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SNUG AS A BUG AEROSTICH R-3 ONE PIECE SUIT PRICE – FROM $US1197

THE FIRST ADMISSION I have to make is that I have a crook shoulder with rotator cuff damage, which means it is painful to peg the washing out on the Hills Hoist. Raising my arms above shoulder height sends a sharp reminder of too many racing spills and operating pneumatic rock-drills while underground mining for Scheelite - neither were among my best life choices.

This makes squeezing into a leather one-piece race suit a chore (while still extremely worthwhile) and reviewing my latest American made-to-measure Aerostich R-3 suit equally difficult to comment on compared to a fit and flexible ‘normal’ dude.

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