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I wear a back protector, and most people I ride with wear at least that or a back/chest combo. I started wearing the back protector before I bought a full face helmet, partly because I use it skiing, so I already owned one. I've had too many ski crashes where a back protector would have or did help to not wear one biking aswell.
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I have poc knee and elbow pads.
Been wearing a leatt chest should and back protector since last summer. I went to a bike park in France and they insisted on body armour (loaned for free) and a decided I was more than happy to wear it.
Last week I took a spill on a berm and have a hideous bruise on my hip and thigh, so a set of leatt padded shorts are on their way.
I fall like a sack of spuds, don’t bounce like I did when I was younger.
You are fit enough that the extra weight won’t make much difference, I suspect I will wear summer shorts and jersey for more of the year as the protective kit underneath is slightly warming.
The body protection also has pockets so has helped me migrate away from needing a hip or back pack so much of the time, this allows better airflow around my body.
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Most of motorbike world is now using d3O or some sort of it. I’ve got it on two suits and last crash I had, it saved my ass.
No brainier to use it these days on any type of heavy two wheeled riding. -
This post got me really thinking over the last week. I've come back to riding MTB after 20years, have started hurling myself much faster down stuff much bigger than anything I could have done in my teens, except now I've got a family and I don't recover from injuries nearly as quickly
In a very sensible move, I've just bought myself a Fox Baseframe D30 chest and back guard
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In other news- the guy I was riding with yesterday wears a POC chest/back protector.
We got chatting about it and he mentioned that there was no way he’d be riding what we were riding at the speed we were riding it without the armour.
As someone who has cracked ribs and partially deflated a lung in a crash I admit I’m starting to think about it.
Does anyone else wear more than knee pads when in high speed/high consequence terrain?