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Fortunately I don't think that you've ever bruised yours enough to warrant posting a photo of them so we have been spared that for now.
Fortunately I don't think that you've ever bruised yours enough to warrant posting a photo of them so we have been spared that for now.
Wait....you said you had no hair.
Sounds similar to my daughter. First year of DH just done, I was really scared she'd be overwhelmed, but was regularly hitting lines that I had to have a good hard think about.![]()
A possibly more important consideration, a lot of my female riding friends really struggle to get a comfortable fit around the bust with any kind of chest protection so don't put a lot of weight in our opinions, best bet is to talk with some of the other female competitors at the gravity events.
You'll never ride the local trails knowing you are safe again...at any moment I could leap out of the bushes shirtless and man boob your retinas into malfunction!
No BS does it count when teenage walkers tell you that your camera bra is on backwards ?Fortunately I don't think that you've ever bruised yours enough to warrant posting a photo of them so we have been spared that for now.
No BS does it count when teenage walkers tell you that your camera bra is on backwards ?
No BS does it count when teenage walkers tell you that your camera bra is on backwards ?
It was 2 Lasses in their late teens or early 20's, the giggly type, but had a point, it definitely looks like the back of a sports bra of some type.Was it then?
It was 2 Lasses in their late teens or early 20's, the giggly type, but had a point, it definitely looks like the back of a sports bra of some type.
Not trying to be smart here, but having broken a collarbone before I doubt it helps for anything other than peace of mind.
It takes quite a big and specific impact to break one
My small piece of anecdata…
I went OTB pretty slowly fifteen months ago at the opening day of Lake Mountain. Trail was absolutely packed, so the train wasn’t going very fast (not that I ever go that quickly), and to be honest I have no idea what I must have been doing to manage to go OTB. Maybe 12kmh, landing on a smooth section of machine-made dirt.
Broke my collarbone, and made a real mess of it. Bits of splintered bone pointing in all directions.
I’ve had half-a-dozen considerably bigger stacks in my time, including a couple at You Yangs and Harcourt landing on granite, that I’ve got up and walked away from. Bruised, shaken and scratched, but not requiring hospitalisation.
So in the absence of any actual knowledge I’d suggest it’s not so much the size of the stack (within reason) but just the particular point and angle of impact. My guess is if I landed at a slightly different angle I’d barely be able to recall having crashed that day, because it felt like such an innocuous fall.
Would armour have helped? I got no idea.
If it makes her more confident and comfortable then yes.
Bear in mind (and might have been observed easier) it only works for some injuries. Impacts are fine, overextending / twisting / compression are not helped by this.
My first hand experience is I saved myself a trip to the surgeon wearing one going off piste and having a bough from a tree hit me square on the collar bone but through my pad. Split the pad in half and my shoulder was fine.
Another trip / incident was a low speed front wheel wash out and I landed on my extended arm awkwardly.
Torn rotator cuff at two points, fractured clavicle, torn labrum, torn bicep tendon and about 9 months off the bike.
I was wearing protective gear then and it did nothing.
Comfort is a factor as I've kit that does the job but it's too bulky and so I don't wear it.
From my experience unfortunately they won't help. I've broken 5. Ive broken them in full motorcycle leathers (didn't help), full dianese upper body suit, with full shoulder, elbow, back protection (didn't help) and mtb gear (didn't help). Unfortunately if it is a hard enough impact to break a bone, that type of protection won't stop the break. They will stop some gravel rash and absorb a small amount of the impact.
Not trying to be smart here, but having broken a collarbone before I doubt it helps for anything other than peace of mind.
It takes quite a big and specific impact to break one
I think you need to research how a collarbone breaks, a) either through direct impact; or b) as a linkage short.I was perusing a thread off here from a few years back about breaking collarbones. I understand there's not much in the way of protection you can really get, but does anyone think this may help a little by protecting the shoulders and dispersing some force if you crashed on your shoulder? Thinking for my wife who's planning on an Enduro in August... I don't want anything too bulky or hot...
https://www.pushys.com.au/leatt-shoulder-tee-3df-airfit-lite.html