Body Armor For Bicycling - Especially For Hips?
Last year I dropped my bicycle on some ice and landed hard on my hip. Didn't really get hurt but I limped for a day. It got me thinking, that could have been an injury, and in ten years, twenty years, it may well be. Not getting younger, after all.
So I started looking for body armor that would be light and slim enough to wear on the bike. Ideally a foam-backed plastic plate that could be slipped under cycling shorts, on top of the hip.
Turns out there are plenty of MX, BMX and MTB armor bits - elbows, knees, shins, chest, even shoulders and spine. Most are pretty bulky, but I don't feel much need for that stuff anyway. I did not, however, find anything for the hips. Really? Doesn't a gravity racer, wiping out at 50 mph, desire to not break his hip just as much as he desires to not break his elbow?
Anyone know of something suitable?