Leather suits...
 

Interesting read on leathers.


http://www.trackdaymag.com/Article.aspx?id=3670

Interesting read. Thanks.

I found it to be interesting too...and their review of the Speed and Strength suit brought up this very issue.

Yea that's an eye opener about Speed and Strength! I'd expect that from Frank Thomas and that $299 suit, that has smaller stretch areas btw... Out of curiosity, I've tried to check out the FT suit and see what it's made of but no luck so far.

Was that a Speed and Strength suit they were talking about (the crappy fabric one)? :scratch:

They didn't say but there's a second article in the same E-Zine that evaluates the S&S suit and points out the use of the budget stretch material.

Great article, thanks for the read!

Great article, but somewhat of a bad read for me. I just looked at my suit, the stretch material is not kevlar reinforced, but there are only a few areas it is used, the inside of my forearm, crotch, and inside of my calfs, but there is leather connecting it top and bottom.

Oh well, I won't replace the suit, just put this little tid bit of info in the back of my head for future expectancy

I checked mine too. My jacket sure enough had the Shoeller Keprotec tag on the arm. Reassuring. However, my pants did not...and is obviously not the same fabric. But it's on the back of the knee and crotch so it shouldn't (fingers crossed) be a big issue.

Interesting. I'll have to check my suit now as AVG was not a brand listed, though doesn't mean anything.

anyone elses knees get rubbed raw after about 2-3 hours in their suit? Other than that th octane suit i got is fine besides tight in the calves

No I just get bruises on the insides of my legs near my ankles. My suit it too big and I'm stuffing too much leather down in my boots. I need to get them altered.

mine has the cheap stuff. it held up pretty good in my last crash though, the stretch pannel behind one knee is the only thing that failed.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...1/93a276d7.jpg

My syed is good to go (and crash tested a few times now - holding up VERY well)

My older Syed suit was built in Mar of 93' Raced 5 years, crashed 5 or 6 times (twice between 70-80mph and once at 100+MPH) and is still in safe shape. Not pretty, but still comfortable and will still pass a tech inspection. My newer Syed was built in Jan of 97 and still looks new, except for some scuffing where some guy rode up my leg and over the the top of me and the bike. Custom suits that are built for the real deal are expensive but worth every penny. You get what you pay for with Syed.

My teknic with the crappy strech material held up nicely in a 45 mph lowside, just some scuffing on the leg, ass and elbow. Nothing blew up or tore apart on me, however the A* glove I was wearing just dissapeared, all that was left was the back of my hand and the gauntlet around my wrist. My palm just dissintegrated taking my fingers with them.

Everyone has good and bad stories about every gear company. I had a Dainese jacket fall apart while the other guy's Technic jacket was in great shape. Before A* went with floating knuckle armor (like Icon, btw), I had a pair of GP Plus gloves break all four of my fingers in a crash.

I was surprised that my Teknic had the good shit, honestly. And my Icon gloves actually held up very very well in my low side.