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Product Description
- Race/high-performance boot
- High-tech microfiber construction is extremely lightweight yet strong to meet the performance requirements of top-level racing
- Protective, flexible, comfortable boot design with excellent aerodynamic performance
- Design enhances the fit and feel with the motorcycle
- Ventilation system is specifically designed to aid airflow when boots are on the bike
- Specially developed TPU external protective profiles for excellent impact protection
- Side opening/zip exit with stretch bellows panel edge to ensure a close fit and easy boot on/off
- Secure, adjustable fit with hook-and-loop fasteners to ensure a tight, non-slip connection between surfaces
- Micro-adjustable ratchet top closure at the calf
- External shin guard wraps around to cover calf and is shaped to dissipate impact energy across the entire guard surface
- Shin guard has a compact profile for ease of movement
- Vented sections in shin guard promote airflow into the boot to keep the foot cool
- External heel guard counter profiled to provide comfort and excellent impact resistance
- Heel guard is vented to increase cooling airflow to the foot
- Front flex area is soft TPU mesh to allow flexibility and abrasion resistance; specially-shaped reliefs allow better forward and rear foot movement
- Achilles heel flex area wraps around the lateral and medial sides of the heel guard structure to provide natural, non-restrictive movement
- Top gaiter is high-grade synthetic construction that is soft, flexible and follows the contour of the leg
- Boot inner has over-injected TPU surface that gives a secure grip on a leather suit leg
- Full-length suede leather panel on inner side of boot for excellent grip and feel against the motorcycle; also adds protection from abrasion and engine heat
- Sole is a technical lightweight soft rubber compound that gives excellent grip and feel while allowing natural flex when a rider changes foot position and pressure on the footpeg
- Special lightweight toe shifter gives feel and protection when changing gears
- Replaceable TPU heel plate slider and integrated side insert for impact protection and friction reduction in case of a fall
- Clip-on toe sliders give good feel (boots may use Alpinestars magnesium toe sliders)
- CE-certified
- 2011 Model
About Alpinestars
One Goal. One Vision
Alpinestars is once again leading the way in developing rider safety. Having pioneered countless innovations in boots, suits and gloves, notably the development of external protection on road race boots in the early 80’s and more recently employing the philosophy on its leather suits, they are now introducing a new dimension into race suit technology – a fully autonomous, multiple field data acquisition system. The Advanced Safety Technology suit (AST).
Fitting telemetry and acquiring data from race bikes and cars has been common practice for some years, however, acquiring data directly from the body of the rider/driver has not and Alpinestars is developing technology to allow technicians the ability to analyze the gravitational and impact forces, as well as the physiological effects experienced by a human when pushing the limits of a high performance race machine.
During the weekend of the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, MotoGP rider John Hopkins wore a leather suit equipped with the new A.S.T. system. Although indistinguishable from his usual race suit, John’s body was constantly monitored by a series of accelerometers, impact and physiological sensors.
The impact sensors are mounted on both external and internal surfaces of the suits protectors to measure the loads sustained and absorbed in a fall, without impeding or endangering the rider in any way. The sensors record the maximum impact value subjected to the rider, providing real situation data, above and beyond the test simulations currently conducted in the Alpinestars laboratory.
The custom data processor and solid-state memory, encased in an impact resistant structure and hidden in the back hump on John’s suit, acquire data throughout each session which can be downloaded immediately into a laptop plugged into a connector on the suit. The information can then be studied to analyze pressure point values, lateral G loads experienced, the rider’s pulse and the suit’s cooling performance.
The benefit of developing such technology is the tremendous amount of information that can be gathered about the stresses borne by a rider and the performance of safety equipment during a race and in the event of a fall. Alpinestars’ goal is to develop the technology to measure all the dimensional forces at work upon a rider and to allow greater understanding of material performance thereby improving safety both on the racetrack and ultimately on the road.
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