This past summer I picked up my first pair of leather riding pants. I've had riding jeans, textile pants from several manufacturers and even dungarees from companies like Duluth Trading and Carhartt but not had leather until this year. Thinking this would be the year I would do a track day (which I did) and since I was down out our local Cycle Gear in Madison looking for some new pants a few months ago, the time seemed right to take the plunge.

These trackstyle pants have turned out to be much better than expected for the $129.99 price that CG is asking for them both in fit and comfort. Sure they're not perfect but I found much more to like than dislike. Here's a bit of what I had to say about them:

This past July I attended my first track day -- the perfect opportunity to see how the Bilt Trackstar leather pants would perform. It was going to be hot on the track, hot in the pits, and as I would have 40 minutes between sessions, I would need to stay suited up most of the time.

This would be a serious test for any pair of leathers (or at least as serious as I can provide). I won’t go into all the specifics of the events of the day (that’s for another article), but I will say that as focused as I tried to be about evaluating the Trackstar pants in what is their designed-for environment, I didn't give them a lot of thought.

You can read the full review over at webBikeWorld