Oakley Ballistic 3.7 MTB Short - Men's - 2007 BCS

I am more or less a novice mountain biker, so bear this in mind here. I liked the idea of the removable chamois that attaches to the outer shorts, but in practice it didn't come off too well. The points of attachment between the chamois and shorts seems precarious at best. I did however like the fit of the chamois shorts, but the outer shorts were a bit too sloppy big on me. I had to use the inner elastic adjustment straps and tighten them all the way down, and then the fit got even more weird with most of the shorts still being too loose and the very top of the waistband being too tight. Fit issues aside, the features and construction of the shorts were nice. Side cargo pockets were nice, and so were the zip-vents. The fly was kind of cool too, in that it was a neoprene stretch type with no zipper. I ultimately returned these, but if I hadn't had the issues with fit, I might have kept them. They were a good buy as purchased from SaC, but I don't think they're worth full price.

I bought these shorts on SAC so the price was right. Just to put this out there for newer riders expecting too much from these shorts...these are NOT impact shorts, those are different, these are just riding shorts with a nice inner lining and crotch padding. That being said, I like the fit(I feel it tends to run large) and the way they are put on, slide up - slide down, 2 buttons, that's it. I would've loved for there to be a drawcord of sorts, but I'm not complaining. FYI, I ripped the nylon with First contact on rock, but the shorts held together and I still use them. Full price for these guys just seems like too much, Happy trails!