30-08-12, 10:46 AM
From what I understand the benefits of leather are firstly greater abrasion resistance, and secondly should you break a bone then leather tends to hold the broken bit in place until you receive treatment. The downside of leather is of course that it is uncomfortably hot in hot climates, and soaks up water in cool ones.
I try to avoid riding in bad weather these days (yeh right :rolleyes ) so I alternate between leather or draggin jeans for dry use, textile for wet. So in that respect the weather influences what I wear more than any safety consideration.
I try to avoid riding in bad weather these days (yeh right :rolleyes ) so I alternate between leather or draggin jeans for dry use, textile for wet. So in that respect the weather influences what I wear more than any safety consideration.