Body armour

[bluespark]

Originally Posted by stevenorton

Try the Forcefield body Armour. Because its soft it doesn't rub. When I first used it it was bizarre, it was like rolling downhill wrapped in a duvet. I have never understood the argument for hard outer, soft inner armour. I'm not a turtle. I know it is supposed to spread the impact over a wider area, I think all it does is pass the impact to the joints.

Armour is a personal thing dependent on too many factors including ,faith and belief as well as knowledge. If you survive a fast tumbling fall, was it the armour or luck. What we need is someone to act as a test dummy. No not me.All they have to do is say 10 jumps off the bike at, say 60mph onto hard soil with boulders , then repeat with the different suits.

How does that soft armor perform against hard pointy impacts? I have heard of some new generation soft armor that changes density when gets a hard hit.
A few weeks ago I tried to ride thru what looked like a small leafy broken branch crossing the trail and got jousted off my bike by a downhill pointing tree tip that was maybe 2" in diameter, and turned out to be the top of a 50' lodgepole pine. It hit me square in the middle of my old Fox Airframe hard plastic roost guard. I was unscathed, but wonder what would have happened without that plastic barrier.
The Fox CP is ok but does not offer very good side protection, and I still end up with damaged ribs every now and then. Therefore, tomorrow I'm picking up a new A-stars A-8 protection vest. It has at least some side protection and will integrate with a Astars neck brace when I upgrade my system.
I'll get back with a review when I get some crash time in the new rig.

[Cruiser]

I'm looking at the leatt under jersey cp too. Hoping to go with the neck brace and cp this year still. A lot of $ to pop down all at once. I had a fractured T-1 but not on the bike. Need a lighter helmet too. The heavy helmet gives me neck pain after long days. I run the fox airframe also, don't trust the soft cp's as too many sharp pointy pines in the woods and I've trashed many cp's over the years.

[Rick]

Fox Air Frame-the biceps shields.....removed
EVS Knee protection

[Pepperami]

I also use EVS knee braces. Snapped ACL!

Cruiser, I wear a Bell Moto8 comes in at 1250g which is even lighter than my Shoei x lite.

Still looking at body armour and kidney belts!

[Fred1956]

Asterisk Ultra Cells for the knees.......no knee issues yet so I hope they fend off problems

[Pepperami]

Originally Posted by Fred1956

Asterisk Ultra Cells for the knees.......no knee issues yet so I hope they fend off problems

Nice to see the gate being locked before the horse bolts!

Just bought this,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2210700587...84.m1423.l2649

[bluespark]

Originally Posted by Rick

Fox Air Frame-the biceps shields.....removed

why do you remove the upper arm guards?

[Rick]

I don't like the elastic band around my arms.....it is crazy I don't wear elbow protection either....something about the elastic bands that drive me nuts....

[bowhunter007]

Originally Posted by Pepperami

Nice to see the gate being locked before the horse bolts!

Just bought this,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2210700587...84.m1423.l2649

Darth Vader would be proud...Hope it's as tough as it looks.

[davedunaway]

I'm the same way with elbow guards. Can't stand them,either too lose and they move around or too snug and they give me arm pump. I just wear my elbow tensor cuffs,they are a snug lite foam and offer up a bit of protection. I am a bit curious about the soft cp though,as I'm 6-4 and a fair bit of my 24 pack is exposed below the plastic. Have taken a few sticks just above the belt line and been ripped off the bike. Not pretty. Don't like wearing a kidney belt either,can't breathe properly. I wear asterisk knee braces,just for prevention. Funny thing,since I started using them I haven't tweaked my knees at all like I used to but I've had 2 or3 quite good groin pulls. I guess with all that support the force just travels up to the next joint. Oh well good news is I'm running out of things to hurt.
Dave