It’s funny, having talked to a lot of riders about Agent shorts and pants - and having a number of friends who own one or both - it really does seem to come down to expectations because when you drill down the folks that love the pants or shorts and the folks that hate them (and everyone in between) seems to have ~ the same experience.
I really like the Agent pants (the shorts are great too) and in the trees they certainly offer more water protection than say these Royal pants. But, they’re by no means comparable to the commute-in-a-deluge weatherproof options that Gore or Endura or even P.I. is putting out. I don’t enjoy riding in (or listening to) any of those options (I’d rather be wet) and on a comparable level calling the Agent stuff weatherproof is a stretch.
Doesn’t mean it’s not great riding gear!
Oct. 19, 2020, 10:43 a.m. - Andrew Major
It’s funny, having talked to a lot of riders about Agent shorts and pants - and having a number of friends who own one or both - it really does seem to come down to expectations because when you drill down the folks that love the pants or shorts and the folks that hate them (and everyone in between) seems to have ~ the same experience. I really like the Agent pants (the shorts are great too) and in the trees they certainly offer more water protection than say these Royal pants. But, they’re by no means comparable to the commute-in-a-deluge weatherproof options that Gore or Endura or even P.I. is putting out. I don’t enjoy riding in (or listening to) any of those options (I’d rather be wet) and on a comparable level calling the Agent stuff weatherproof is a stretch. Doesn’t mean it’s not great riding gear!