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I am at the point of elbow and chest protection (poc elbow and knee and leat lightweight body armour)
Have taken a couple of tumbles recently where I was glad to be padded up. Given the bruise on my shoulder and scrape across my chest along with the dirt on my knee and elbow pads from a spill on a berm last week I can be clear there’d have been more damage without the PPE.
Moving hydration, tools and spares onto the bike and not having a pack to wear is helping me from overheating despite the extra layer of protection.
Next step is more coaching but the chap I had been using fell off a hill and smashed his leg and knee up and is going to be wired up for another three months and will probably be next year before he is coaching again.
dancing james
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I'd wear elbow protection. The scares up both of mine attest to them being the first place to hit. And having a wound re opened because it's infected with dirt is painful.