Crash Pads 1300 Padded Bike Shorts

The Crash Pads 1300 Bicycle Padded Shorts are Crash Pads’ top of the line bike shorts. They provide excellent soft-shell protection for your hips and thighs in an ergonomically correct, six-paneled Lycra design that is both breathable and comfortable.

Crash Pads – Designed and Manufactured in USACrash Pads is dedicated to making protective gear that is flexible and lightweight, but won’t restrict any of your athletic mobility. As a company, Crash Pads is the quintessential small business success story. Back in 1992 in the beautiful river town of Astoria, Oregon, where the massive Columbia River flows into the Pacific, a woman teaching herself to inline skate got tired of the bruises she suffered every time she wiped out. So for her own self-preservation, she began to stitch foam pads into her clothing. Through trial and error, her designs became increasingly more sophisticated. Thus was born Crash Pads, one of the very first manufacturers of body armor in the United States. To this day, nearly 20 years on, every piece of protective gear the company designs is still manufactured in the United States (not anymore at this enterprising woman’s kitchen table, but most definitely in the United States).

Crash Pads 1300 Series Mountain Bike Shorts offer you:

• Articulated, thermal-formed, soft-shell foam padding to protect your hips and quads
• Four-way stretch breathable Lycra material for maximum freedom of movement
• Six-panel design for a perfect form-fit
• Antibacterial, seamless foam crotch pad for cushion from saddle sore
• Waist drawstring that cinches in the rear so it won’t pinch your stomach when you’re in a crouched or racing position
• Abrasion/impact resistant padding that provides outerwear durability
• 1/2 inch thermal formed, scored, flame bonded, high density foam pads
• Technical moisture management fabric
• Antibacterial and seamless seat pad in the crotch area
• "Gripper" leg elastic at bottom of each leg
• Unisex sizing for men, women, and children

The Bottom Line
The Crash Pads 1300 bicycle padded shorts are a fantastic choice in hip and thigh protection for the recreational and professional mountain biker alike. It is pro-level mountain bike short priced within reach of a recreational rider’s budget.