silverhound
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The quest for riding pants for my wife continues..Update Success!
So I had posted in another thread a while back about the difficulty we were having in finding suitable riding pants (over-pants) that fit properly for my wife. Since that time we have had lots of activity but little progress in finding anything but hopefully we may be getting close to a solution.
Just to summarize the issue, my wife is tall and thin so none of the women's sizes that anyone carries (that we could find) had a long enough inseam. We tried everything at Cycle Gear and also went to the Revzilla showroom in Philly. No luck. Then we tried some men's sizes. Well men's regular length are also too short and even some men's tall's did not really seem to be very tall at all. I ordered a pair of Tour Master Venture Air pants in men's medium-tall and not only were they too short but also they were just ridiculously wrong around the hips and waist (yes I know women are shaped differently than men). So I called the good people at Competition Accessories and they suggested we try some Sliders brand pants as they actually get returned often for being "too long". I ordered men's small-tall in the Adventure Pant. So close...they "looked" like they fit pretty well but my wife said they felt too snug over her jeans with the thermal liner installed. So now we are awaiting for the delivery of the same ones in men's medium-tall. I have my finger's crossed but think the waist will be too big however they do have some good adjustability there so we'll see.
However as a last resort I found this place that makes custom gear so that will be the next step if the Sliders pants don't work...Motoport Riding Gear. I got some very positive feedback from some other forums on their gear. Maybe a little pricey but you can't really put a price on protective gear especially when any less expensive options don't exist.
Two things I have learned from all this is that there definitely is not a huge selection of women's gear to begin with and if you don't fall into the women's "typical" sizing category then you're really out of luck. The other is that men's sizes also vary greatly depending on the manufacturer. My wife already needs to wear a men's medium riding jacket because the sleeves are too short on any of the women's but that was much easier to deal with then the pants issue. Sorry for the rant...it's been an ordeal and this is just a fraction of the whole story.
So I had posted in another thread a while back about the difficulty we were having in finding suitable riding pants (over-pants) that fit properly for my wife. Since that time we have had lots of activity but little progress in finding anything but hopefully we may be getting close to a solution.
Just to summarize the issue, my wife is tall and thin so none of the women's sizes that anyone carries (that we could find) had a long enough inseam. We tried everything at Cycle Gear and also went to the Revzilla showroom in Philly. No luck. Then we tried some men's sizes. Well men's regular length are also too short and even some men's tall's did not really seem to be very tall at all. I ordered a pair of Tour Master Venture Air pants in men's medium-tall and not only were they too short but also they were just ridiculously wrong around the hips and waist (yes I know women are shaped differently than men). So I called the good people at Competition Accessories and they suggested we try some Sliders brand pants as they actually get returned often for being "too long". I ordered men's small-tall in the Adventure Pant. So close...they "looked" like they fit pretty well but my wife said they felt too snug over her jeans with the thermal liner installed. So now we are awaiting for the delivery of the same ones in men's medium-tall. I have my finger's crossed but think the waist will be too big however they do have some good adjustability there so we'll see.
However as a last resort I found this place that makes custom gear so that will be the next step if the Sliders pants don't work...Motoport Riding Gear. I got some very positive feedback from some other forums on their gear. Maybe a little pricey but you can't really put a price on protective gear especially when any less expensive options don't exist.
Two things I have learned from all this is that there definitely is not a huge selection of women's gear to begin with and if you don't fall into the women's "typical" sizing category then you're really out of luck. The other is that men's sizes also vary greatly depending on the manufacturer. My wife already needs to wear a men's medium riding jacket because the sleeves are too short on any of the women's but that was much easier to deal with then the pants issue. Sorry for the rant...it's been an ordeal and this is just a fraction of the whole story.
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