neck braces

[pete-crf]

whats everyone's take on the alpine star neck brace http://www.locomx.com/Alpinestars-Bioni ... t-bion.htm
i have a leatt and i like it but i am considering on buying one of these bad boys
i was also reading that it does not break collar bones' ,my leatt broke mine when i fell off once

[Voutare]

Bionics don't break your collarbone. There is a gap that is open over it. I'd wear one if it wasn't $700.

[pete-crf]

they are too expensive but if they protect you and dont break colar bones sounds good

[frederick]

I've been wearing a leatt for 1year now. I've felt it support my neck once. But i didnt break any collarbone, so how did you break it?lol

[mxm141]

ive heard the shoulder area isnt big enough on the alpinestars and you helmet can go off the side and get hooked on it i use a leatt it broke my collarbone once but hey im not paralyzed (spelling?) am i

[pete-crf]

i fell off on a corner and i fell forward and leatt brace cought on ground and broke it but apart from that no neck injuries

[Voutare]

You could always afro-engineer something into your leatt that would prevent you from breaking the collarbone.

Good 'ole hacksaw, cut it where your collarbones are.

[pete-crf]

haha
my dad would kill me lmao
anybody hear about pro-gripes neck brace , my dad bought one for himself looks really bad tho lmao
http://www.cmsexeter.co.uk/product_info ... 4152451f6d

[russ190]

I have a leatte but havent had a chance to "test" it out thankfully. I love it and dont notice it on me when riding

[motox755]

i think the leatt might increase your chance but if you land on your collarbone without one theres a good chance its gonna snap on ya. ive had some good crashes where my leatt left the little dot pattern on my neck and what not but it seems like it does nothin but protect me .
P.S. once you start wearing one its really hard to switch back it feels so wierd without it

[russ190]

i think the leatt might increase your chance but if you land on your collarbone without one theres a good chance its gonna snap on ya. ive had some good crashes where my leatt left the little dot pattern on my neck and what not but it seems like it does nothin but protect me .
P.S. once you start wearing one its really hard to switch back it feels so wierd without it

i agree with that! I forgot mine once and came back off the track to get it.

[pete-crf]

i have done something similiar ,the thor senial body armour i weared leatt with it and now that i got ride of the body armour and replaced with foam one it feels really weird and i cant ride as good now

[yomo]

I use the leatt brace and i think its amazing. I haven't really "tested" it out either luckily but its something ill never ride without. I've seen 2 really nasty crashes with juniors using the leatt brace and since i wont ride with out it. One kid was coming down this downhill section and went head first into a dirt mound thingo. Anyway the doctors were surprised that he didn't break his neck, however, he shattered his neck brace and had to be in traction for ages.

IMO any new safety gear that protects vital bones, joints is amazing for the sport.

[mxer_25]

I have a leatt and and I find it is really unnoticeable when I ride. Yomo is that crash your talkin about in a sand track? because i heard about something like that as well.

[stocksy129]

i use the leatt, my neck is short so i notice it ALOT! but when i crash it just feels as if i'm laying in bed, just someones hitting me with a bat, only not going for my head, neck, shoulders. One time i was doing a "wheelie" and i gave it a bit to much and fliped, my glove got caught on my handle bars and i was curved in a ball the wrong way, the back part of the leatt went into my back and i couldn't walk for a week, that is my only downside to the leatt