Back Protectors

Verdigris scribbled:

Steve (brothers friend) came round a corner in his village, old fogey
was reversing right across the road after being to the local shops.

Steve hit car, doing maybe 20mph, he went over bars and landed on
bonnet, bike came up and landed on his back breaking it.

He's been in a wheelchair for about 6 years now. Has use of arms &
hands but not much else further south.

I'm sure he would have loved to have been able to claim

 

Sometime around Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:06:33 +0000, Krusty babbled on about:

Just checked again and there is no provion for such protection in my Ergo
nor in the Spidi I have just sold (Just been received by a happy buyer on
fleaBay) Christels new MJK also has no provision for back protection.

 

Sometime around Sat, 27 Aug 2005 00:59:45 +0100, Pip babbled on about:

Thanks Pip, a quick borrow for a few miles will be nice if that is OK,
then at least I will know what they feel like. I have a feeling that
anything that keeps me warm will be a bonus at the end of next month.

 

Ovenpaa says...

MJK don't fit back protectors for a few reasons. Firstly, because the
length would be wrong, it wouldn't extend low enough to be of any use
for potential lower back injuries. Secondly, because it gives the
customer a choice of what they want to wear. All back protectors feel
different and some are plain annoying to me. I wear a Knox Stowaway
because it's the lightest that was available at the time and got good
write ups in the mags that tested them. Thirdly, a built-in back
protector will move around as the jacket twists on the body when it
slides down the road, a back protector that is strapped tight to the
user's body wont and will stay where it is meant to.

I threw the back protector that came with my Gericke Voyager 3 jacket in
the bin. It was way too small and moved around my back as I rode.

 

It does do a pleasant warmth ;-)

It will be collectable from Andy's by the end of the week.

 

Sometime around Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:55:02 +0100, Lozzo babbled on about:

Yup, I agree 100% that built in protection has got to move around, this
is one of the reasons why body armour in cordura jackets is not very
effective even if it is within something like the Ergo that has straps
that can be used to compress the material on the arms etc.

I guess a trip to GLFs is in order(1) if only to get Christel sorted out,
I assume Graham has back protectors for people like Christel with um, er,
feck it, burds with big tits etc.

(1) Assuming I can get a bloody O ring tomorrow.

 

Ovenpaa says...

The fact that Christel has big tits has bugger all to do with it <cue
Auvache with different ideas>. The back protector covers her back, not
her breasticles. There will be waist and shoulder straps.

 

Lozzo wrote

Why me? I don't have any different ideas with regards to wimmin, just
the same old one that they should be shagged silly at every opportunity.
Regardless of tit size.

 

He could claim that it's a good idea to ride at a speed such that
you can stop in the distance you can see to be clear.

 

I'm also bringing my back protector along with my back to EoSM, there
should be a selection on show if you fancy.

 

er, *de-lurks* I dunno, I re-subscribe for a day and there's an
interesting / potentially useful post I can contribute to. It's not
like the old days.

My take on back protectors is that they are generally good (and
designed) for protecting against impact injuries, like landing on your
back after a highside.

My back was broked (only a little) after a side impact and it was the
transfer of momentum from forwards to sideways that did the damage. No
protection will stop that happening.

*looks at Pip and FJ* No comment.

flook

 

Be fair, who does that?

I doubt that most when cornering go at a speed at which they could stop.
If I am thinking about it I would *hopefully* go at a speed where I have
margin to take evasive action. However I would suspect 90% of the time
I'm on auto pilot and there's a good chance I don't have this margin.

 

Sometime around Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:06:52 +0100, Pip babbled on about:

You are as ever a gent, now can you twat the spiccy speccy one around the
head thrice for being rude about my motorcycle (To complete my day please?)

MTIA.

 

<snip>

Crikey, look who's, umm, risen from the dead. As it were.

 

scribbled:

Yeessssss... so you ride round most blind corners at walking pace do
you?

This was the fault of the old fart in his car, reversing from a shop
car park into a main road, slowly.

The point was that it should have been a minor off, 20mph, not going to
hurt is it? Goes to show you can never know whats going to happen, and
bad shit can happen at low speeds.

*ding*

 

scribbled:

*waves* to the flooky one

 

The prangs I've had that caused me damage have done ribs, knee and
buttocks (damaged muscle: set discomfort to 'lots').

The knee and ribs I've done more than once and still hurt after the last
round of idiocy.

The highest speed crash, as in hit a car, was about 20 mph and I wasn't
wearing a back protector, just a Belstaff, I was pretty much undamaged in
that instance. "Look I can fly!"

When I went chest first into the Armco recently that was about 15-20mph.
I had the built in back protector (essentially a piece of stiff foam) in
my textile jacket, not sure if it had any effect.

"wibble"

 

My perspective on the small role I play in the grand scheme of things
is that it is to make participants' enjoyment of that "potentially
dangerous thing" safer, by ensuring they have access to fit-for-purpose
clothing should they elect to purchase and use it.

 

My thoughts on my ride up to the eventful day at Silverstone a couple of
years ago were "****, I've left my back protector in my girlfriend's jacket.
I really had better not crash today".

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, porl

As soon as he started cross-dressing, his fate was sealed.

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