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I crashed while wearing my AGV Kevlar reinforced jeans at about 35-40 mph (playing with DT100 on Dragon). I slid a bit, maybe 30-40 feet. They did their job and no skin touched the pavement, but I did get a little bruising. The denim was damaged a little, and my daughter repaired the tears.
Since then I bought a pair of leather racing type pants, and crashed in them on the track at a similar speed. The pants got a little surface abrasion marking but don't need repair, and I did not get bruised. I like to describe the crash as feeling like I fell into a pile of feathers.
Since then I have always worn the leather pants when riding, but would wear the jeans again if I want to ride somewhere and not be stuck in leather pants all afternoon, for example. I'm pretty sure that if I commuted by motorcycle daily, I'd wear leather and change at work.
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