Hideout Leathers
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:20 pm
Anyone ever bought a pair from these people,yea yea i know about Crowtree and BKS but i'm interested in feed back on Hideout in particular
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:55 pm
Chris - Hideout were a local firm to me when I was living at home in Cambridge; got my first 'proper' leather bike jacket from them in about 1982 I think. I believe they moved to Royston(?) a few years ago. As far as I know they're still producing some extremely good kit.
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:49 pm
They are in Essex.
Saffron Walden.
Essex
CB10 2LZ
http://www.hideout-leather.co.uk
Was it them who sold out to Frank Thomas?
Saffron Walden.
Essex
CB10 2LZ
http://www.hideout-leather.co.uk
Was it them who sold out to Frank Thomas?
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:15 pm
top notch
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:38 pm
No it was BKS,i could do with going to have a look at Crowtree as well i guess just to compare.JoeC wrote:They are in Essex.
Saffron Walden.
Essex
CB10 2LZ
http://www.hideout-leather.co.uk
Was it them who sold out to Frank Thomas?
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:41 pm
Couple of years ago teh leathers that came top by some margin, above BKS, Crowtree and Hideout were MJK. Custom Made and bloody well priced, especially in plain black.
Abrasion, build quality etc etc they came top in nearly everything
Abrasion, build quality etc etc they came top in nearly everything
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:53 pm
Hmm,ta another one to confuse the issue 
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:44 am
Chris,
You wont beat Crowtree, but unfortunately they are no more, thought Lloyd would have told you that as he got a pair before they shut up shop.
My wife has a set of Hideout 2 piece leathers and they are good, got Ride best buy recently, good customer service.
Andrew
You wont beat Crowtree, but unfortunately they are no more, thought Lloyd would have told you that as he got a pair before they shut up shop.
My wife has a set of Hideout 2 piece leathers and they are good, got Ride best buy recently, good customer service.
Andrew
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:45 am
hmmm, i fancied some crowtree's but alas they have retired. bummer.
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:56 am
The Mrs has just bought a 2 piece, made to measure, suit from Hideout, when I say bought, I mean she had the fitting over the weekend, should get the completed suit in about 10-14 days. from what we have seen should be excelent, if not we have wasted (a lot) of money 
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:21 pm
I bought a pair of Hideout made-to-measure gloves around a decade ago and am still wearing them. Excellent quality, though I don't think they do gloves any more. Obviously I can't comment on their quality nowadays, but I still love my old gloves.
For my 2-piece, I had a made-to-measure set by Zak leathers in 2002 (www.zakleathers.co.uk). It's a one-woman company (Karen) so you get a very personal service from a proper family-type firm. The leathers were excellent from the off, and are still in as-new condition, despite my minimal care! Having previously had Crowtrees, I felt Zak were a better road suit, with comfortable fit and top protection.
John
For my 2-piece, I had a made-to-measure set by Zak leathers in 2002 (www.zakleathers.co.uk). It's a one-woman company (Karen) so you get a very personal service from a proper family-type firm. The leathers were excellent from the off, and are still in as-new condition, despite my minimal care! Having previously had Crowtrees, I felt Zak were a better road suit, with comfortable fit and top protection.
John
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:39 pm
Hideout still sell gloves but no made-to-measure.
I was talking to a chap on thier stand at Excel show and he said it takes them 13 hours to make one pair of gloves. The pair I was looking at cost about £230 and I think was top of their range.
Problem I have with gloves is that I have large width hands but short fingers. Not that wide really, just about size 9 but off the shelf gloves I can fold the ends of the glove fingers over quiet a lot. Tried womens gloves but their palms are too narrow. My current gloves are a few years old (I bought them 2nd hand) and are wearing away with holes in the leather - and I am talking HOLES!
I was talking to a chap on thier stand at Excel show and he said it takes them 13 hours to make one pair of gloves. The pair I was looking at cost about £230 and I think was top of their range.
Problem I have with gloves is that I have large width hands but short fingers. Not that wide really, just about size 9 but off the shelf gloves I can fold the ends of the glove fingers over quiet a lot. Tried womens gloves but their palms are too narrow. My current gloves are a few years old (I bought them 2nd hand) and are wearing away with holes in the leather - and I am talking HOLES!
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:14 pm
Chris many of the top teams in my world seem to go for MJK.
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:33 pm
Honestly, listen to me for once, check out MJK lol.. Loads of racers use em
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:50 pm
Hi Gents
Thanks for the info,didn't know about Crowtree,the website i looked at the other day was on about doing less,looks like a lot less!!, i'll try phoning e'm,the other two ain't all that far apart,so i'll have to go and see what they say.
Thanks for the info,didn't know about Crowtree,the website i looked at the other day was on about doing less,looks like a lot less!!, i'll try phoning e'm,the other two ain't all that far apart,so i'll have to go and see what they say.