Royal Racing Royal Stealth Short - Men's

These shorts are made of bomb proof nylon and the insides are lined with a soft tricot-like mesh material. There's 2 adequately deep side slash pockets which can zip up that are made of some durable feeling coated mesh. There aren't any zip vents for cooling, but instead there are lighter panels with a bit of give that allow airflow; I don't feel that they are too hot as I'm riding them through the summer now, but if you're used to bare spandex or lighter short, then yes, they are relatively warm, but they feel the coolest among all my rugged shorts. I love the double button fly--I wish all shorts had that feature; I have a pair of Oakley and Sombrio with the single button fly that sometimes can come undone, which is annoying when it happens. They don't come with ass padding (chamois), so supply your own if you want/need it.

These are truly awesome shorts and are my favorite riding shorts overall. I originally wore casual-wear shorts over spandex biking shorts, but I love high quality riding shorts and have totally upgraded all my shorts with a variety of them. I found that I don't need the spandex riding shorts or chamois; ride enough and your legs are strong enough to reduce the pressure on your ass; if you're lacking on bike mileage, you're gonna have a sore ass with or without a chamois or good saddle. I now also wear them casually and they make me want to ride. My favorites in order of most favored to least: Royal Stealth, Jett Raptor, Jett Hornet, a tie between Jett Lightning/Dakine Chorus, Oakley MTB 2.4, Sombrio Wildcard 3-season FR, and Nema Boost. The Royal Rivet would be up there with the Stealth, but I returned them since I don't wear armor there to fill them out. The Royal shorts are the toughest and I like their look the best, not to mention I have the sleek looking matching jersey. Jett has a lot of features, but they're just lacking the tough of nails fabrics and I dislike the liner, or rather the lack of a liner since I took it them out. Dakine's quality is up there, but I'm not a fan of the styling. Sombrio comes in second with toughness, but their mesh liner is really low quality, busted a hole in the excessively large pockets, and they're really long (knickerbockers/capri), and they're really hot. I like how Oakley and Fox look, but they're not much better than surfer board shorts. Most of Nema's stuff is junk in comparison except maybe Podium/Gambler, but you'll have to live with the gaudy graphics. I've checked out TLD's padded shorts and they seem great, but you have to like the graphics.

I prefer subtle/conservative graphics... I appreciate the engineering and feel more. I'd only rock the trendy colorful apparel (see DC shoes) if their performance can't be matched, like FiveTen and their super sticky Stealth sole.