{"id":3151,"date":"2018-11-22T11:25:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2019-02-22T01:51:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T01:51:04","slug":"review-john-doe-cargo-pants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/review-john-doe-cargo-pants\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: John Doe Cargo Pants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that was a hell of a summer! I think I wore a pair of\u00a0leather trousers once, and that was because I hoped I was\u00a0going flat tracking. For the rest I was wearing Kevlar\/Aramid lined trousers, the style and colour of the bike\u00a0frequently determining which, but increasingly the ride had\u00a0a lot to do with it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>How so?<\/p>\n

Because while jeans are fantastic, versatile and stylish, I\u00a0put in a hell of a lot of miles\u00a0this summer and I needed\u00a0something that was more\u00a0functional. And cargo pants\u00a0are ultra-functional … as are\u00a0combat pants and tactical\u00a0pants, because they’re basically\u00a0the same thing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just that the\u00a0classic 5-pocket jeans\u00a0design has only got five\u00a0pockets \u2013 usually four useful\u00a0ones, with some notable\u00a0exceptions \u2013 but that they\u00a0are all on the hips. Great\u00a0for standing up, but on a\u00a0bike you\u2019re sitting on two of\u00a0them and the other two are\u00a0inaccessible because of the\u00a0way you\u2019re sitting.<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be good if you\u00a0had a couple on the thighs?<\/p>\n

And while you\u2019re at it, put a\u00a0popper closure on flaps that keep them closed \u2026\u00a0and just to be absolutely safe, a zipper, too.<\/p>\n

That, right there, makes cargo pants the perfect match\u00a0for motorcycles \u2013 or at least these John Doe cargo pants,\u00a0because that\u2019s what they\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

In fact they\u2019ve got two poppers per flap, and if you\u2019ve see\u00a0what happens on a flap of that width with a single fastening\u00a0when it has a 70mph wind working on them for hours at a time, you\u2019ll understand\u00a0why. If you haven\u2019t, it\u2019s about tailoring and elegance: even\u00a0after a day in the saddle at speed, these flaps fit close to\u00a0your legs with nary a hint of scruffiness about them.<\/p>\n

The back pockets only get one popper each, but then\u00a0you\u2019ll spend your riding life ironing them flat with you backside, so that\u2019s\u00a0plenty.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No less usefully, Cargo pants typically tie at the bottom\u00a0of the leg, which is great for forward controls \u2013 especially\u00a0in wet weather \u2013 as they don\u2019t ride up. And you can\u00a0loosen them if you do want a breeze, in which case\u00a0the classic loose fit of cargo pants works well.<\/p>\n

Add Kevlar \u2013 and John Doe do use the branded\u00a0stuff, in this case as a full liner down to mid-calf,\u00a0separated from your skin by an inner mesh lining \u2013\u00a0and all you need then is to slot CE-approved armour into the pockets on the knees and hips: unusually, it’s not supplied.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Interestingly, that full lining is a much closer fit\u00a0to your leg than the outer shell itself, giving you the\u00a0sensation of wearing stretch jeans and offering a modest\u00a0convection effect between the two layers.<\/p>\n

But it doesn\u2019t stop there, because John Doe have used a\u00a0breathable, water-repellent textile for the trouser \u2013 and it\u00a0appears to be Scotchguarded too! There’s no mention of it, but it behaves like it is.<\/p>\n

I literally rode to Wheels&Waves and back in these,\u00a0and the worst they looked was arriving in Biarritz on a\u00a0balmy summer night covered in dead insects from riding\u00a0through the evening \u2013 which fell off before I got chance to\u00a0brush them off \u2013 and an hour into the journey home, on\u00a0saturated roads and riding through grey clouds. And on that second occasion, I was\u00a0astounded to note that while the front of the trousers looked\u00a0soaked \u2013 nothing shows the water like pale colours \u2013 and my legs felt slightly damp, the dark damp material\u00a0was only on the font and hadn’t tracked round the side or\u00a0even leached through the material. And when they had\u00a0dried out, about half an hour later, they looked as clean as they\u00a0day I\u2019d put them on.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I even spilled strong French black coffee on them and while\u00a0there was a slight discoloration for a time \u2013 if you\u2019re\u00a0going to throw coffee on anything, Camel is perhaps\u00a0one of the safest colours to receive it \u2013 I tossed them\u00a0into the washing machine after a cursory glance at the\u00a0washing label, and they came out clean without any special\u00a0treatment.<\/p>\n

And there was me thinking that I shouldn\u2019t wear light\u00a0colours. I certainly know that I can\u2019t be trusted in Chinos.<\/p>\n

As with all armoured trousers, I have drawn the line\u00a0at crash-testing them, but in terms of their functional\u00a0practicality, I can\u2019t fault them. Apparently, I will need\u00a0to iron them every few washes to recharge their water repellency,\u00a0but that\u2019s a small price to pay.<\/p>\n

They even come with a colour-matched webbing belt\u00a0with a double-D buckle!<\/p>\n

John Doe Regular Cargo\u00a0Pants.<\/strong>\u00a0Size: 32-44 waist,\u00a032-36 inside leg \/\/\u00a0Colours: Camel, Black,\u00a0Camouflage \/\/ RRP: \u00a3220<\/h6>\n
ridejohndoe.com<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, that was a hell of a summer! I think I wore a pair of\u00a0leather trousers once, and that was because I hoped I was\u00a0going … <\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"REVIEW: John Doe Cargo Pants","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[85,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clothing","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/P9260343-e1550799972367.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9yyfo-OP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3153,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions\/3153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-v.cso2w.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}