Air jackets for mountain biking? - Bike Forum

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

matther01 — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:51:43 +0000

I use the cheapo version and encase myself in bubble wrap.

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

zelak999 — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:37:45 +0000

Can't wait! The number of times I've fallen and damaged myself this year!

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

eyerideit — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:34:22 +0000

Made lighter, cheaper and combined with something like the ICEdot tag it could be viable.

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Combining it with this

http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2012/07/09/1341848640310-120g3ensb4okl-280-75.jpg

You'd be like an air filled ironman.

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

adsh — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:15:03 +0000

Deployment is an issue in that they depend on seperation from the x10 heavier and relatively immobile quadruped to go off.

Many offs on MTB don't seperate the rider from bike much at the injury stage so not sure how they could reliably deployed.

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

ti_pin_man — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 08:06:12 +0000

I can't see much difference between these and body armer, knee pads and arm pads tbh. For big mountains I can imagine these being readily adopted or for scaredy cats or DH'ers.

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

downshep — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:27:41 +0000

Camelbak bladder mucho cheaperer but still quite effective at cushioning the spine.

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

Edric64 — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:18:27 +0000

Negligent Discharges that were going off !

There must be a double entendre there !

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

discoduck — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:09:40 +0000

Before wearing that I'd stop biking altogether !

I'd love to go on a ride with several other people who were all wearing them so I could chuckle at the amount of Negligent Discharges that were going off !

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

bullandbladder — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:03:53 +0000

My OH uses one when riding her Devil's Bicycle and swears by it.

Not sure how much use it would be with a backpack over the top though - probably cause more injury than it prevents.

Re: Air jackets for mountain biking?

bruneep — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:00:44 +0000

Jacket, which costs about £400 and weighs 1kg, is attached via a lanyard (cord) to the saddle
When the rider parts from the saddle, or extends beyond the lanyard length, a trigger is activated which punctures a CO2 canister.

I'd need about 10 jackets a ride :oops: