This is an excellent product but I cannot recommended it because it lacks longevity. I do street and track, so these shorts have seen about 700 miles of action since I bought them. Unfortunately the waist/pelvic bone padding is starting to become unstitched from the shorts' webbing. This is something I would expect after a good few thousand miles of heavy usage, not a few hundred.

Take a look at the Alpinestars hard shorts if you want something with a longer lifespan. Otherwise, these Dainese shorts are stylish, comfortable and virtually invisible under riding pants. It's a real shame that the build quality can't live up to the demands of frequent riding.

Crash report: So I kinda fell off a cliff....aka fell off the cliff side of a shelf road offroading on little dualsport. Was going pretty slow, and didn't fall very far. However, it was pretty steep onto rocks, and I have only a very tiny bit of bruising around my right thigh, and since I fell mostly on that it probably would've been much worse without these.

The pads feel pretty sturdy, and the coccyx protection feels weird at first but is REALLY nice for abruptly bumpy stuff that you don't have time to stand for. A little bit of a pain to get on and off, but I'm never riding offroad without these again. Definitely worth the $100 to save my butt.

Also, its great to find something this protective that fits me, as I usually have to get children's offroad gear. The XS fits a 5'2, 100 lb woman pretty well.

I have a 32-34 inch waist and got the Medium. While they are a little tight, I think that they will be fine after they break in for a while. I almost considered getting a large when i first tried them on, but the armor was sitting right where it was supposed to with the Mediums. The bottom of the legs are rubberized and will pull a leg hair or two, but it helps keep them in place. So overall, I really like these and just plan on giving them time to break in a little.

These shorts fit great and have good protection everywhere. I looked at everything I could find in stores and on the web and I think these are the best combination of offering full coverage and still being comfortable. And the mesh fabric is cool, I don't know I'm wearing them as soon as I start my engine. I can even get armored up at home and these aren't a problem driving my pickup to the riding areas.

I was hoping to find a short that included a chamois pad for comfort. I think the reason against that is then you would need to wash them much more often, and with the hard armor that would be more of a problem. I wear the Moto-Skiveez shorts under these and it's an easy maintenance combination. A bicycle riding short would be good too, but there are advantages to the Moto-Skiveez because they are cut specifically for our use.

These aren't bulky under my riding pants, Fox Legion pants, even when worn over the padded shorts. Anthony says they're on the bulky side in his review but I've seen a lot worse. As I said, they aren't a problem driving in my little Tacoma, and that's a real bad place to have a Kardashian® butt.

I recommend these if you want good protection on your hips, thighs, and tailbone. They aren't bulky to me, and I'm pudgy.

I had my left hip resurfaced in March, and needed some solid protection. I have used the POC VPD shorts for mtn biking this summer, but wanted more protection for the dirt bike. I have used the Hard shorts twice so far and am sold. they have much more padding around the hip as well as coverage for the quads. Would definitely recommend!

I am 5 10 and about 185 pounds, large size fit well. Very well constructed and offer great protection to wear under jeans with minimal discomfort. Worth the money.

I'm 5'7" 145 lbs. Small fits perfectly for me. The elastic feels a odd and tend to scratch a bit. It isn't the softest type of elastic, but it's well made and it won't ride up or shift around. I decided to start wearing Nike Pro Dri-Fit tights underneath and I don't notice the elastic at all. Combo of the padded shorts + workout tights feels very comfortable. These easily fit underneath by riding jeans.

Only issue I have is with the tailbone protector. I don't feel it when riding, but I definitely feel it dig into me a bit when sitting down normally.

As far as protection, I hope to never have to test it out! But the pads do feel like they would do the job.

I like the protection you get from the shorts fits well under a pair of jeans, that is what I was going for so works for me. the only complaints I have is, one I got a large great around the waste but not real snug around the thighs not a problem all the armor sits where it should. Two, the seams on the elastic on the waist and thighs, it is stitched on the inside and isn't very soft in fact down right scrachy so on skin can irritate, I just tuck my shirt in to them and problem solved. I don't even notice I have have them on, while on the bike.

I understand that Dainese sells pretty much some of the best but feel like on these you're paying for a name more than anything. The hip protection does seem like a larger surface area than some of the other competition.

Haven't ridden with them yet, will update this when I have. Wore them around house for 2 hours, including sitting down for dinner, under a pair of scorpion covert pro jeans. You can feel the tailbone protector if you slouch or lean back while sitting. Leaning forward (I sat on my bike), you don't feel it.
I'm an ex-motocrosser, I dress for the crash. I normally wear leathers riding street. From my experience, the armor is in all the right places. Coupled with knee guards strapped over the jeans, I'll feel safer now in jeans.
I bought a med. and it fits just right on the waist and thighs, and slightly loose in-between, but not so loose to allow the armor to shift. I'm a size 30 in 501s, 31.5" actual waist, large thighs due to a lot of bicycling.