As a relative newby and someone who excels at riding incompetence, I'm relatively crash friendly.
Yes, this has reduced significantly with experience/ability??? and I've not fractured anything for 6 months.
I've been using the cheapo Fox Titan copy armour for some time and it's certainly saved my ass from several impact fractures.
The downside, is it's quite bulky .. I think someone described the look as "swat ninja" . It also doesn't sit very well physically - this could be the cut as it's a cheap copy, or just my unusual physical deformities. It gets warm, but I accept that as a trade off, if you're going to wrap yourself in a layer of insulation, you'll get warm. A couple of weeks ago I threw in three spectacular OTB's all in a single ride. Anywhere not armoured was badly bruised, it certainly works, though because of the way it doesn't sit well, I still ended up with damage to the kidney area which should have been protected.
Its time to upgrade !
I think the two most viable alternatives which give good all round protection for Muppet rated suicide riding are the Troy Lee 7855 and the Leatt 3DF Airfit light.
I think @Kiwi in Wales uses the Troy lee and @Rob Hancill and the @TheBikePilot use the Leatt.
So has anyone experience with either of these in real life throw yourself down the mountain type scenarios and how well they work.
And sizing. I'm a fairly puny 5'10 70kg's 40inch chest. 30 waist bla bla.
Leatt state for 5'8 - 6'0 the L/XL (which is an odd shared size)
Troy lee say Chest 34-38 M 40-45 L So not sure what you do if you're 38-40 ? I can't help but think the L if it's rated upto 45 will be too big.
Or if there's any other suggestions I've not included which perform equally to these two and don't cost the same as an e-bike.
Yes, this has reduced significantly with experience/ability??? and I've not fractured anything for 6 months.
I've been using the cheapo Fox Titan copy armour for some time and it's certainly saved my ass from several impact fractures.
The downside, is it's quite bulky .. I think someone described the look as "swat ninja" . It also doesn't sit very well physically - this could be the cut as it's a cheap copy, or just my unusual physical deformities. It gets warm, but I accept that as a trade off, if you're going to wrap yourself in a layer of insulation, you'll get warm. A couple of weeks ago I threw in three spectacular OTB's all in a single ride. Anywhere not armoured was badly bruised, it certainly works, though because of the way it doesn't sit well, I still ended up with damage to the kidney area which should have been protected.
Its time to upgrade !
I think the two most viable alternatives which give good all round protection for Muppet rated suicide riding are the Troy Lee 7855 and the Leatt 3DF Airfit light.
I think @Kiwi in Wales uses the Troy lee and @Rob Hancill and the @TheBikePilot use the Leatt.
So has anyone experience with either of these in real life throw yourself down the mountain type scenarios and how well they work.
And sizing. I'm a fairly puny 5'10 70kg's 40inch chest. 30 waist bla bla.
Leatt state for 5'8 - 6'0 the L/XL (which is an odd shared size)
Troy lee say Chest 34-38 M 40-45 L So not sure what you do if you're 38-40 ? I can't help but think the L if it's rated upto 45 will be too big.
Or if there's any other suggestions I've not included which perform equally to these two and don't cost the same as an e-bike.