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Alpinestars Frontier Gore-Tex Pant
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Great Alpinestars style, with fiddly liners, useless pocket, shifty armor
I purchased these pants recently to mate to my AStars Frontier jacket that I'd purchased earlier. The Size SM fits me perfectly (I wear 30 waist, 32 inseam Levis, Arcteryx, etc), and the pants are all day comfortable -- on and off the motorcycle. Velcro hip fasteners allow easy adjustment of the waist so with or without the two liners (one Gore-Tex, one quilted thermal), the pants fit me fine. Plus, they *look* great!
Unfortunately, the knee/shin pads shift around quite a lot inside their pockets, so they rarely stay in the right place. If I'm walking in these pants, the pads fall below my knee. When I'm first getting onto my motorcycle, I have to "wiggle" the knee pad up. Not good.
Removing the knee/shin pad from its internal pocket, it's clear why the pad never really stays in the right place. There's no connection between the armor and the heavy outer layer, and its pocket is made of an extremely light mesh, allowing the pad to float around inside the pant. There's no velcro or strapping holding the armor in place (like on my Kushitani pants, for example).
The pads do stay in place better when I'm wearing the pants with the liners zipped in. The liners, by the way, make the pants VERY tight around my thighs and calves, but the knees are still comfortable, as long as I shift the knee armor into place.
The outer pocket, which looks like it could be a useful cargo-style pocket, is too small for my low-profile wallet. Because it has a small, fiddly, water-resistant zipper on the bottom surface of a fold-down, velcro flap, the opening of the pocket is too small for my wallet -- and actually, too small for my hands to reach in! You can drop earplugs into this pocket, but good luck fishing them out!
The fold-down ventilation panels work okay. On hot days, I get a decent amount of air onto my thighs, but there's no ventilation for your lower legs, and without a corresponding exhaust for the air, I don't get much air at the back of my thighs or along my hips. But with that said, the ventilation these pants offer is better than non-vented pants, for sure!
And finally, as with the Frontier jacket that I purchased earlier this year (and also reviewed here at Revzilla), these pants have a very strong odor of incense. After thousands of miles -- dry and wet -- the odor has not gone away. My coat closet even smells like incense now.
October 26, 2011
Men's Pants Sizing

|
Euro |
USA |
Alpha |
US Pant Size |
Waist (cm) |
Hip (cm) |
Thigh (cm) |
Inseam (cm) |
Height (cm) |
|
42 |
32 |
2XS |
26 |
68-72 |
83-87 |
50-51 |
73-74 |
159-163 |
|
44 |
34 |
2XS-XS |
28 |
72-76 |
87-91 |
52-53 |
75-76 |
164-167 |
|
46 |
36 |
XS-SM |
30 |
76-80 |
91-95 |
54-55 |
77-78 |
168-171 |
|
48 |
38 |
SM-MD |
32 |
80-84 |
95-99 |
56-57 |
79-80 |
172-175 |
|
50 |
40 |
MD |
34 |
84-88 |
99-103 |
58-59 |
81-82 |
176-179 |
|
52 |
42 |
LG |
36 |
88-92 |
103-107 |
60-61 |
83-84 |
180-183 |
|
54 |
44 |
XL |
38 |
92-96 |
107-111 |
62-63 |
85-86 |
184-187 |
|
56 |
46 |
XL-2XL |
40 |
96-100 |
111-115 |
64-65 |
87-88 |
188-191 |
|
58 |
48 |
2XL |
42 |
100-104 |
115-119 |
66-67 |
89-90 |
192-195 |
|
60 |
50 |
3XL |
44 |
104-108 |
119-123 |
68-69 |
89-90 |
192-195 |
|
62 |
52 |
3XL-4XL |
46 |
108-112 |
123-127 |
70-71 |
91-92 |
196-199 |
|
64 |
54 |
4XL |
48 |
112-116 |
127-131 |
72-73 |
91-92 |
196-199 |
Note: Alpinestars sizes displayed on our website are in Euro sizing, use the chart above to convert your standard US size to Euro.
Sizing information is provided by the manufacturer and does not guarantee a perfect fit.
Click here to see the full Alpinestars Size Chart
| Product Style |
RevZilla SKU ID |
Manufacturer Product # |
Availability |
| Black / SM |
721874 |
3623011-10-S |
Out of Stock
|
| Black / MD |
721875 |
3623011-10-M |
Out of Stock
|
| Black / LG |
721876 |
3623011-10-L |
Out of Stock
|
| Black / XL |
721877 |
3623011-10-XL |
Out of Stock
|
| Black / 2XL |
721878 |
3623011-10-2XL |
In Stock: Ships within 24 hours
|
| Black / 3XL |
721879 |
3623011-10-3XL |
In Stock: Ships within 24 hours
|