Armour only

[SirFallalot]

Hey there fellows,

Yesterday I saw a guy in shorts, and he was wearing, well, knee and elbow protectors/braces, but I'm pretty sure it was d3o, orange and has the shape of them with the cuts in the sides for flexibility.

How would this hold up? Would it stay in place in a crash? And you might not loose the knee, but you'll lose the skin still

My ride buddy bought one of those cheapo "motocross" mesh jackets with plastic protection all round, I wouldn't trust that either, when it was colder he just wore a shit ton of clothes underneath and a coat over.

[Ste]

This stuff?

https://www.d3o.com/products/

"A WIDE RANGE OF PROTECTIVE PRODUCTS DELIVERING SUPERIOR COMFORT, FLEXIBILITY AND FIT FOR IMPACT PROTECTION AND SHOCK ABSORPTION APPLICATIONS."

The motocross mesh jackets are also for impact protection and the description says:

"Wonderful full body armor (back protector, shoulder cups, elbow cups, forearm protector, chest foam) all attached to a mesh shirt thing. Made of light weight yet durable stretchable Lycra/mesh net fabric and high impact injection molded plastic."

I wouldn't expect the mesh shirt to hold up for very long when sliding down the road.

[stinkwheel]

The trick is to not fall off in the first place. Probably stops flies hurting his knees.
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[kgm]

Mainly for off road use or under Kevlar jeans, etc. I wouldn't ride with just that personally.

[SDFarsight]

Strap-on armour is fine as long as there's some abrasion-resistant clothing under or over it. I wouldn't wear only armour as it means you'll keep your knee on impacts but will get some nasty road rash.

I wear knee & shin armour over my motorcycle jeans as the armour which comes with the jeans tends to slip down rendering it useless. Wearing it under the jeans looks less goofy and it protects the armour from abrasion, but I prefer keeping it over the jeans as the knee joint of the armour gets to flex properly.
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[SirFallalot]

[ThunderGuts]

Slight thread hijack, but does anyone know of any holders for armour that can be worn under jeans? I sometimes wonder about the placement of my knee armour (different bikes cause it to sit differently due to posture etc.) and how much it'd move under impact
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[johnsmith222]