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covent.gardens
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PostPosted: 23:18 - 01 Jan 2015    Post subject: Did I buy fake kevlar jeans? Reply with quote
https://www.pendulum.plus.com/kevvy.jpg

Got them from eBay. £34 delivered in February last year, so I've had them 11 months. They're my every day work trousers (all year round) and they HAVE had a hard life, and they've stood up very well.

I noticed my balls appear to have worn a hole through the "kevlar" in the crotch. I gently tried to tear the kevlar to make the hole bigger and it was very easy to; there is little tear resistance. I wonder whether this is Kevlar at all.

If it isn't, I'll demote these to winter wear when I'm taking the car in to work, no point wearing them on the bike thinking they'll protect when they won't.
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PostPosted: 23:20 - 01 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Have a blat down the motorway and jump off the bike. If your kevlar jeans (and legs) get torn to shreds then they're probably fake Thumbs Up
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nowhere.elysium
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PostPosted: 23:23 - 01 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kevlar is abrasion resistant, not tear resistant.
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covent.gardens
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PostPosted: 23:25 - 01 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm guessing abrasion caused the holes in the first place though?
I don't wear pants that could tear them, my pants generally don't even have buttons.
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nowhere.elysium
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PostPosted: 23:26 - 01 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Doesn't look much like it to me. Looks like they may have received a small nick at some point, and wear has caused the tear to expand.
Alternately, it's possible that the creasing caused by proximity to a natural fold point has caused the material to weaken.
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PostPosted: 23:29 - 01 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
nowhere.elysium wrote:
Doesn't look much like it to me. Looks like they may have received a small nick at some point.


A pinprick perhaps?
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wr6133
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PostPosted: 23:35 - 01 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Force riders? I can testify they crash well.

Thin layers of Kevlar or whatever aramid is used will only really protect against abrasion, so if somehow a small hole was poked in it, it will tear further easily. Old army CBA body armour had a seriously thick layer of aramid and it didn't take much effort to stab a blade clean through.
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Ste
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PostPosted: 00:01 - 02 Jan 2015    Post subject: Re: Did I buy fake kevlar jeans? Reply with quote
covent.gardens wrote:
my balls appear to have worn a hole through the "kevlar" in the crotch.

I presume you left this as feedback on eBay?
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PostPosted: 05:23 - 02 Jan 2015    Post subject: Re: Did I buy fake kevlar jeans? Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
covent.gardens wrote:
my balls appear to have worn a hole through the "kevlar" in the crotch.

I presume you left this as feedback on eBay?


Probably on XXXchat.com
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Mario_Kempes
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PostPosted: 10:59 - 02 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fisty wrote:
nowhere.elysium wrote:
Doesn't look much like it to me. Looks like they may have received a small nick at some point.


A pinprick perhaps?


Sounds about right. Something small enough to penetrate between the fibres rubbing against the material from the inside.
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PostPosted: 14:15 - 02 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
It could be corrosion.
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smegballs
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PostPosted: 14:53 - 02 Jan 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nexus Icon wrote:
It could be corrosion.


To rule this out, I'd check carefully for "flux" stains.
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