Regulate your upper body temperature with this thermal shirt. Strictly speaking, it is underwear but you can call it technical textile or a thermal base layer. ‘Underwear’ sounds a little too simplistic for everything this ALPINESTARS Ride Tech Top Long Sleeve Winter has to offer.
There’s underlayers and there are underlayers. Regulating temperatures, cooling or heating are a little one-dimensional for this winter long sleeve that is categorised as something that keeps your body temperature at level, without external batteries or heat elements.
The ALPINESTARS Ride Tech Top Long Sleeve Winter uses a couple of dual density layers ensuring extra moisture-wicking properties. This will keep your body at a steady 37 degrees, in all circumstances. This shirt doesn’t feel too hot when you wear it in the house, which will be a welcome surprise to many.
Wicking moisture and retaining heat is what Alpinestars does with a textile made from polypropylene and elastane. The latter reveals that tight is the way to go. It should, because the seamless construction has a compression fit that offers muscle support, postponing fatigue. In colder circumstances, every bit of energy counts and muscles consume a lot of that in those conditions. This allows your body to focus more on temperature retention.
You wear the ALPINESTARS Ride Tech Top Long Sleeve Winter as a base layer. This is no wear-resistant motorcycle clothing with protectors.
To complete the set and to keep temperatures constant: there’s also a thermal underlayer for the other half of your body.
| Size | EU | US |
|---|---|---|
| XS-S | 44/46 | 28/30 |
| M-L | 48/52 | 32/34 |
| XL-2XL | 54/58 | 36/38 |
