Euro uplift days, body armour?

If lift assisted then I would be wearing body armour personally. 

For a week of riding you will likely get knackered which means higher chance of crashes. 

Timely article on the front page.

We'll get you a cape to go with it.

Personally, I went full stormtrooper for a DH holiday, and broke my arm on day 2.

I was on my normal bike, riding trails that weren't that far beyond my normal riding, albeit the DH guys were flying down them considerably quicker than I was.  

All the armor did was make me overconfident.

My general rule is if it's uplifted I put body armour on. Gone are the days of big bulky stormtrooper armour though, there are some quite slimline and breathable options available now. 

I've been running this Leatt one for a few years now: REVIEW: LEATT BODY PROTECTOR AIRFLEX STEALTH | The Loam Wolf

I don't like having individual elbow pads as they can move while riding or in a crash. So an all in one suit is a must for me. A bit of padding on the elbows and shoulders can easily make the difference between a few stiches and a ruined week or just getting up and carrying on. 

My general rule is if it's uplifted I put body armour on.

Same here. It doesn't make me over confident. It is just a recognition of the fact that if I'm going to do many many more miles of downhill in a day than I would if not uplifted... then that's many many more chances to have an off... and if I'm not pedalling (all the way) up there's no downsides to wearing more protection than normal.

If its uplift I would probably take some armour with me. Unlike smatkins i have a t-shirt style armour with seperate elbow pads and heavier knee-pads if needed. That way i thought i could get more choice mixing up for heat, perceived risk etc. Horses for courses i guess. Is there any you tube videos of the place your going, see what others use/ what you think you'd use on the trails

Couple of (very fast) guys on our High Pyrenees trip last year (Basque MTB) wore it as a matter of routine. I wouldn't even have considered it, given the amount of pedalling and hike-a-bike on that trip, but they seemed to cope fine as they were just used to it.

Is this with the boys from Out The Park? If so the riding we did was more trail / all mountain (or similar label) than full on enduro / DH and did involve some pedalling / hikeabike. I was happy just riding in knee pads and open face helmet - i did take elbow pads and FF but to me the riding didn't warrant it. 

Going to Bulgaria in September for a week of mostly lift assisted riding.   Not full on DH riding but trail/Enduro style I guess.

For me that would be slightly burlier than normal Kneepads (everyone has at least 4 sets of kneepads right?), Elbow pads and your choice of helmet - convertible one would be ideal.

My "big ride" pack has a back protector built in to be fair.

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My general rule is if it's uplifted I put body armour on. Gone are the days of big bulky stormtrooper armour though, there are some quite slimline and breathable options available now. 

I've been running this Leatt one for a few years now: REVIEW: LEATT BODY PROTECTOR AIRFLEX STEALTH | The Loam Wolf

I don't like having individual elbow pads as they can move while riding or in a crash. So an all in one suit is a must for me. A bit of padding on the elbows and shoulders can easily make the difference between a few stiches and a ruined week or just getting up and carrying on. 

I have this but the 'Tee' version so stops just below the shoulder pads, it was a big improvement over the POC one I had previously based on being able to actually take it off at the end of the day without disclocating both my shoulders courtesy of being able to unzip it!

For this year (although not worn it yet) I've just got one of the Endura chest & back protector vests, I haven't worn it yet but the chap in the photo looks very happy with it 🤣 And i was going to get some lighter weight elbow/knee sleeves (probably TLD) to wear with it:

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As others have said; once you're doing more miles DH than usual then the chances of an off increase so a bit of protection is worth it. 

I've got a Bliss Protection ARG full upperbody thing that is ok for pedalling in. It's a bit heavy but once it's on over a base layer it's not too bad. 

I like the look of the new thing in the STW news this morning.