VOLUME 56 ISSUE 39 OCTOBER 1, 2019 P101
The 1.3mm bovine leather GP Pro
V2 is the premium club-racing suit.
Tech Air-equipped, it's come
in for a few careful mods
over the 2019 edition.
"This suit is one step
below the GP Tech
V3," says Cofran.
"One of the great
benefits of the GP
Pro V2 is the fact it
adapts to lots of dif-
ferent body shapes
via the extensive
use of the stretch
material," says Cofran.
"The biggest thing
with the GP Pro V2 is the ex-
tended mapping perforation,
so there's more perforation
on the new GP Pro than
the previous rendition,"
says Cofran. "There's
the new shoulder and
Rider analysis:
Rennie Scaysbrook
( Cycle News Road Test Edi-
tor): "I've had two previous
GP Tech suits, and this is
the first one that was
genuinely different.
The fit is much more
relaxed than the suit I
had in 2017, a fact I like
as it gives me more room to
move than being crunched
into place on the bike.
"I especially like the rub-
ber lining on the inside of
the knees for helping you
lock your outside leg into
the tank during cornering
and the fact Alpinestars has
finally increased the Velcro
area around the knee so you
have more area to place the
slider (on almost every suit
I've had, Alpinestars or not,
I wear the top edge of the
slider out because I can't put
it high enough on the Velcro).
This particular GP Tech also
feels lighter than my previ-
ous suits and flows more air,
especially around the sides of
my torso—which is nice for
when you sit up for brake!"
GP
PRO V2
$1299.95
A little less
expensive than
the GP Tech,
the GP Pro is
an excellent
value suit for
the money.
The rear hump's been
moved to work better with
different helmets shapes/
brands in a tuck position.
