SHOT Race Gear Contact Raceway Combo – Product Of The Week

This week we got our hands on some SHOT Race Gear which has been around for 25 years in Europe, but is just starting to make its way to the United States. The US press launch was at LACR MX in Palmdale, California where we got a chance to spin some laps in these new threads.

If you are wondering where you’ve seen this gear before, think extreme enduro rider, like, one of the best… Yep, Graham Jarvis is a SHOT rider as are the Husqvarna MXGP Team riders. While SHOT has a full line of head-to-toe off-road gear, they are starting off small in the US to test the waters, as they say. The Contact Raceway design is there mid-level gear and they will also be bringing over the Devo Capture cut, which is their entry-level gear.

According to SHOT, they have the lightest gear at each price point, and while we didn’t have a scale out at the track, the gear does seem quite feathery. But, it has more of a classic construction than the “lightweight” gear that US gear brands offer. Meaning, where other brands’ lightweight gear forgoes a lot of the tougher materials, SHOT still uses Cordura in the rear of the pants and has some TPR patches.

We’ll be wearing both the Contact and the Devo gear sets for a full test so check the magazine for that in the next coming months.