{"id":297,"date":"2010-07-21T22:23:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T05:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2010-07-21T22:25:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T05:25:27","slug":"dainese-torque-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2010\/07\/dainese-torque-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Dainese Torque Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call me fickle, because I can’t completely deny it. In my search for the best fitting and most proper gear, I’m yet again going through some changes. I recently sold my AGV GP-Tech helmet because \u00a0the Rossi scheme became a bit too flashy for me. It was a great helmet and fit me fine, but I’m too slow to be able to wear the 46 number and not look like a poser. Secondly, I sold my Sidi Vertigo boots. When I was trying on boots at the store previously, I was under the impression that tighter was better. That is not so. I went way too tight with the Sidi’s, and they gave me much discomfort during the Trackday last weekend. By the afternoon, I couldn’t even feel my feet since they went completely numb. It sucked to say the least, so I had to sell them. I was also able to unload a RS-Taichi RSJ826 jacket, since I don’t ride on the street often and had no use for it. With RS-Taichi being a Japanese brand, it was of good quality… but my tastes still lean towards Dainese as my favorite.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I now had to find a replacement for the Sidi’s. After looking at some Dainese boots online, I knew they were what I wanted. Today, I journeyed into San Francisco (cliffnotes: gloomy weather, city driving sucks) to pay a visit to the Dainese D-Store on South Van Ness and buy some boots directly. No dealers really carried any of the newer Dainese boots, and neither did Dainese warehouses, but the D-Store luckily had a few of them.<\/p>\n

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Cool store, it was Dainese heaven inside. I spent extra time trying on and retrying different boots and sizes to make sure I’d get the right ones this time. The Sidi’s I had were a size 41 Euro, which were the absolute smallest I could fit in, and proved to be far too snug over time. After trying on some 42’s this time, they were perfect. A small amount of heel lift, and they were snug (but not too snug).<\/p>\n

I originally wanted the Dainese Axial Race boots, but in person they weren’t so flattering. Quite plain and generic for such an expensive boot. Then I turned my attention to the new Torque Pro’s, and they fit much better and looked to be made better as well. Not to mention they were a bit cheaper.<\/p>\n

A successful trip, and I now proudly have some very awesome boots.<\/p>\n

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Call me fickle, because I can’t completely deny it. In my search for the best fitting and most proper gear, I’m yet again going through some changes. I recently sold my AGV GP-Tech helmet because \u00a0the Rossi scheme became a bit too flashy for me. It was a great helmet and fit me fine, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}