i live in maine but will be taking a few east coast trips to ride dh and want to upgrade from my poor fitting 661 pressure suit, Do any shops in the east stock dainese gladiator suits so i can try it on before i spend 400 bucks? just wondering
east coast shops that stock dainese?
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I don't know about retail stores in the East. I found dainese pretty hard to find in any stores but check out kneedraggers.com, I ordered the dainese wave jacket from them last year. they were really helpful on the phone with sizing info and they have a very reasonable exchange policy if you do end up with the wrong size.
I am not aware of any that do. Dainese run small I wear large shirts but require a xl for the their stuff. Go-ride.com carries Dainese stuff try them
http://www.go-ride.com/SPD/dainese-impact-race--181B0000-1146270475.jsp
http://www.go-ride.com/SPD/dainese-impact-race--181B0000-1146270475.jsp
Several years ago I ended up getting my Dainese stuff from cycle loft of MA. I tried setting the shop I work at up with a dealership, but they seemed to be an incredibly hard company to communicate with. I'd let you try on my set up, but from what I read online, their fit has changed from the older years.
I've seen them carrying knee/shins and gloves in the past, and I believe I saw a suit there. Don't know about recently, as I haven't been there in a while, but great shop and that's your best bet. They're located in Burlington, MA....not entirely convenient for someplace like highland, but if you're headed to Diablo/plattekill, they're right off 95 and should be pretty easy to get to.
This is a shot in the dark, but don't motorcycle shops carry lots of this sort of stuff? I'm not sure about Dainese, but here in Ottawa, the motorcycle shops have the full complement of 661 gear, and its usually cheaper than on-line...
If you have a Cycle Gear motor cycle shop near you, try them. I know they sell a lot of thier product and have the same suits we use for DH in stock.