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Chest protector, everytime for me.
When I first got a Leatt I was having a hard time with a 661 protector/Leatt and One Industries helmet but after modifying a new AXO/Leatt combo and using a new 661 helmet it all works fine even with my shorty neck...
I have been riding with armor since i was about 9 and at the start of the year added a leatt brace into the mix, and i have had no mobility issues with both items, but i have had mistake and unlucky issues during the year. These photo serve as a example of an unlucky issue were i over jumped a 70 foot step up and cased out on a massive hole that was just after it. I went from about 60 km per hour to about 10 in the spaceof about 0.5 of a second. My chest cracked the bars and left this imprint on my armor. Its hard to notice on the photos but that is really thick plastic and the cracks have gone all the way though so imagen what it might have done to my cheat if i had no armor. Oh and i got out if it, surprised as hell but luckily that was it.
After I got the air pressure dialed in I am not even aware I have the RXR on.
Sure maybe they are bulky looking, but I don't care. Instead of sitting on the couch because I have broken ribs, or worse, I'd rather look less in-style and be out riding.
They're just as important to me as helmet now. I'll never go back to plastic. RXR's are made for crashing, as opposed to my chest and back, so it works out nicely. Plus they are comfy. I usually never even think about them until I'm getting up from a flying W and thinking "wow that didn't hurt much."
I also have a Thor Impact Rig (quality is lousy, but that's a different story) that I use for off road and I bounced my shoulder off a tree one time and I had a "dimpled" bruise on my shoulder from the bio-foam. It hurt, but it was kind of cool looking (imagine having about 50 pencil eraser-sized bruises and that's what it looked like).
Like we have always heard, dress for the crash, not the ride.
BTW...as far as influencing younger riders, my boys are 5 and 6 and always see my wearing a chest protector. They were very excited to go to the shop and pick theirs out and in fact, they wore them into Burger King on the way home from the shop because they were digging it so much. It has never been an issue trying to get them to wear one when they ride as they just think that is "normal."
Pit Row
I quit before the Leatt really caught on, and I have always liked the design of the A-stars brace better than the Leatt. I was sold on the A-stars device the during final practice for the 07 Hangtown National when I watched the thing save Sean Hackley's spine.
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