Safety equipment? Body Armor?

[itwire]

@Tylermon I do it while i watch netflix

[parrothd]

@itwire said in Safety equipment? Body Armor?:

@Tylermon I do it while i watch netflix

I busted mine out yesterday after seeing this thread and my girl friend wanted to work out on it. Was on it 2 minutes and my glutes were on fire..lol..

There's no comparison to the one wheel, it does all the work..

[AdamDoubleG]

Had my first proper spill yesterday (all previous ones I'd kept my balance or not fallen badly) and was glad I had my wrist pads and elbow pads. Even though my hip hurts today and I have a slight graze on my knee (glad I had jeans on, not shorts), I know that realistically I'm not going to be bothered to wear knee pads and booty shorts unless I ever start going on long rides. Wrist and elbow pads are so quick to pull on and off, knee pads and shorts will feel that much more of a faff. Got a helmet too but don't bother with that at the moment as I don't go on the roads.

[itwire]

@AdamDoubleG i bought the gform compression shorts there pretty bad ass barely know u have them on.

[parrothd]

Lol.. You can't convince people, this is something they learn the hard way.

My snowboarding buddies were the same way, no helmet, blah blah, excuse. Then they saw me take a nasty crash and crack my helmet in half. They showed up with helmets the next outing.

[BadWolf]

I was actually wearing the helmet the other day.. and I took a nice nosedive with me flying sideways..

Hip hurts a bit today.. ^^

[thegreck]

@parrothd Well, that was actually them learning from your hard way, which is what we're hoping everyone else can do. But most people just assume they won't be the one who wrecks and cracks their head open on the asphalt, because those thing only happen to other people.

[itwire]

@AdamDoubleG I just almost had my first one. I'm pretty sure it was push back in classic mode. I guess i have graduated out of training.

[T-CAT]

@AdamDoubleG

For your own safety, definitely wear that helmet, as it doesn't matter what terrain, speed, etc. you're on/at, a Traumatic Brain Injury can occur from an unexpected accident. It's something I'm much more serious about now (I never used to wear a helmet when skateboarding/snowboarding either when I was younger) due to seeing people with more TBI's over the years. It's an incredibly scary reality.

[westcoastr]

@AdamDoubleG I never used to wear knee pads either, but learned my lesson on Sunday. Now I've got them on top of my banged-up knee, which feels horrible, but I'm on vacation in an area that's all rocky and unstable logging roads. Not sure if I'll continue wearing them when I get back home... The sprained finger I got when I crashed couldn't have been prevented with pads though!

[itwire]

It just has to be pet of your routine like putting on your seat belt. Just like playing eye of the tiger is pet of mine.

[LidPhones]

@westcoastr I have wondered about knee pads when on rough terrain. I might add them to my setup on the first pass down the trail to be safe. I do not go full out most of the time. I alway have the helmet and wrist guards on... Hope you heal fast

[westcoastr]

@LidPhones Thanks, me too! :)

[thegreck]

@itwire said in Safety equipment? Body Armor?:

It just has to be pet of your routine like putting on your seat belt. Just like playing eye of the tiger is pet of mine.

pet = part?

[itwire]

@thegreck
Yes lol

[thegreck]

@itwire Oh, that's too bad. I thought you had a pet tiger ;)

[blkwalnutgrwr]

Shoulder armor saved me from major hurt today. Been flying down the trail on my Onewheel Plus the past two weeks with 7.5 ah of extra battery up to 21 or 22 mph top speed every day. It caught up to me today -- high speed, 4% low battery, and moderate acceleration, EDIT: and a near flat tire -- the nose dropped like a trap door. I had time to tense up (wrong response) before slamming my shoulder into the pavement. A professional umpire's knee and shin guard cut to fit my upper arm, and velcroed into my loose jacket sleeve, took the brunt of the fall. A couple tears in my snowmobile mitten over a wrist guard, more tears and shreds in my jacket sleeve, and some gouges in my knee pad -- but not even a visible bruise on my body. Thank goodness for protective gear!

[Lia]

@blkwalnutgrwr Glad you're okay, sounds like that would have been real nasty otherwise.

[HorsePlay]

@blkwalnutgrwr , So glad you are OK!

[blkwalnutgrwr]

A limbs akimbo fall is my worst fear; this shoulder slam is a close second. Thrilling and amazing it is to me to be able to get back up and ride immediately afterwards. Plenty sore, but all in one piece!