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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.