• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Protective Gear for a Fat Boy

Cosmokenney

Cosmokenney

Husqvarna
Pro Class
I crashed again yesterday, twice. Both were at slow to moderate speeds, but put me on hard ground. I have a bruise the size of a salad plate on my hip, again.

I'm 210 with a beer gut. Athletic clothes do NOT flatter my physique and are uncomfortable. I'm looking for some crash gear that will protect a few areas of my body that are not well covered.

I already have a pair of Fox Titan Pro Knee Guards which have been field proven. I like them. I also have elbow and lower forearm guards.

I also have a roost guard, but it offers no rib protection.

The main thing I want to cover is my hips. What is going to be the most comfortable way to cover my hips?

Last is my upper forearms which are constantly getting whacked by branches in tight trails.

Also keep in mind that my area is very warm. We have lows in the 40s in the winter, highs in the 100s in the summers. So for summer riding I need breathability.
 
Look for an older Acerbis Zoom XL its a full coverage big guy "chest protector", they can be had on Ebay etc. they have full coverage for front and back with good coverage on the sides as well along with big upper arm tabs.
As for hips look at EVS and other brands of under shorts and dont throw away those hip pads that come with riding pants, you can even have them sewn in place,( most have a little velcro tab).

PS and don't crash!!.....and learn how to get off and dissipate the energy ( both are a hard learn).

(nothing is 100% coverage like an armor suit!!)
 
reveille said:
I have 2 pairs of Klim tactical shorts and they give really good hip protection. I crashed at 45mph on a solid rock cobble stone trail last week and walked away without a bruise. They also make longer rides easier since they have a built in manpon:censored:
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Boy those KLIMs are nice too. I guess I'm going to have to pay a visit to the local Cycle Gear and see if they have any of the EVS or KLIM in stock.
 
The chest/roost protectors are adjustable now. I just ordered a XXL/XXXL adjustable one. I stopped riding for over a decade. I broke ribs three times in the past. I need the rib protection for sure now.
 
I just found out that my buddy wears a kidney belt with a little spine protection. I like that. I'm not trying to get full coverage but certain key areas would help my confidence a lot. Key areas for me are (in order of importance):
#1 Knees (pretty much have them covered with my knee/shin guards). I've had ACL reconstruction and I'm fighting a meniscus issue.
#2 Back/Spine
#3 Hips
#4 Ribs
Other areas that I just consider an annoyance:
#1 upper forearms -- might need to try to find a sheet of D3O to sew into the tops of my elbo/forearm guards
#2 fingers/knuckles (pretty much covered by my Cycra guards)
 
Cosmokenney said:
I crashed again yesterday, twice. Both were at slow to moderate speeds, but put me on hard ground. I have a bruise the size of a salad plate on my hip, again.

I'm 210 with a beer gut. Athletic clothes do NOT flatter my physique and are uncomfortable. I'm looking for some crash gear that will protect a few areas of my body that are not well covered.

I already have a pair of Fox Titan Pro Knee Guards which have been field proven. I like them. I also have elbow and lower forearm guards.

I also have a roost guard, but it offers no rib protection.

The main thing I want to cover is my hips. What is going to be the most comfortable way to cover my hips?

Last is my upper forearms which are constantly getting whacked by branches in tight trails.

Also keep in mind that my area is very warm. We have lows in the 40s in the winter, highs in the 100s in the summers. So for summer riding I need breathability.
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I always say you need to learn to ride your bike better ... The rider is the first defense against injury ...

Myself, I just got tired of the fall overs and other small mistakes I was making over and over and just forced myself to ride better ... The gear is just insurance or a hedge against a crash ... I'm not an insurance lover, so my 'insurance' is planned all along my ride as I decide what to do and what-not-to-do next.
 
ray_ray said:
I always say you need to learn to ride your bike better ... The rider is the first defense against injury ...

Myself, I just got tired of the fall overs and other small mistakes I was making over and over and just forced myself to ride better ... The gear is just insurance or a hedge against a crash ... I'm not an insurance lover, so my 'insurance' is planned all along my ride as I decide what to do and what-not-to-do next.
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Good in theory :D Usually my brain shrinks and something else swells making me believe I can still do what I used to. Truth is I can't but always fins out just a little too late. :excuseme:
 
firecrackerkid said:
Good in theory :D Usually my brain shrinks and something else swells making me believe I can still do what I used to. Truth is I can't but always fins out just a little too late. :excuseme:
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Yep theory only and when you hit the dirt, the question usually is "What happened?"

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I'm gonna get some better gear just not sure what ...
 
Since my last post I got some of these Bilt shorts with padding: http://www.amazon.com/BILT-ARMA-Dominator-Armored-Shorts/dp/B00CHTA1NI
I went with the Bilt brand because the padding is better than the other examples I tried. They padding feels the same as my expensive Alpine Stars jacket. But in the shorts it's just too small of a patch to do any good. I think they are going back.

Here's a pic of the results of yet another crash on Sunday. 5 days ago and still hate'n life:

crash damage.jpg
 
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