thinking about starting track riding next season. looking at getting some gear and am wondering if anyone can give me some reviews on their suits.

 

Try on several different manufacturers. They all fit differently.

Generally speaking, you get what you pay for.

 

I love my Teknic Violator one piece. Fairly inexpensive too.

 

I have a Hein Gericke Celtic one piece from sportbiketrackgear.com (i think they are the exclusive distributor for this suit).
great suit, great price. I'm really happy with it. Comes with a better back protector than any other suit ive seen too, which saves you some more money (its actually a serious protector, not some flimsy piece of foam). Probably better than any suit under $1000, yet its only ~$600 (and they were selling green ones for even cheaper a while ago, since noone wanted green..)

 

right now i am looking at the alpinestars RC-1 1pc suit.

 

SportbikeTrackGear is located in Michigan. I talked with Rob from motonation (distributor of sidi and some other brands here in the US) and he told me those guys are probably the best in the country in terms of customer service. www.sportbiketrackgear.com

Check em out.

 

o i did not know that they were here. i live in Michigan so i might have to go check them out. i have been checking out their site but just figures they were far away. i map quested it and they are 3 hours away

 

Got my suit from them, great company.

 

STG is a great store. I buy from them all the time.

I will say a) fit is most important. and b) you can find great suit deals on craigslist.

I picked up my last suit (A* MX-1) for $450 off craigslist.

 

vanson, bates, helimot...

 

Anyone use Held gloves? also the Sidi Vortice boots?

 

i have Held Phantoms. awesome gloves, very supple out of the box, tons of protections and the sizing is dead on.

 

I have the RC-1 Jacket, I love it! Waiting to get the pants to go with it.

 

ya those are the ones i would want. they got a great review on STG so i thought i would ask others about them. thanks

 

Just call STG and ask for help. They will hook you up great and the prices are awsome.

 

I plan on taking a trip out their to try the stuff on as i don't even remotely know what sizes i need. none of the local shops have any of it in stock

 

I wear held akiras and they're the best gloves evAr

 

I bought a Frank Thomas XTi one piece that was on sale with a Dainese back insert. I haven't gotten to use it anywhere other than riding with it on the street a couple times but I like it so fair. It's inexpensive to a lot of other suits too.