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Ok, there have been a few post recently about 'what leathers?' and it got me think a bit.
A few members have been quick to slate the well known brands as being expensive and rubbish. Maybe this is true - I don't really know, but I was thinking about what the club/national/world racers use. I'd imagine that the world class racers have leathers made-to-measure by the major manufacturers (and those from their country of origin for sponsorship purposes), but surely manufacturing techniques can't differ that much? Or can they? I'm pretty certain that if you bought an X model helmet as worn by X racer, then the model that you are buying would be manufactured to the same standard as the one you see in motoGP albeit with a custom paint job. Same with boots, gloves etc. Are leathers really that different? Apart from the obvious made-to-measure difference, how much would a Dainese suit worn by Rossi vary from a top-of-the-range of the peg Dainese suit? We see these products sliding down the track at 100mph+ and racers getting up without burst seams etc. Abrasion tests (like crash bungs) seems a little subjective as every crash is different and replicating a crash with a living human in a suit (as opposed to a crash test dummy) is tricky as I doubt there are many volunteers! Just something I've been wondering. |
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But testing every grade of leather to a set given standard in identical tests will show weakness in some and strength in others. Same goes for seam burst tests etc. Obviously there are variables, such as speed, abrasive quality of the tarmac, weight of rider. If we set the standard high then everyone benefits. Unfortunately only a handful of leathers manufacturers work to a high standard, and surprisingly they are often cheaper than the high value A/Stars and Dainese top of the range stuff that won't pass CE approval. |
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