and durability with respect to many wallet-friendlier options.
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