12-17-2006, 07:20 PM
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| Guest | Re: Body armour?
Marz wrote:
> Ok so I fell 3 weeks ago. Broken hand (almost fine again) and badly
> bruised and swollen elbow. The elbow injury led to an burst bursa (some
> gland at the elbow) and possibly a touch of gout. A large amount of
> swelling and pain which went down after two huge antibiotic injections
> and a course of pills.
> I've got about another 3 weeks before I can ride again and the wife
> wants to know what I'm going to do about avoiding a similiar accident
> again (this was my first big crash in 5 years and the one before that
> was on the road). She'd be very happy if I took up golf or maybe
> squash, but I like mtbing, a lot. I also like taking my 6 inch travel
> all mountain baby up and down any trail I can find; picking my way
> across a jumble of rocks and roots is half the fun.
>
> Anyway, my question is, is body armour only for mad down hill and free
> riders or is it ok for all mountain rides or extreme xc'ers to wear it
> too?
>
> Laters,
>
> Marz
Last I checked there was no law against wearing pretty much whatever
you want. 
I'm seeing more and more good riders donning at least elbow/forearm and
shin/knee protection on more aggressive xc trails. I use some
shin/knee armor for my rare trips to the ski-lift assisted rides.
CDB
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