Back protectors under suits/jackets

**L.L. Cool M** · 26th January 2007, 14:25

Hello and good day,

I have now got a separate, proper, back protector [applause]. I have a leather suit and a cordura jacket that already have their version of a back protector in them that are removable. Is there any reason to not wear both at once (eg: one in the outfit and the separate one)? I notice people seem to say take the one out of the jacket/suit and just wear the proper back protector, but they never give a reason why. Surely two are better than one? I don't see one interfering with the other.

Comments?

**bert_is_evil** · 26th January 2007, 14:29

I can't think of any reason not to

**Pumba** · 26th January 2007, 14:40

Originally Posted by bert_is_evil

I can't think of any reason not to

Would you mind expanding on that, I dont quite follow your reasoning

**L.L. Cool M** · 26th January 2007, 14:44

This may sound silly, and no doubt it is, but I could wear the one from the jackets/suit at the front as a chest protector. I'm doing it now. It doesn't effect my typing skills. I should be quite safe when typing at least.

It makes me feel very impenetrable, in so much that I don't want to be penetrated.

**bert_is_evil** · 26th January 2007, 14:48

Originally Posted by Pumba

Would you mind expanding on that, I dont quite follow your reasoning

If you wear two back protectors you will look like the hunchback of notre dam, hence the picture of Quasimodo (not Quasimoto)

**bistard** · 26th January 2007, 14:55

you should remove the back protector from your jacket/leathers,as I assume the new on you have goes over your shoulders or has a velco thingy around your stomach,this will sit in place much better than the ones standard in the jacket/leathers & should also be of better quality

**Pumba** · 26th January 2007, 15:57

Originally Posted by bert_is_evil

If you wear two back protectors you will look like the hunchback of notre dam, hence the picture of Quasimodo (not Quasimoto)

Sorry its friday arvo and my brain aint working at full speed

**DMNTD:Me** · 26th January 2007, 16:07

I have a so-called back protector in my jacket plus a Quasimoto one too...and I don't have any Quasimodo prob's.
Having a chest protector is a good idea too....chat to Zapf re this

**bert_is_evil** · 26th January 2007, 16:19

Originally Posted by DMNTD

I have a so-called back protector in my jacket plus a Quasimoto one too...and I don't have any Quasimodo prob's.
Having a chest protector is a good idea too....chat to Zapf re this

Hmm, must just be my hunched back then. Would explain being run out of town by an angy mob carrying pitchforks and flaming torches.

**El Dopa** · 26th January 2007, 18:04

Originally Posted by L.L. Cool M

their version of a back protector in them

Is their version of a back protector a piece of foam padding?

Most jacket manufacturers will call a thin piece of padding in the back of a jacket a 'protector'. It will protect jack shit any time it's actually needed (i.e. when you come off your bike).

Leaving it in or taking it out probably won't really make much difference either way, but it might help absorb some impact. Only take it out if it interferes with any of your other safety gear.

**paulj** · 26th January 2007, 19:00

Ahhhh - please overlook my ignorance - so a back protector is used to protect one's back during a can out? - one slides along on it (if possible) and the friction is taken up by the protector.

Are they any use for protecting ones spine during the acrobatics of trail and MX riding?

**Paulus** · 26th January 2007, 19:32

Originally Posted by paulj

Ahhhh - please overlook my ignorance - so a back protector is used to protect one's back during a can out? - one slides along on it (if possible) and the friction is taken up by the protector.

Are they any use for protecting ones spine during the acrobatics of trail and MX riding?

Something that thin will never be able to absorb much energy. The best you can hope for is to spread the impact force over as large an area as possible and away from the spine.

After seeing a friend paralyzed in an accident first hand I'll never ride without one. It might not have saved him but now he'll never know.

**scracha** · 26th January 2007, 20:02

Originally Posted by Paulus

Something that thin will never be able to absorb much energy. The best you can hope for is to spread the impact force over as large an area as possible and away from the spine.

After seeing a friend paralyzed in an accident first hand I'll never ride without one. It might not have saved him but now he'll never know.

Yep, I always wear mine, hunchbacked or not. Paralysis is one of the few fears in life I have.

**klingon** · 26th January 2007, 22:03

I find that the protector in my jacket shifts around and I don't know how much good that would be if I actually needed it. (It stays put better when I have the lining in the jacket but obviously in summer I don't.)

The separate back protector has a wide elasticised adjustable waist-band thingy and I would feel much more confident that it wouldn't move if I was doing aerobatics (or roadobatics) in it.

I find I'm removing all the armour in my jacket piece by piece and replacing it with stuff that is actually strapped onto my body rather than attached to the jacket. The shoulder pads are the same (moving around instead of firm against my shoulders) but I don't know what to replace them with.