Neck, shoulder, rib protection for road/gravel

Last year I hit a pot hole at a good clip. Broke some bones - not fun!
So, I wondering if there is any effective upper body armor for
road/gravel riders. Seems to be a lot for BMX, but nothing for
road/gravel (except
https://newatlas.com/helite-bsafe-ai...ng-vest/58050/ ). Any
suggestions?

Thanks,
Dave

On 3/23/2021 5:20 PM, Dave wrote:
Last year I hit a pot hole at a good clip. Broke some bones
- not fun! So, I wondering if there is any effective upper
body armor for road/gravel riders. Seems to be a lot for
BMX, but nothing for road/gravel (except
https://newatlas.com/helite-bsafe-ai...ng-vest/58050/
). Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dave

Having done that (more than once, just not offroad) I doubt
effective armor could be comfortably worn. For scrapes and
abrasions probably yes and many products exist. For real
impact not so much.

The clever chaps at the 1997 Northridge robbery welded up
steel armor which held through literally hundreds of police
rounds but even that wasn't 100%:

http://oubliestella.info/uafkwr/FbSf...5fwoVwHaFj.jpg

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:54:38 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/23/2021 5:20 PM, Dave wrote:
Last year I hit a pot hole at a good clip. Broke some bones
- not fun! So, I wondering if there is any effective upper
body armor for road/gravel riders. Seems to be a lot for
BMX, but nothing for road/gravel (except
https://newatlas.com/helite-bsafe-ai...ng-vest/58050/
). Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dave

Having done that (more than once, just not offroad) I doubt
effective armor could be comfortably worn. For scrapes and
abrasions probably yes and many products exist. For real
impact not so much.

The clever chaps at the 1997 Northridge robbery welded up
steel armor which held through literally hundreds of police
rounds but even that wasn't 100%:

http://oubliestella.info/uafkwr/FbSf...5fwoVwHaFj.jpg

My experience is that for "road burns" almost any leather or even
heavy fabric would be effective but for impact injuries something
resembling a Knight's metal armor would seem to be necessary.
I have broken bones twice, my pelvis and several ribs, in bike
crashes. In neither case was there any abrasion damage evident on my
clothes or body.
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 3:20:05 PM UTC-7, Dave wrote:
Last year I hit a pot hole at a good clip. Broke some bones - not fun!
So, I wondering if there is any effective upper body armor for
road/gravel riders. Seems to be a lot for BMX, but nothing for
road/gravel (except
https://newatlas.com/helite-bsafe-ai...ng-vest/58050/ ). Any
suggestions?

Thanks,
Dave
Nothing that you can ride wearing. Above 65 degrees short sleeve jerseys and shorts are too warm if you are riding hard