Er... more clothing questions
Discussion
Right, it seems that most people buy their own clobber before they go off and do their CBT, which makes sense as a helmet is something individual fit-wise, same with boots and gloves if perhaps not the jacket/trousers. Does this typically tend to be the case?
Secondly, I've looked around a bit and also spent a fair amount of time looking at the Ride Triangles website, purely because it's the best crash-testing I have found so far and I'm a bit paranoid about keeping in one piece! You can never account for errors on other people's parts, or sometimes your own, but you can obviously minimise the damage should you ever come off. With that in mind...
...I'm going to use my bike for daily commuting in the main, part of the reason for getting one in the first place. I doubt I'll be doing any long tours in the near future. Obviously I've hit my first hurdle: is there such a thing as an all-round suit? Judging by the Ride tests, some of the textile stuff really doesn't do too well on the crash testing. Some of the leathers don't either, but if I was going for leathers I'd go for something like Hideout. My budget isn't infinite but £800 for a top quality two-piece seems like good value for keeping me in one piece. Then there's gloves: in their test the Alpinestars came top and a few of the GTX ones were mediocre, IIRC. If I come off the first thing on the tarmac is probably going to be my hands, so they're really important - but what about weatherproofing?
I don't think my commute will be long but I don't want to get instantly soaked at the same time, especially if weather's a bit foul. Same applies to boots: Sidi seem to be well regarded, and they do GTX boots, but will they be lesser quality than their non-GTX? Hein Gericke's 'Cruise' GTX jacket/pants combo seems to get good reviews but I'm still concerned about it not protecting me as well as a leather suit. And the Hideout suits come with a removable thermal liner if you pay a wee bit extra, which makes me wonder if I'll be much if any colder in winter.
Do help me, it's all a bit confusing and it all costs a lot of money!
Secondly, I've looked around a bit and also spent a fair amount of time looking at the Ride Triangles website, purely because it's the best crash-testing I have found so far and I'm a bit paranoid about keeping in one piece! You can never account for errors on other people's parts, or sometimes your own, but you can obviously minimise the damage should you ever come off. With that in mind...
...I'm going to use my bike for daily commuting in the main, part of the reason for getting one in the first place. I doubt I'll be doing any long tours in the near future. Obviously I've hit my first hurdle: is there such a thing as an all-round suit? Judging by the Ride tests, some of the textile stuff really doesn't do too well on the crash testing. Some of the leathers don't either, but if I was going for leathers I'd go for something like Hideout. My budget isn't infinite but £800 for a top quality two-piece seems like good value for keeping me in one piece. Then there's gloves: in their test the Alpinestars came top and a few of the GTX ones were mediocre, IIRC. If I come off the first thing on the tarmac is probably going to be my hands, so they're really important - but what about weatherproofing?
I don't think my commute will be long but I don't want to get instantly soaked at the same time, especially if weather's a bit foul. Same applies to boots: Sidi seem to be well regarded, and they do GTX boots, but will they be lesser quality than their non-GTX? Hein Gericke's 'Cruise' GTX jacket/pants combo seems to get good reviews but I'm still concerned about it not protecting me as well as a leather suit. And the Hideout suits come with a removable thermal liner if you pay a wee bit extra, which makes me wonder if I'll be much if any colder in winter.
Do help me, it's all a bit confusing and it all costs a lot of money!
both me and the wife have hideout leathers ,nice people to deal with and excellent product .
not sure if a one piece suit is the ideal item for commuting in though and seperates are going to be over your budget ,hein gericke do some excellent kit at reasonable prices .
i stand to be corrected i'm sure ,just looked at hideout site and see they do indeed start at around £800 .my jacket was a made to measure which are more expensive .
not sure if a one piece suit is the ideal item for commuting in though and seperates are going to be over your budget ,hein gericke do some excellent kit at reasonable prices .
Edited by bimsb6 on Sunday 6th April 15:57
i stand to be corrected i'm sure ,just looked at hideout site and see they do indeed start at around £800 .my jacket was a made to measure which are more expensive .
Edited by bimsb6 on Sunday 6th April 16:01
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