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    Recommendation for Specialized Racing Gear Suits

    I was going to post in the vendor section, but I'm not technically a vendor. Just wanted to share that I had a custom suit made by Specialized Racing Gear - David Gonzales - number 550 and it turned out really well. Best fit I've ever had and surprisingly (to me) is much lighter than my existing Taichi Suit. I found that Taichi Suits feel great and have great ventilation, but don't hold up well in a crash.

    I had a lot of vented leather put into this, as well as a camelbak and elbow sliders, but was given a lot of choice in how I wanted "my" suit to be made.

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    Looking sharp Rab!!!
    After looking onto the Danny Eslick Crash in Daytona back in 2011 I thought Taichi was a good brand as well.
    https://youtu.be/dajI-_hUAHA
    I end up buying a set of gloves and on the first crash during practice in Hallett on the rain I crashed but very slow and the gloves got destroyed :(
    I would like to try your vendor for my next suit.
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    Do you condition your gloves very often?
    If you crashes in them only once and they were worn a lot the sweat/salt can make them come apart a lot easier than expected.
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    That second pic....nice butt

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael McGehee View Post
    That second pic....nice butt
    That azz dough!
    So wrong for that pose Rab.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brandon Orr View Post
    Do you condition your gloves very often?
    If you crashes in them only once and they were worn a lot the sweat/salt can make them come apart a lot easier than expected.
    Taichi gloves don't hold up well either...can't say I've been very good at getting the salt out of them tho, but I'm starting to do that every 2 months now...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodrigo DaCunha View Post
    Looking sharp Rab!!!
    After looking onto the Danny Eslick Crash in Daytona back in 2011 I thought Taichi was a good brand as well.
    https://youtu.be/dajI-_hUAHA
    I end up buying a set of gloves and on the first crash during practice in Hallett on the rain I crashed but very slow and the gloves got destroyed :(
    I would like to try your vendor for my next suit.
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    David Gonzales will PM you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rab McNaught View Post
    Taichi gloves don't hold up well either...can't say I've been very good at getting the salt out of them tho, but I'm starting to do that every 2 months now...
    I had a pair of racer Highspeed gloves.
    Must had wrecked in them 5 times so I demoted them to rain duty. I ended up getting the Taichi Evo gloves. The palms look the same as the Racer Highspeed. 2 wrecks in them and just the palm sliders are worn.

    What gloves are you guys talking about? Any thing without the large palm sliders sucks.
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    Rodrigo,

    feel free to send me an email to ; specializedrg@gmail.com or a PM on our facebook page @specializedracinggear

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