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Hey Guys,
So I've been looking at lots of info relating to protection and armor for street riding. Probably normal to be hyper vigilant about it after a crash. It seems like there's not a lot of good info, but mostly marketing hype and opinions on how comfortable or safe someone feels. I had to do a lot of digging just to find that CE standards had been updated in 2012 to find that EN-1621 had added tests for temperature and wet armor (I believe) as well as level 1 and 2 for all armor rather than just back protectors as it was before 2012. There may not be any experts on this subject on this forum but I thought it might be worth discussing.
My main questions on the effectiveness of certain armor or features of armor are: hard vs soft armor. The jacket I crashed in had hard armor and I still ended up w/ a broken bone. I would think hard armor would dissipate the initial impact over a greater area but soft armor like SAS-Tec claims to get very hard upon impact.
And second is external sliders. I get the main point is to reduce abrasion but would they serve any purpose relating to impacts? It seems like they would so I've limited my leather jacket search to only ones with external sliders. I'm I focused on something that may not matter?
Then theres armor like Dainese has on their nicer leather jackets that they call co-injected. I have no idea what this means nor have I found any explanation other than marketing talk. It looks nice but I just don't trust what a marketer is feeding me to get me to buy their products.
So what are all of your thoughts/experiences/concerns about armor for street riding?
So I've been looking at lots of info relating to protection and armor for street riding. Probably normal to be hyper vigilant about it after a crash. It seems like there's not a lot of good info, but mostly marketing hype and opinions on how comfortable or safe someone feels. I had to do a lot of digging just to find that CE standards had been updated in 2012 to find that EN-1621 had added tests for temperature and wet armor (I believe) as well as level 1 and 2 for all armor rather than just back protectors as it was before 2012. There may not be any experts on this subject on this forum but I thought it might be worth discussing.
My main questions on the effectiveness of certain armor or features of armor are: hard vs soft armor. The jacket I crashed in had hard armor and I still ended up w/ a broken bone. I would think hard armor would dissipate the initial impact over a greater area but soft armor like SAS-Tec claims to get very hard upon impact.
And second is external sliders. I get the main point is to reduce abrasion but would they serve any purpose relating to impacts? It seems like they would so I've limited my leather jacket search to only ones with external sliders. I'm I focused on something that may not matter?
Then theres armor like Dainese has on their nicer leather jackets that they call co-injected. I have no idea what this means nor have I found any explanation other than marketing talk. It looks nice but I just don't trust what a marketer is feeding me to get me to buy their products.
So what are all of your thoughts/experiences/concerns about armor for street riding?