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  • morrislarry1
    morrislarry1 Posts: 1
    Armour is the way forward. i use Dainese gear for bike and snowboarding becuase it is great stuff. There is a UK site selling it http://www.dainese-central.com
  • WayneMonmouth
    WayneMonmouth Posts: 12
    I had my first off the other day and have now invested in knee/shin guards (Fox System are 15 quid from Westbrook Cycle at mo, bargain!)
    Just picked up these for glasses http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/spectacle ... s/7258091/ I find they actually cling to your face so stop the wind whiping around the lenses and making your eyes water. Cheap too!
  • compo
    compo Posts: 1,370
    Cat With No Tail wrote:
    No amount of body armour would have saved me from my recent injury.

    Came off the bike, leg landed, over-extended in a deep rut, this has stretched the ligament so hard it actually snapped my fibula. As I've crumbled, the weight of my body and the frame has pressed the leg at the knee out to the side, this in turn completely tore the LCL and ACL and broke the Tibula too.

    Now got 12 months off the bike, with a big operation to reconstruct my knee coming up day after tomorrow.

    Armour may help out with little bumps and scrapes, it does not however make you bulletproof (unless it's bulletproof armour, in which case, it does). If it helps give you confidence though, imho it's worth the investment. If you've got the confidence to carry more speed without grabbing handfuls of brake, that in itself will almost certainly prevent accidents (to a point).


    Ouch!
    Hope you are ok CWNT. Sounds like the guys at Noble's have a bit to do :/



    On a lighter note, I just wear helmet and gloves (bare minimum for everyone I feel) on normal rides, but put on some knee pads if I'm doing anything rocky
    GREAT SUCCESS!

    Canyon Nerve XC7

    Stolen Carrera Vulcan

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