Two Stroke Motocross
Two Stroke Motocross Forum => General Two Stroke Talk => Topic started by: luthier269 on March 16, 2011, 06:33:52 AM
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I was wondering if anyone has seen any satistics if neck injurys have gone down scence the wide spred use of the brace and others. I know when we started using the brace they were showing stats from cart racing and how neck injurys went down when the made the use of a brace maditory. It was David Baileys video about the brace that changed my mind, I made my son watch it also.
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Summer 08 I crashed off a table top and messed my neck up. Nerve spasms or something I don't really remember what the doctor said... I had a concussion too. I had to wait to get a cast off my wrist to get a job to buy a leatt before my mom would let me ride again. Since then I've had absolutely no collarbone or neck injuries through many various crashes... One of them resulted in another concussion. I don't even notice it while I ride. First time testing it, I forgot I had it on after two corners.
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i landed on my had ,i had the leatt brace on
the next second i was on the bike
defently A+++
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I wear one.... Ive gotten to were I dont feel right riding without one.
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I wear one.... Ive gotten to were I dont feel right riding without one.
I've gotten so comfortable with it, I dont notice if I've got it on or not. I've spent hours making it fit perfect :D
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I know a couple years ago on his 85 he cross rutted a jump and face planted at full speed . He was a mess broken googles and viser but his neck was ok he said he could feel it working.
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I have one but never wear it. It's for motocross, not trail riding. Would make it harder to duck under log hanging trees.
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I wear the Leatt,have since they came out....Never had any real problems with it from day 1.I personally dont need any documentation to make me wear it,i feel that i will be safer with it on than not.I'm old and im all about the protection these days...... ;D
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I've tried the leatt and it just feels to restrictive, I'm deff gonna go with the alpinestars bionic
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I think thats good as long as you use something we tried a neck roll first but he would not use it. He would go to the starting line with it on and when he came around it was off. He likes the leatt.
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I tried the leatt on in the cycle gear shop just two days ago, fit pretty good,
but the alpinestar (white one) seemed to fit me better,
seems the small fit better because the back part was against the center of my back
Is that how they fit?
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One thing you'll never find regarding neck braces is imperical data. In order to get that kind of data your test and control groups would have to launch themselves into a neck breaking crash. Whose ready to sign up for that gig? I have yet to get one but once finances allow be sure I will be sporting the best that fits my bulging neck muscles. Ere on the side on caution.
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I tried a neck roll, too restrictive, got an older model Lheatte with the KX125, haven't tried it on, I ride trails, so I think it would still be too restrictive. But I'll give it a go if I can remember to get it out.
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I ride with a foamy neck roll, cant quite stretch to a leatt or alpinestar yet, but i only found it restrictive when i wear it in practise or warm up at races, because i tend to go slow and look at the track for the best lines, when im racing im too busy trying to go fast to notice it :P oh and as yet i havent broken my neck so i can guess that it works ;)
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I have been wearing a Leatt for about 4 years. I can't even get on my bike with out it. i wear it on the track in the woods and on my snowmobile! It has saved my ass a number of times. About 2 years ago I had a terrible crash and broke my back right where the leatt rests against my spine. It also messed up my collar bones but all in all I was fine with it. I would hate to have seen what the outcome would have been had I not been wearing it. Note to self, don't be in such a hurry to pass everyone on the first lap and stupid crashes can generally be avoided!
As far as the A-star brace goes, I dont like it at all. It feels bulky and in the way plus I can't wear my chest protector with it
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I think I'm going to go with the omega neck brace instead for my son I don't like the part that rest on your spine if that part don't break on impact it could break your back. I've seen it happen to one kid already the omega spreads the pressure over the shoulders. :)
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I haven't heard many good things about omega...
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Yes it can break your back.... happened to me. However I would wear a foam neck roll before I wore the Omega or anything like it. My brother bought one and wore it once and sold it. It was the most god awful thing ever. More comfy wearing football pads
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Well I'd rather break my back than my neck...
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Well I'd rather break my back than my neck...
Best plan is to stay on the bike then ;) although im not one to talk :-[
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From what I've read the doc that helped design the omega is also one of the people who designed the leatt but wouldn't sign off on it because of the risk of spine injurys.
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You will regret the Omega. It is terrible and it does not work like the leatt. I dont like the bionic but if i were to get anything other than a leatt it would be the bionic for sure. LEATT has been doing this longer than any of these other companies and they know their shit.
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Well obviously leatt feels their design is safer in the long run, if they didn't feel that way they could change the back design with a snap of their fingers and they would obviously make a lot of money from that because people would have to go buy a new leatt. If I had to choose, I would go for a bionic. But I heard you can't wear that with a chest pro... I dont see why not... If it doesn't fit you can just cut the plastic. But leatt gives me the most performance for my dollar. 200 dollars to save a broken neck is well worth it. Still if I had the money for a bionic I would get that.
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Where did you buy a leatt for $200?
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Ill sell you my Leatt for $225 with a set of custom graphics for it. I don't need two of them.
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Where you located?
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oregon but i can ship it no problem
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I'm in TN I wonder what it would cost to ship?
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Probably like $12 or something
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Where did you buy a leatt for $200?
Local shop... I get a small discount. Retail price was 225
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Isnt $225 for the low end Leatt that has no adjustments to it?
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Yeah. I don't have a whole lot of spending money. I had to work for two weeks just to get that one neck brace when I was 14 haha
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I have experienced the whole "broken neck trauma" and I will not ride without it. I wear it in the tails, the track, I even wear it snowmobiling. The way I figure is a wheel chair is a whole lot more uncomfortable. Best investment I have ever made. It makes me feel more confident for sure when I ride.
just and FYI, We make graphics for the leatts and the bionic :)
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so the leatt brace saved my neck again
for those who didn't read my topic
take a look at my crash at qualifying yesterday
Clip GOPR0443 Segment100 11 49 00 12 23 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaYxKL7XiWg#)
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front end was a little high lol
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I wasnt knockin the low end one ACMX.... Was just asking!
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I know ;D no worries
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front end was a little high lol
the kciker were i crashed had was almoust steep like a wall
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Yeah. I don't have a whole lot of spending money. I had to work for two weeks just to get that one neck brace when I was 14 haha
I wouldnt have done that when I was 16, hats off to you. I learned the hard way....dress for the crash, not the ride.
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I was wearing one in my crash last summer and it transferred the force from me landing on my head to my collar bone(s) instead of my spine (just based on how I crashed and strictly my opinion) but the brace also is what caused me collar bone to be shattered and require surgery. But if I wasn't wearing it, I might be typing this from a wheelchair. There's pluses and minues.
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I think in this case the plus far outweighs the minus.