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Body protection for Road cycling (after a severe accident on the Alps)

by Seynodien74
Fri, Nov 13, 2015 15:11
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Hi,

While descending the famous Semnoz pass in the Alps (23kms from 6 to 11%), I slid due to gravels on the road freshly asphalted, and was injured: collarbones and elbow fractures, hand nerves + triceps muscle severed, and 3 floating ribs broken, and abrasion on skins.
Even if I was driving at 40 Km/h, I can assure that we can go "fast" on the road (up to 70 KM/h in the descent of the Alps for example.

So today, I am seeking for light "body protection" to protect us on the road.... just because ridicule never killed anyone [:?]
Personaly I have this opinion for just 3 months as my arm and elbow are now buit with metal ans screw.

Just to let you know, thanks to my helmet (it „was“ a Specialized Propero) I am still alive. But I have been injured on the temples. So when searching on the net I found that POC Octal Avip Mips cover largely temples.
I feel free to share with you a link related to a Swedish study regarding Helmets protection: http://www.folksam.se/polopoly_fs/1.139790!/Folksam%20bicycle%20helmet%2... As you can see, the the octal AVIP MIPS is on the stage....just behind a first airbag! So I hope that the Octal will solve the issue I had, and will buy one.

BTW, I am also looking for protections for the elbow and also for the hip.
The problem with automatic pedals is that you are not able to release immediately the pedals during and accident, so you slide with your bicycle. The net effect is that I was totally injured on the left side.

For MTB/Downhill/descent…. We can find lots of protections. But I did found nothing related to roadcycling…. The integration of protectors around the Hip is a vastly more difficult because by their nature the protectors are bulky and will impede movement in the area that moves the most in cycling.

Are you aware of a specific "light" protections for Road cycling? Any trick for the hip?

Please let me know which apparels could fit well to road cycling and if you will release shortly such products.

Thanks in advance for your reply on this.
Best regards.
Jean-Philippe

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Seynodien74 | 9 years ago
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Super! Thanks for your answers.

I did not imagine that skaters have such shorts...

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monty dog | 9 years ago
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You can buy padded undershorts for inline speed skating - try one of the German online dealers like der-rollenshop:

http://der-rollenshop.sportkanzler.de/Crash-pad-shorts

Inline speed skating is similar to road biking in that you're needing similar protection with freedom of movement.

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rmacneil | 9 years ago
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You could try something likke the Race Face Charge knee and elbow pads. Although they're technically for mountain bikes, they are quite thin and look more like knee and arm warmers.

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