I'm in hell! (shopping for leathers, a tall man story)

sheepofblue · 04-18-2005, 5:50 PM

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Originally Posted by luvtolean

Yeah, drink water and gatorade. Buy vented gear.

Also, visit a burn ward in a hospital, roadrash is treated the same way.

I've done 30 minute races in 100+ and also ridden/raced in high humidity so you'll have a hard sell here.

do not RACE on the road in anything! And the 12 hours is my norm not an inflated number. I typically lose lbs in water weight despite drinking water/dew during the day. I will see on the vented leather as it is on the shopping list

abtech · 04-18-2005, 6:06 PM

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Originally Posted by sheepofblue

do not RACE on the road in anything! And the 12 hours is my norm not an inflated number. I typically lose lbs in water weight despite drinking water/dew during the day. I will see on the vented leather as it is on the shopping list

During the last 8 hour endurance race I ran in, I lost 12 pounds. Since my suit propably inherited the difference (plus or minus a few ounces), this is nothing new or different for the hundreds of racers that do it all summer long. I don't think Alabama has any more (or even as much) humidity as Michigan during the dog days, so quit yer bitchin

sheepofblue · 04-18-2005, 6:21 PM

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Originally Posted by abtech

During the last 8 hour endurance race I ran in, I lost 12 pounds. Since my suit propably inherited the difference (plus or minus a few ounces), this is nothing new or different for the hundreds of racers that do it all summer long. I don't think Alabama has any more (or even as much) humidity as Michigan during the dog days, so quit yer bitchin

Grew up in Michigan racing at Milan but I moved to Alabama. Nothing left to bitch about, but lots of folks to stir

Pete · 04-18-2005, 6:22 PM

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Originally Posted by abtech

When they first started out ...

Thanks for the info, good to know!

FuTAnT · 04-18-2005, 6:28 PM

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Originally Posted by matt232

Winter is on the way yer....Shoot them an email and find out what the ETA would be....

Also Tigerangel give discounts to most clubs so, throw a few names at them and you can pick up a 10% discount (Honda Riders Club of Australia should do it....but for Chain I think it would be more believable if he went with WIMA

)

Also http://www.underdog-leathers.com/ (see USA distributor in the Contact Us page) have more competitive pricing that Tigerangel ($AU900 verses $AU1600), suits look a little cheaper but are just as good quality if you come off.

Tigerangel knocks up their suits here in Melbourne but Underdog gets their leathers made in India and shipped down here.

Dude, do not even ****en think of reccomending Underdog over Tiger Angel!
They are consitently not the correct size, they do NOT hold up at all well to coming off (I've seen this multiple times, first hand, they come apart at the seams, or the leather rips etc). The two brands are like chalk and cheese.

Disregard Underdog, they're

and you don't want the

If you want quality, yes, TigerAngel are the go, (they've got one particular suit that a racer came off 14 times with!) but there's no way I could possibly think of reccomending Chunderdog.