Anyone wear body armor during their commute?...
07-31-09, 06:18 AM
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Too cool for school to wear armour? lmao -- You are commuting, Fred.
Cool, for commuting by bicycle is a 4 letter word describing the hourly temperature on the way to and from your workplace.
Cool, for commuting by bicycle is a 4 letter word describing the hourly temperature on the way to and from your workplace.
07-31-09, 08:14 AM
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07-31-09, 08:50 AM
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I had no idea that this thread would prove so entertaining. I'm adding a 9ft long cape to the armor for a final touch.....
....maybe it will keep all the toronto thugs from coming after me.......I'm also adding a siren so I can run all the red lights.....
....maybe it will keep all the toronto thugs from coming after me.......I'm also adding a siren so I can run all the red lights.....
07-31-09, 09:42 AM
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As far as the original topic is concerned, I don't wear body armor on my commute and never will unless part of it is a gnarly downhill MTB course.
07-31-09, 09:49 AM
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I took a spill this morning on a wet wooden bridge during the 5 miles of park riding on my 25 mile one way commute. All is fine, a few scratches. But it caused me to consider that I ride through 12-15 miles of city- block to block type traffic( at least during the rush hour parts of my commute...I do the ("Tour De Bronx")I just ordered some lightweight upper and lower body armor...anyone else do it this way?..I figured it's better to be prepared for a fall, or a hit....than not.
07-31-09, 10:00 AM
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In the past I would have never considered a coconut bra but the new merino coconut isn't supposed to be as itchy and tastes much better than bras made from synthetic materials.
07-31-09, 10:07 AM
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Do coconut bras really offer any protectional at all?
Hell..when we were kids, we never saw anyone wearing a coconut bra.
I think it's all hype from the manufacturer.
OTOH. no one ever died from wearing a coconut bra.
What do you think?
Hell..when we were kids, we never saw anyone wearing a coconut bra.
I think it's all hype from the manufacturer.
OTOH. no one ever died from wearing a coconut bra.
What do you think?
07-31-09, 10:16 AM
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I think you guys are missing the point. You don't wear the coconut bra for protection, you wear it for cooling. The antler hat is for protection.
To return to the original point...I'm no body armor expert, but don't MTBers who wear body armor, do so because they have fairly frequent, low-speed crashes? It's for scrapes and slides, no? Not so much for a full-on impact with something massive like a tree. It seems to me that the rationale behind wearing body armor is that on a typical ride, it's fairly likely to prevent or minimize a certain type of injury. I don't think that reasoning holds with the average commute.
To return to the original point...I'm no body armor expert, but don't MTBers who wear body armor, do so because they have fairly frequent, low-speed crashes? It's for scrapes and slides, no? Not so much for a full-on impact with something massive like a tree. It seems to me that the rationale behind wearing body armor is that on a typical ride, it's fairly likely to prevent or minimize a certain type of injury. I don't think that reasoning holds with the average commute.
07-31-09, 10:23 AM
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Halloween 2006. Dracula on a bike, - cape flowing smoothly behind as had been envisioned.
Slowed down, crosswind blows cape into rear spokes.
Dracula spends rest of commute with a little real blood to go with the fake stuff and a cape tied around his waist.
edit: Body Armor may have helped. Is it effective against wooden stakes?
Slowed down, crosswind blows cape into rear spokes.
Dracula spends rest of commute with a little real blood to go with the fake stuff and a cape tied around his waist.
edit: Body Armor may have helped. Is it effective against wooden stakes?
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07-31-09, 10:30 AM
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There you go again.... bringing logic into the discussion. pffft..
You've interrupted my perfectly good coconut bra fantasy.
But trying (it's difficult) to keep on track, motorcyclists typically use body armor for the asphalt slide.
It helps keeps most of your skin on. It offer little protection against broken bones and bruises. The type of injury on a bicycle would not (for me) warrant such an outrageous overkill of protection.
You've interrupted my perfectly good coconut bra fantasy.
But trying (it's difficult) to keep on track, motorcyclists typically use body armor for the asphalt slide.
It helps keeps most of your skin on. It offer little protection against broken bones and bruises. The type of injury on a bicycle would not (for me) warrant such an outrageous overkill of protection.
07-31-09, 10:53 AM
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07-31-09, 11:04 AM
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I have been thinking about getting a helmet. Is that considered body armor?
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07-31-09, 11:51 AM
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Depends on how you use it.
07-31-09, 11:51 AM
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That would go well with mine...
07-31-09, 12:04 PM
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sounds like overkill to me. But what do I know? I'm just a Canadian.