I want to buy a suit for next season....im going to sell the kobe.
Anyone have any advice for either?
im thinking the Speed and Strength Twist of faith or Teknic Xcelerator.
Quote from: He Man on November 04, 2009, 07:13:33 PM
I want to buy a suit for next season....im going to sell the kobe.
Anyone have any advice for either?
im thinking the Speed and Strength Twist of faith or Teknic Xcelerator.
I did a product review/testing of the Moment of Truth product line for a local shop and was pretty impressed with it. Here's the writeup that I did if you're interested:
http://onanymoto.com/images/pdf/Moto%20Times2.pdf (http://onanymoto.com/images/pdf/Moto%20Times2.pdf)
I don't know how much this transfers to the suits, but I use a Teknic Violator Jacket (older model) zipped to Teknic leather pants; a couple of quick observations that might translate to the single piece Teknic:
o Overall I really like the Teknic gear -- good quality leather, some nice features and a good cut for a sport-oriented riding position.
o The jacket seems to run small; I'm a size 40, bought the jacket in a 42 and it's snug without the thermal liner -- which is consequently not very useful (a liner's not an issue in a suit, but the running small part might be). The pants seem to run true to size.
o I've got one non-critical seam coming undone (on the collar) after about a year of moderate use. It'll be easy enough to fix, but it does have me inspecting the critical seams a whole lot more closely than I should have to.
Whats wrong with your Kobe suit? Your other two choices seem substandard to Kobe.
Or, you can buy a Dainese suit. :) I am hands down sold on there products. Your local cyclegear will have all Dainese products,including on-line, 40% off come January/February? yearly winter clearance sale, If the prices scares you from buying.
Quote from: danaid on December 16, 2009, 09:04:57 PM
Whats wrong with your Kobe suit? Your other two choices seem substandard to Kobe.
how so?
The kobe suit is great, but i have a pretty big ass/hips/theighs so i cant wear extra armor underneath the suit. the hip armor on the suit sucks pretty bad too. its worst than the stock back protectors in most sport jackets.