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It did its job(IMO) After his crashes Leatt sent a courier to my house to pick up the Leatt to study it. Im a believer and so is my son. Guess thats all that matters!
This is worse than politics.
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I'll throw on my riding gear and flick the camera off for my avatar next time, so everyone knows i'm oozing with legitimacy, bro.
Meanwhile the lack of this study, and some top riders stop wearing them makes me a bit uncomfortable...
1) Who is the rider that got hurt ?
2) Who the hell is DMG?
He stated his opinion, a pretty common thing, but it was presented as fact, (like this will kill you).
It's like Mainstream media and their scare tactics. He is akin to the big brother that tells you things that could be pretty sketchy, like, "it's only a 150 triple! Third gear tapped! you'll make it!" on a 125...
I believe in my neck brace and it provides a placebo effect for me. With my brace on, I ride like a champ. Without it, I'm a D rider sitting down the whole time.
If it works for you, sweet! If it doesn't, sweet. Motocross is based on diverse opinions. Get over it.
If given a choice, which you do have.....do you put a neck brace on your child before he heads out riding.
My personally, I would never let them ride without one
Some dude ain't doin so hot right now, and that's a bummer. Well wishes sent to the mystery rider.
As for what Hughes said, he is an idiot and unpassionate for what has happened to that athelete.
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Im not even going to bother debating with the neck brace topic..there is no proof it works and no proof it doesnt...hmmmm
Those of us questioning them since almost the beginning have been called every name in the book. The people who claim the reason they are walking today is because of the brace while well meaning and I'm sure they believe it 100% have zero proof to back up their belief. You can't prove something that didn't happen.
There is no scientific evidence that says whether a neck brace can help you or not, so in that case it becomes an opinion. As RV said in a recent interview if there is even a small chance it will help, why not wear it. David Bailey and Doc Bodnar have both recommended them, and many people have said that their doctors have said that they definitely helped them. Seems like that's at least as strong as Ryno's anti neck brace stance.
You spent $350 didn't you.
Unless you were referring to my grammar and sentence structure which I'll agree is horrible on this post. In which case I am sorry.
In the video he said it's a start and it's about time someone started doing something, but he never explicitly endorsed the Leatt Brace, even though its been portrayed that way.
He complimented the idea, the concept, the fact that someone was looking at a potential resolution, but he never directly endorsed any brand.
That said, like RandyS, I have questioned their claims and mostly questioned the constant claims of "it save my/my son's life" when there is no way to prove such and to accept such a claim one would have to accept that riders died in every crash or every crash daily.
There were a few of us on here who didn't immediately jump on the bandwagon wholeheartedly, and we were called many names and viciously attacked because we didn't.
My predictions have come true, that as time went by, better, more refined versions have come along, and I believe that in time, they'll become even more refined, but I did not endorse the idea of being a corporate test dummy for $600 a pop back when they were $600+.
Some protection is better than no protection, I agree with that, but IMO, far too many people depend or believe far too much in something that can't be proven, it's truly a leap of faith.
"I believe it will save my life, therefore when I crashed, it did save my life" and that is the only actual data.
"I believe, therefore it does"
If you want to wear one, feel free. If it makes you feel better, great, but over the years I have seen people attack others for not wearing one or forcing their kids to wear one, and that's bullshit, because your faith in the product doesn't outweigh the lack of faith someone else holds.
Standardize some form of testing by independent labs, where the effectiveness of each brand can be measured against another, as well as against no protection, and I'll reconsider, but as it is now, it's the wild west of neck braces and people can only look at it and purely guess on which they think will protect the best.
and think of this, if their effectiveness was so certain, so definitive, why aren't they mandated in racing, like boots or helmet?
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