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If enough children/teens are put in wheelchairs or die the coroner’s department will shut this sport down.
A foot peg to the spine can kill. A foot peg to the abdomen can kill.
Road racers wear leather not just for road rash, but also for impacts. Neck protection reaching around the helmet. Abdomen protection. In motocross ventilation is needed, why not protection to key areas allowing ventilation?
In Australia body armour is mandatory. mx/sx riders with no upper body protection will kill our sport. It is not just about comfort.
Bikes with too much power and ability for amateurs is another topic.
It’s a great sport. Hopefully it won’t become a death sport
A foot peg to the spine can kill. A foot peg to the abdomen can kill.
Road racers wear leather not just for road rash, but also for impacts. Neck protection reaching around the helmet. Abdomen protection. In motocross ventilation is needed, why not protection to key areas allowing ventilation?
In Australia body armour is mandatory. mx/sx riders with no upper body protection will kill our sport. It is not just about comfort.
Bikes with too much power and ability for amateurs is another topic.
It’s a great sport. Hopefully it won’t become a death sport
Maybe that's "apples and oranges" though.
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I agree wear as much protection as you can to limit the risk. But even with body armour the impact would be enough to do damage.
Although, I cant get on with big bulky body armours, I feel in as much danger, I cant move about on the bike as they're restrictive... I'm going to try the modern roost protectors with better back support etc... to see if I can get on with them this season.
Common sense seems there should be some limit set or safety mod developed to the scalpel pegs have become.
Going from riding armored on my sportbike to riding in mx gear is certainly weird. MX clothing offers literally zero protection. I dont understand why theres no D30 at all. Why not put D30 on the knees in pants or shoulders of shirts? Gear these days makes me wonder why i dont just stop spending money on it and wear stretchy jeans and a tshirt. All you need is boots and a helmet right?
I'd be interested to hear your theories on the coroner's department stopping the inevitability of death.
They needed to be...
I have to get to work on Mondays & need to meet my adult responsibilities, so the more protection the better for me.
can more be done to promote safety? Sure but the powers that be do not all share the same interests and goals.
Hindsight is always 20/20.
Over the years some great ideas have been proposed but nothing ever comes of it.
The ariel circus of supercross should never be taken lightly.It takes years of practice on USA Designed tracks . . . . "May the odds always be in your favor . . ." More than one European has wrecked their body coming over here to race. Sad. Hope the French boy makes a complete recovery
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But neck braces, I don't see many people wearing them. Even riders that used to e.g. Dungey, Herlings AC.
A recent unbiased, technical study was posted on Vital just the last week or so that analyzed the benefits, or lack thereof, of knee braces on NFL players. NFL lineman knee injuries are quite often very similar in nature to SX/MX injuries. The NFL study showed the knee braces were ineffective in reducing injury. Basically snake oil...
Knee braces are going the way of neck braces which have also been determined to me ineffective in preventing or reducing injury.
REMEMBER, I'm just sharing what I read. Regardless, I realize this is Vital so I've just donned my flame suit which will offer emotional protection to the onslaught I think is headed my way.
There needs to be more research in this. With technology nowadays companies should be able to produce backing/ support for the products.
And ya, a gate filled with razor sharp pegs is like the worst idea ever too....
A version of this that inflates when the riders body becomes parallel with the ground (feet over head) would seemingly be very helpful in a spinal type injury where the rider ejects head first into the ground/another jump
I’ve been saying that we need a version of this implemented for 4 years now.
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