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Happened to a kid in Washington a couple years back. Their is no proof that they help you, seems to be some pretty good arguments that they hurt you.
To each their own....
I choose not to wear a neck brace, if I did, it would be the Alpinestars
Right now none of the manufactures SHOW testing or anything technical/medical about how their products work, so hopefully by next season it will be easier to make a well educated choice.
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In the end, I'm not riding a four stroke without a neck brace. Just like I never rode a two stroke without a full front and back chest protector after David Bailey's crash in 1987.
Besides that no other manufacturer has made this point. Does this mean they have not looked at it, probably!
From what you say about snell/ansi/dot etc their would surely be a difference in performance with a neck brace and manufactures should state this on their product specs somewhere.
The shape of the helmet shell and the cut of the lower rim should surely also make a difference to performance. How about the construction of the helmet, composite vs plastic?
If you read about cervical spine injuries, you will find that the most common cause of catastrophic injury is hyperflexion/hyperextension. It's a pumpkin on a broomstick. Acceleration is change in velocity over change in time. If you can increase the time, you decrease the acceleration. That's how the brace works, it increases the time over which your head decelerates via a cushion effect. Any pad uses the same principle including your helmet. It doesn't transfer any force to your thoracic spine.
A fracture of the clavicle is 50 times more common than a C-spine fracture. Clavicular fractures are caused by a force directly to the shoulder, fall on an outstretched hand or direct force (including force from the chin of the helmet). The brace will only help with the third cause. Pressure equals force over area. If you increase the area (via dispersion from the brace) you decrease the pressure on the clavicle. The brace does not cause a clavicular fracture. Even if it did, I would take that over a C-spine fracture any day.
When i ejected i rolled onto my back to do the "tuck and roll" the lip off the back of the brace caught the ground and im lucky it didnt break my neck when it flipped me feet over head sliding head first at about 20mph
Felt like it almost broke my sternum, i was freaking sore up front
The seat bounce.
And begin.
Of course they will claim as much 'amazing' and positive research/results as possible, they want everyone convinced that neck-braces are absolutely necessary. They are a business, the objective is to make money. Doh?
That's not to say neck-braces are a bad thing, but, I do think there is more to neck-braces than simply 'added protection.' Reedy has a very valid point and unlike a lot of protection, neck-braces do have negative effects as well. You can't deny that they restrict your movement and do not allow you to tuck your head as instincts would want. You gain some and you lose some. You protect an area and you weaken another -- the same thing can be said about boots. You protect your ankles/feet/lower leg but also make your knees pay the price in certain crashes.
It's up to you to decide whether or not you believe a certain product protects in a positive way and is worth the money spent.
No RD and CR are taking them off - very interesting.
My son wears one, I do not, but after all this, we may be going back to the Millsaps style neck roll.
It would be a lot more interesting if all the top riders were taking theirs off. KW, RV, Musquin, Wilson are still wearing theirs (just to name a few off the top of my head)
Here's the new Dainese Hybrid Neck-Brace coming out soon. Nothing resting on spine.
mix of carbon-fiber and proprietary memory-foam use.
that is all.
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To each their own....
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Sure.................................If it was mine, at the time I put that up I was 993 shopping, then we found out my wife was pregnant. I ended up with a BMW 5 Series instead
Using a neck brace is every riders choice, and every rider should look and think deeply about it. But when Marshall and Fonseca got hurt, and then a well intentioned DB jumped of the Leatt bandwagon. Almost overnight it became either you jump on the bandwagon or you're going to end up in a chair. There are less people riding today than 3 years ago, yet I don't think anyone can prove there have been any less traumatic injuries. There should be drastically less. Where's the proof. Does anyone really believe Dungey stopped because it popped open, that's a pretty easy fix.
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