Dainese
Encyclopedia
Dainese is an Italian
company founded in 1972 by its current President
Lino Dainese. It specializes in protective wear for sports such as motorcycling
, mountain biking
and downhill skiing.
It is known well in motorcycling circles, sponsoring current riders such as Valentino Rossi
and Max Biaggi
. Other users of Dainese wear comprise Giacomo Agostini
, Barry Sheene
and Kevin Schwantz
, as well as Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond
and the stunt-coordinator Claudio Pacifico.
Dainese offers both a 'off the shelf' and 'made to measure' service, therefore opening the brand to variety of types and price levels; it is generally regarded to be a premium quality product, with many of its 'leathers' being handmade and employing exotic materials, such as carbon fibre and titanium.
Dainese uses its racing sponsorship program to research and develop new innovations. Through 2008 and 2009, Dainese has debuted, through its sponsored riders in MotoGP, an airbag suit. Marco Simoncelli, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have all used this suit in races. The suit has an airbag integrated into the leather one piece suit, which inflates when the suit's internal microprocessor detects a crash.
Italy
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company founded in 1972 by its current President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
Lino Dainese. It specializes in protective wear for sports such as motorcycling
Motorcycling
Motorcycling is the act of riding a motorcycle. A variety of subcultures and lifestyles have been built up around motorcycling.-Benefits:Robert M. Pirsig's book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a paean celebrating motorcycling...
, mountain biking
Mountain biking
Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.Mountain biking can...
and downhill skiing.
It is known well in motorcycling circles, sponsoring current riders such as Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi, , is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name – seven of which are in the premier class.Following his father, Graziano Rossi,...
and Max Biaggi
Max Biaggi
Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi is an Italian motorcycle racer and winner of the 2010 World Superbike Championship. Throughout this racing career, he has won the 250cc World Championship four times, and finished as runner-up in both the 500cc and MotoGP championships...
. Other users of Dainese wear comprise Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini
-Non-riding career:Like John Surtees and Mike Hailwood before him, Agostini raced in Formula One cars. He competed in non-championship Formula One races in 1978. He competed in the European Formula 2 series in a Chevron B42-BMW and British Aurora Formula 1 with his own team and a Williams FW06...
, Barry Sheene
Barry Sheene
Barry Stephen Frank Sheene MBE was a British World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.-Early life:...
and Kevin Schwantz
Kevin Schwantz
Kevin Schwantz is an American former World Champion motorcycle road racer during the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Early life:...
, as well as Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammond is an English broadcaster, writer, and journalist most noted for co-hosting car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1.-Early life:...
and the stunt-coordinator Claudio Pacifico.
Dainese offers both a 'off the shelf' and 'made to measure' service, therefore opening the brand to variety of types and price levels; it is generally regarded to be a premium quality product, with many of its 'leathers' being handmade and employing exotic materials, such as carbon fibre and titanium.
Dainese uses its racing sponsorship program to research and develop new innovations. Through 2008 and 2009, Dainese has debuted, through its sponsored riders in MotoGP, an airbag suit. Marco Simoncelli, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have all used this suit in races. The suit has an airbag integrated into the leather one piece suit, which inflates when the suit's internal microprocessor detects a crash.