Love my leather (textile) jacket

**Lou Girardin** · 4th September 2004, 07:35

After reading the posts in Firestormers recent thread of woe, my darling wife and I indulged in communication. She communicated her desire to go to Melbourne to shoe shop, so I communicated my desire for a new jacket.
So I now have a lurvely new Spidi GT jacket with so many adjustments and pockets and fancy bits that I needed lessons on how to put it on.
So there is a spare Spidi Globe jacket - XL, available for any reasonable offer.

**Mongoose** · 4th September 2004, 12:36

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

After reading the posts in Firestormers recent thread of woe, my darling wife and I indulged in communication. She communicated her desire to go to Melbourne to shoe shop, so I communicated my desire for a new jacket.
So I now have a lurvely new Spidi GT jacket with so many adjustments and pockets and fancy bits that I needed lessons on how to put it on.
So there is a spare Spidi Globe jacket - XL, available for any reasonable offer.

XL you say Lou? Does that mean all those adjustments in the new jacket are for "Outwards" to allow for MORE expension?
Never mind, cows seem happy with what they wear so I will stick to that as well.Can not help but wonder if all this new kit is so good, why do racers stick with leather?

**Blakamin** · 4th September 2004, 12:43

Originally Posted by Mongoose

XL you say Lou? Does that mean all those adjustments in the new jacket are for "Outwards" to allow for MORE expension?
Never mind, cows seem happy with what they wear so I will stick to that as well.Can not help but wonder if all this new kit is so good, why do racers stick with leather?

Kangaroos nowadays!

**DebK** · 4th September 2004, 16:07

Originally Posted by Mongoose

Can not help but wonder if all this new kit is so good, why do racers stick with leather?

Apart from protection, I'm assuming that aerodynamically leather is still the best option?

**FROSTY:Me** · 4th September 2004, 17:44

big difference in the raceing world and the road riders world.
The only negative I've got about this new fangled stuff is that it balloons up

**Artifice** · 4th September 2004, 17:50

another reason why racers wear leather is because your uppers and lowers have to zip together or they dont let you on the trak. and though my jacket came3 with a zip i never could be bothered sewing the thing to mah leggings. so when i go to the trak i have to get the old faithfulls out.

**Lou Girardin** · 5th September 2004, 17:24

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

big difference in the raceing world and the road riders world.
The only negative I've got about this new fangled stuff is that it balloons up

That's one reason I got the new one, it has a pot gut adjustment to prevent ballooning and I don't get draughts up the back passage now either.
I saw one of our customers Spidi jackets that he had a little excursion in, sans bike. After sliding about 150 metres on his back, it had 2 small rips where the armour sits and a Spidi logo was torn off. The back had scuffing but wasn't penetrated at all.

**sporty03** · 5th September 2004, 17:51

A new Spidi huh? What's with all the different models :spudwhat: My buddy has a Tourer that he swears by. Big difference with leather is the water proof qualities of the Spidi. Wouldn't mind one myself. Would go with my new gloves. Who has the best selection and what's the best model? Gt, Globe, Tourer ????? Only need to buy this sort of gear once, so I don't want to get

Cheers :spudwave:

**Hitcher** · 5th September 2004, 18:21

Sounds like you found a bike shop with a decent selection of makes, models and sizes in stock. Makes a change from the stuff you find for short-arse, skinny pinheads in most kiwi bike shops... (said the "fuller-figured" big head)

**texmo** · 5th September 2004, 18:25

Leather has the best abrasive protection so when your sliding along the ground nothing beats leather, but leather soaks up water (thats why they are used for chamos) and rots ifs you dont dry it properly.
The new stuff is also water proof and has armour for when you first fall to stop the impact from doing as much damage.

**Hitcher** · 5th September 2004, 18:34

Originally Posted by texmo

Leather has the best abrasive protection so when your sliding along the ground nothing beats leather, but leather soaks up water (thats why they are used for chamos) and rots ifs you dont dry it properly.
The new stuff is also water proof and has armour for when you first fall to stop the impact from doing as much damage.

You can get waterproof leather but you can't get waterproof seams!

Interesting fact of the day, shammy (chamois) leathers aren't made from chamois, they're made from slink skins (slink being the skin from a dead new-born lamb).

**Blakamin** · 5th September 2004, 18:41

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Interesting fact of the day, shammy (chamois) leathers aren't made from chamois, they're made from slink skins (slink being the skin from a dead new-born lamb).

mmmm......lamb.... now i'm hungry

**Hitcher** · 5th September 2004, 18:51

Originally Posted by Blakamin

mmmm......lamb.... now i'm hungry

You won't get much meat off a slink...

**texmo** · 5th September 2004, 18:52

Originally Posted by Hitcher

You can get waterproof leather but you can't get waterproof seams!

Interesting fact of the day, shammy (chamois) leathers aren't made from chamois, they're made from slink skins (slink being the skin from a dead new-born lamb).

WTF is up with that why do they call it a chamois then?