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Gazz
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PostPosted: 00:06 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Cheap Jackets for £17 Reply with quote
Anyone else order one of these off amazon a few months back?

I got someone to order me one since I dont have an amazon account. Just wondering if anyone has heard anything regarding them?
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PostPosted: 02:37 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Link?

The thought of a jacket (I'm guessing motorcycle jacket with "CE" armour) for £17 scares me.
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PostPosted: 03:43 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
A pair of forcefield inserts costs more than that...
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PostPosted: 04:04 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I wouldn't expect anything at all from a £17 jacket. Not even pockets and a zip.
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PostPosted: 09:29 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
For 17 quid I'd expect a jacket to beat me up in a dark alley and do things to my unconscious back door.
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PostPosted: 09:46 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I ordered one. Not seen it yet

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Delivery estimate: We need a little more time to provide you with a good estimate. We'll notify you via e-mail as soon as we have an estimated delivery date.

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PostPosted: 10:24 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think you need to decide how much your body is worth, before deciding how much money to spend on protecting it.
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PostPosted: 10:25 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
They probably need some time to collect enough scraps from the sweatshop floor.
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PostPosted: 10:50 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
The best bike related purchase I've made to date is a Frank Thomas jacket with full (removable) armour, 100% waterproof and extremely warm (tested over 1 winter, on 2nd now), very good quality material and stitching, no tears, splits or signs of wear, been wearing it almost everyday since I got it... and all for the sum of £35.
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PostPosted: 12:23 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Taught2BCautious wrote:
I think you need to decide how much your body is worth, before deciding how much money to spend on protecting it.


Or just don't crash.
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PostPosted: 12:55 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
Or just don't crash.
^This. People really need to get past this idea that bike gear is a magical panacea that absolves you of all potential harm, and get on with improving their defensive riding technique.
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PostPosted: 13:40 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bought a spada textile jacket when someone linked to a groupon offer on here over a year ago now, use it everyday with a zip up high vis over the top, winter lining, waterproof and all zips still work..

cost me £35, wish id got 2!!
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PostPosted: 14:00 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
>>> Paddy <<< wrote:
Or just don't crash.

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4o2yn0LQtOE/TtjFvBawBeI/AAAAAAAAAHU/-Gt1RHpBZY4/s1600/pot-kettle.jpg
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PostPosted: 14:09 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
>>> Paddy <<< wrote:
Or just don't crash.

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4o2yn0LQtOE/TtjFvBawBeI/AAAAAAAAAHU/-Gt1RHpBZY4/s1600/pot-kettle.jpg


I am black, and what.

However, do I complain about my £10 jacket when I do crash?

Note: Haven't crashed on the road in a fair while, 2009 maybe, track however Whistle
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PostPosted: 14:24 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
nowhere.elysium wrote:
Paddy. wrote:
Or just don't crash.
^This. People really need to get past this idea that bike gear is a magical panacea that absolves you of all potential harm, and get on with improving their defensive riding technique.


Yes but even if my defensive riding was as good as it could practically be, I still wouldn't want the last line of defence to be a £17 jacket.


Defensive riding is only one line of defence.
Good clothing/equipment is another.


Its not an invincibility suit, but good kit does make a big difference.
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PostPosted: 14:32 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Llama-Farmer wrote:

Yes but even if my defensive riding was as good as it could practically be, I still wouldn't want the last line of defence to be a £17 jacket.


Defensive riding is only one line of defence.
Good clothing/equipment is another.


To add to the point, no amount of defensive riding and awareness can prevent someone taking you out from the side or from behind. So best be prepared with the best kit you can practically afford.
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PostPosted: 14:48 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sorry, skip reading again got me...
LondonCommuter wrote:
...no amount of...awareness can prevent someone taking you out ...from behind. So best be prepared with the best kit lube you can practically afford.

Must stop doing that Very Happy Wink

Unless £17 jackets are de rigueur uniform for spotting rent boys nowadays.
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PostPosted: 15:14 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
LondonCommuter wrote:
Llama-Farmer wrote:

Yes but even if my defensive riding was as good as it could practically be, I still wouldn't want the last line of defence to be a £17 jacket.


Defensive riding is only one line of defence.
Good clothing/equipment is another.


To add to the point, no amount of defensive riding and awareness can prevent someone taking you out from the side or from behind. So best be prepared with the best kit you can practically afford.


Like a car.
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PostPosted: 16:46 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Entirely depends on the type of accident, no amount of gear would have prevented my injuries, I reckon I'd probably have been better off wearing trainers and not boots.


The boots were apparently the thing that caused me to break my ankles as they compressed and being rather metal based, crushed them. However, the outcome with trainers would have meant no feet. Laughing
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Llama-Farmer
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PostPosted: 17:19 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
MC wrote:
Entirely depends on the type of accident, no amount of gear would have prevented my injuries, I reckon I'd probably have been better off wearing trainers and not boots.


The boots were apparently the thing that caused me to break my ankles as they compressed and being rather metal based, crushed them. However, the outcome with trainers would have meant no feet. Laughing



Exactly, in a very small proportion of accidents, good kit can cause the injuries you suffer or make them worse than lesser or no kit.

But that's like not wearing a seatbelt because there is a chance it'll trap you in a burning car... the pos massively outweigh the negs
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PostPosted: 17:22 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Seat belts are overrated.

Can you tell me how many people died pre-seat belts?
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PostPosted: 23:06 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
Seat belts are overrated.

Can you tell me how many people died pre-seat belts?


About 105 billion people died before seatbelts became compulsory in 1983.

Only around 1.5 billion people have died since 1983....



Now will you wear a seatbelt?
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PostPosted: 23:30 - 09 Dec 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
However, do I complain about my £10 jacket when I do crash?

Note: Haven't crashed on the road in a fair while, 2009 maybe, track however Whistle


Without bothering to look I can say you have crashed as recently as 2012.
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