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Body Armour...am I getting myself at it?

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Stace:
Steve,

Speak to Dan (Harris) see what he's got to offer before going to ChainReaction, better to give your money to the Rad family unless you have to !!

Although to be fair, I don't think it'll fit, you fekin great oaf !  ;D

Dingobmxer:
I use a 661 pressure suit with a few modifications, you look like an american footballer if you dont wear a big jersey  over it though  :LolLolLolLol:
 :) DINGO :)

Dark Diggler:

--- Quote from: harris on April 18, 2007, 05:25 PM ---i got some body armour like that to flog.

--- End quote ---

What u sellin Dan?

Steve_W:
Cheers all!  So if you have summat for sale Dan, I dunno if it'd fit me I'm a bit of a big'un, I weigh in at anywhere between 15 and 15 1/2 stone (although I want to get down to about 14 for riding) and I'm 6'2.  So, if you have something that might fit me, I'd deffo look at it to buy!

My god the missus is gonna get it when I walk into the bedroom with that lot on, full face helmet, full pads and a horses handbrake! :LolLolLolLol:

TwoBobRob:
Steve, do your homework on this......  what you're looking for is impact protection as apposed to stone deflection....

So, all MX amour is basically useless for us as its designed to deflect roost from the bike in front, not absorb/redistribute force from a slam.  What we should really be using is in fact gridiron or ice hockey kit as this is directly designed for bashing/getting bashed.  I used ice hockey armour for a while after my first big vert slam, but found that learning to slam was actually more valuable than trusting the kit which was dehydrating me almost to the point of collapse.

The pressure suits available now are more useful to us, Meddle wont ride without his and the boost in confidence this gives him is actually making him slam less  (not that he's aware of it) and his riding continues to progress well  :daumenhoch:

Treat yourself to the biggest set of pads you can find  ( I use ProDesign) and practice slamming/sliding, it's worth learning.

And remember the Golden Rule;   If you stick it out, you're gonna break it....!

Ride on   :)

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