It's heavy, it's too warm to wear unless you're doing uplifts but the padding does overlap under the zip. It's obviously not as thick there but you'd need to land on a spike for it not to protect. The majority of it is like an inch thick of padding and Kevlar.
Just to throw one more out there...
This is what I wear😂
Only on uplift days - antur stiniog, revs, bpw, Llangollen etc. It's saved me several times. Everything is the highest spec CE2 or better and the coverage is immense.
I use my own elbow pads though.
It fits under a jersey as well, doesn't...
A mate swears by this:
https://www.dirtbikexpress.co.uk/products/alpinestars-a10-v2-full-anthracite-black-red-chest-protector
He wears it in all weathers, we recently went bpw when it was high 20's, scorching hot and he just wore it with a base layer underneath and no Jersey over the top, was...
A friend bought a new bike and it had a couple of light marks from shipping. He complained about the scratches and got 10% refund.
£100 is an absolute joke, take that back for a refund!
I've just bought a DH bike and it's so much better to work on with the cables routed on the outside of the frame.
The cube e-bike has those irritating headset routed cables, absolutely stupid idea practicality wise.