Abrasion and cut resistant protective clothing for bicycling

Protective outerwear worn for bicycling, comprising:

• separate, single layer, lightweight, abrasion resistant, woven, knit, or knit-woven protective fabric panels comprising ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fiber of approximately 215 denier, for protection of a bicyclist's body from abrasion due to moving contact with a road surface;
• wherein said protective outerwear is a long sleeve bicycle jersey comprising one said protective fabric panel located at a rear yoke region behind the neck and shoulders of a wearer and extending the width of the wearer's back to a pair of sleeve openings;
• two tubular long sleeves attached to the sleeve openings, each said sleeve comprising at least one said protective panel extending over and covering the outer regions of the wearer's shoulder, upper arm, elbow, and lower arm to the wrist;
• and said yoke region and sleeves of the outerwear consist of a single layer of fabric;
• wherein the protective panels are located only in said yoke region and sleeves of the jersey.

Protective outerwear worn for bicycling comprising:

• separate, single layer, lightweight, abrasion resistant, woven, knit, or knit-woven protective fabric panels comprising ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fiber of approximately 215 denier, for protection of a bicyclist's body from abrasion due to moving contact with a road surface;
• wherein said protective outerwear is a long sleeve bicycling jacket comprising one said protective fabric panel located at a rear yoke region behind the neck and shoulders of a wearer and extending the width of the wearer's back to a pair of sleeve openings;
• two tubular long sleeves attached to the sleeve openings;
• each said sleeve comprising at least one said protective panel covering the outer regions of the wearer's shoulder, upper arm, elbow, and lower arm to the wrist;
• and said yoke region and sleeves of the outerwear consist of a single layer of fabric;
• wherein the protective panels are located only in said yoke region and sleeves of the jersey.

Protective outerwear worn for bicycling comprising:

• separate, single layer, lightweight, abrasion resistant, woven, knit, or knit-woven protective fabric panels comprising ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fiber of approximately 215 denier, for protection of a bicyclist's body from abrasion due to moving contact with a road surface;
• wherein said protective outerwear is bicycling shorts having two tubular leg portions, a front portion, a rear buttocks portion, a waist opening, and two leg openings located above the knees of a wearer, further comprising at least one said protective panel in the buttocks portion of the shorts, said at least one panel extending laterally to cover the width of the wearer's lower back and hips and extending downwardly to cover the buttocks;
• at least two said protective panels, each in an outer thigh portion of each leg portion of the shorts, each said panel extending downwardly from the waist opening to the leg opening and covering the hips and outer thighs of the wearer;
• and said buttocks portion and outer thigh portions of the outerwear consist of a single layer of fabric;
• wherein the protective panels are located only in said buttocks portion and outer thigh portion of the shorts.

Protective outerwear worn for bicycling comprising:

• separate, single layer, lightweight, abrasion resistant, woven, knit, or knit-woven protective fabric panels comprising ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fiber of approximately 215 denier, for protection of a bicyclist's body from abrasion due to moving contact with a road surface;
• wherein said protective outerwear is full length bicycling tights having two tubular leg portions, a front portion, a rear buttocks portion, a waist opening, and two leg opening located at the ankles of a wearer, further comprising at least one said protective panel in the buttocks portion of the tights, said at least one panel extending laterally to cover the width of the wearer's lower back and hips and extending downwardly to cover the buttocks;
• at least two said protective panels, each in a leg portion of the tights, each said panel extending downwardly from the waist opening and covering the hips, outer thighs, and knees of the wearer, each said panel covering the outer region of the leg from the waist opening down to the opening;
• and said buttocks portion and leg portion of the outerwear consist of a single layer of fabric;
• wherein the protective panels are located only in said buttocks portion and leg portions of the tights.