Learn About Bicycle Clothing for Mountain Bikers

Video Transcript

"For really aggressive mountain biking use things like downhill and solemn racing and things like that. Choosing a short or pant that is specific to this application can be a really nice thing. This one is a downhill specific short. As you can see, it got a mesh liner; it's not designed to be bicycle specific. It doesn't have a shammy in it or anything. It's a fairly loose longer fitting item. What it does offer is good abrasion resistance and it?s also fairly well ventilated. Most people end up wearing cycling shorts under these for the support that you would get from the cycling shorts. The things like these big side panels that are made out of higher density rubber are really good at preventing abrasion. Another nice thing about these is that you can easily rinse them off and get mud off you, which is something that can happen a lot. Probably the main reason we choose to wear shorts like this a lot when we are riding downhill is that it gives us plenty of, there pretty baggy, so it gives us plenty of room for things like knee pads and hip pads and stuff like that. Most downhill shorts have hip pads that are removable. You can also wear a knee chin pad like this to provide impact resistance for your knee and chin area. Usually what you do when your using a knee pad like this that only has straps, is you wear a fabric garment like this over the top of pad, so it is sort of a little fabric patch to help keep everything up. These knee pads are fifteen or twenty dollars at your local bike shop or motorcycle shop. For another twenty dollars you can get these pad locks. That?s what they are called. A company called Six, Six One makes them. They really help to protect you by keeping you knee pads in place to absorb impacts."