sweet new vest, sort of?

I had wanted a new something for when I am riding. I wanted something with pockets and stuff. This is what I ended up with.



I removed some of the pockets from this tactical vest and made some new parts. I removed the shoulder pads from my chest protector and added them on this.




I took my old war horse camelbak and removed the straps, added some Velcro loops and now it attaches to the back.

The belt has these cool button loops to hold the belt and vest together, this is doubly cool for me, this keeps my pants tucked in and my kidney belt from getting hung up on stuff. I also added these loops to my new riding pants to hook to the belt button loops to keep my pants from getting pulled down around my butt! So far I have only been out on one ride with it. It doesn't breathe quite as well a the chest protector did but I am loving the new pockets and all of the other stuff.