Leathers v Hi-Art

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by lx_online

Well it's good to know the reason. ACU should consider changing their standards (pointless saying this unless anybody here works for them!)

My textiles drag for 11 seconds compared to 3 seconds for normal leathers.

I have seen sidecar guys racing in textiles.

I have some HI-ART gear and TBH I'd rather fall off in leathers. Leathers tend to have lots of layers in impact/slide points where textiles you're 100% relying on armour for that job.

When you see someone fall off somewhere wrong side of 150 and they get up slightly scuffed, I think the 3 second vs 11 second thing is BS only applicable to specific testing.

Leathers are cheap, £50 will see you with a set dead easy.

Originally Posted by hardhat_harry

Home Delivery Network through Parcel2Go will courier leathers for a tenner

Cheers HHH!

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I have seen sidecar guys racing in textiles.

I have some HI-ART gear and TBH I'd rather fall off in leathers. Leathers tend to have lots of layers in impact/slide points where textiles you're 100% relying on armour for that job.

When you see someone fall off somewhere wrong side of 150 and they get up slightly scuffed, I think the 3 second vs 11 second thing is BS only applicable to specific testing.

Leathers are cheap, £50 will see you with a set dead easy.

Thanks for the info YC. I'll be getting myself leathers for the track.

[yorkie_chris]

Apologies if that sounded harsh, my halvarssons jacket (HiART) has stood up to more than it's fair share of offs

Another factor, textiles don't have slider patches and don't stay in place well enough for them.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Apologies if that sounded harsh, my halvarssons jacket (HiART) has stood up to more than it's fair share of offs

Another factor, textiles don't have slider patches and don't stay in place well enough for them.

Not at all - I love my Halvarssons jacket, but can understand track conditions are completely different to the road.

The Sidecar guys are in Woven Kevlar suits but not many go that route.

lx_online - I'll try to remember to take a pic tonight.