I stopped at Blackman Cycle today and they were running a sale on all in stock merchandise, anywhere from 10%-50% off.

They had about 15 pair of Alpine Star boots in the 50% off area and one pair in my size.

I purchased $109.95 Ridge for $54.98 :dthumb:

Jeff

Tis the season for great deals on gear.:dthumb:

Finally got a chance to wear the Ridge boots today when I rode to work. The short boot ( 8" )pressed against my shin and was extremely uncomfortable.

I took them back to Blackmans and upgraded to AlpineStar S-MX5 for an additional $47 :dthumb:

These come up higher and are more plyable.

Jeff

helmets: Arai, Shark, HJC, dead shoeis
jackets: Icon team terc textile, Fieldsheer mesh,Joe rocket mesh, Tecknic perf. chicane leather
Pants: Dainese leather pants, tecknic leather pants, Joe rocket textile
Leathers: a 2 piece tecknic and a 1 piece power ranger suit
Boots: Icon super duty's and Sidi's
gloves: Icon pursuits, Joe rocket trixie? leather gloves, and alpinestars GP
also an Icon vest for my squidish days

My gear's old for various reasons:

Jacket - Leather: Teknic Chicane (from 2000)
Jacket - Mesh: Fieldsheer Mach 4
Helmet: Shoei RF800
Gloves - Leather: Teknic... somethings. Lightweight, good feel. Icon... something elses. A little thicker, decent padding, shit construction.
Boots: Icon Superduty. Falling apart, more garbage (never again with Icon)

Ended up tossing my RX7RR Colin Edwards rep when the trim pieces fell off, and gave my Icon Mainframe away because I hated it. Also gave away some Icon TiMax gloves to my friend because I wasn't too thrilled with them, just lost my bike, and he had absolutely no gear except a helmet.

Next bike gets a mandatory upgrade in my gear.

ya know, if the trim fell off, you could have sent it to Arai, and they would have fixed it for you, free of charge.

The helmet was also from '99. As much as I loved that thing, replacing the trim pieces on a '99 helmet in 2007 only solves the superficial stuff. The helmet served me well for almost a decade. I couldn't have asked for more.


Ok, maybe I could have asked for the helmet to not be $600. Half that woulda been nice.

My gear is:

Helmet KBC freeze. Modular
Jacket A/star Textile all season with removable liner
Pants Icon Recon Black
Boots Icon Field Armor
Gloves A/star

Jacket - Leather: Icon Moto
Jacket - Textile: Cortech and Frank Thomas
Jacket - Mesh:Joe Rocket (2)
Pants - Leather:Joe Rocket
Pants - Textile:AlpineStar & Cortech
Pants - Mesh:Joe Rocket
Pants - Denim/Kevlar:Joe Rocket
Helmet:KBC Modular, HJC Half, Shoei and soon to be a Shark Karma
Gloves - Leather:Yamaha
Gloves - Mesh:Joe Rocket
Gloves - Weather/Winter:Cortech thermal and a pair of heated
Boots:AlpineStar SMX and Stella Torre
Two-piece suit - Leather: Joe Rocket (for race track)

I guess I like Joe Rocket gear?? :idk:
My faves at the moment are my New women's mesh JR jacket, Joe Rocket jeans (Thanks Nee), Shark helmet,Joe Rocket gloves and my AS Stella Torre boots.

too much for a gear closet, more like a gear room

1 Joe Rocket 2 piece leathers
1 AGV 2 piece leathers
1 rain suit
1 teknic leather jacket
1 joe rocket textile jacket
1 first gear textile jacket
2 pairs of boots, Alpinestars supertech, and alpinestars smx plus
3 pairs of gloves, 2-alpinestars, 1 joe rocket
10 Helmets, yeah 10, Shoei x-11, shoei rf 800, shoei rf 1000, AGV corser replica, agv joker, 2 HJC, 1 fulmer, 1 cirrus and another agv