New Equity-approved body armour

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Fat bikers bounce better. Another great fact like loud pipes save lives. :thumbup:
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More like an airbag ;)
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Skub wrote: Wed Aug 21, 2024 11:48 am Fat bikers bounce better. Another great fact like loud pipes save lives. :thumbup:
Can confirm - but the boney bits still break!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Skub wrote: Wed Aug 21, 2024 11:48 am Fat bikers bounce better. Another great fact like loud pipes save lives. :thumbup:
On one obdoc medical programme there was a larger rider who'd got away with bruising when they'd expected breaks. Suggestion was his muscle mass had cushioned the impact
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