Backbone and Mouthguard protection: Ahead of times or overcautious ?
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CGroth posted 16 weeks ago.
In my opinion: overcautious. Crashes and injuries are a part of our sport. For how many crashes there are every year how many of them result in very serious complications?
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o2Ripper posted 16 weeks ago.
I agree with CGroth....sorry troll....eating/drinking/riding long distances would be really uncomfortable with that gear.
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theShiba posted 16 weeks ago.
With much respect to that dentist, if you land teeth first into the pavement at 30mph, a little piece of rubber isn't going to help. The #1 purpose of a mouthguard is to prevent a concussion. But, I digress... I think it would be really hard to eat while riding and wearing a mouthguard. I don't hear of a lot of riders getting this type of "chin-first" injury anyway...
Not sure what you are talking about with the back guard. I guess anything that makes YOU feel more comfortable riding will ultimately help you, but I have to be honest when I say that I worry way more about the nasty nasty road rash that I would get from falling than actually breaking anything.
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Joe_H posted 16 weeks ago.
how would you put the back brace on in T1? I think it's a bit overkill
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ChunkyB posted 16 weeks ago.
The main time you get chin first injuries is when you're mountain biking or moto-xing. I was watching the Moto-X step up competition yesterday, which is basically high jump for moto-x, and this dude almost cleared like 33 feet, and then came down and his chin hit his handlebars, and he totally bit through like his entire cheek. It was pretty nasty.
I can't really imagine a situation riding on the road when you'd need a mouth guard.
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beads1985 posted 16 weeks ago.
First of all that picture of a bloody mouthful of broken teeth was nasty!
I think it is little bit of overkill to have a backguard and a mouthguard for a non contact sport.
After hearing some terrible stories about the outcome of bike crashes where the people injured their backbone, I started to look for something in order to mitigate the effects of such an accident. In a sport shop I bought a back guard to be used for ski and have been using it for a week. Digging further I found quite a few upper body for the mountain bikers such as the ones of 661
As roadie we fall much less often than MTBs but when we crash the speed is usually much higher and the surface harder.
The same applies for the mouthguards:
http://www.dentalgentlecare.com/mouthguards1.htm
These devices have some drawbacks, they had some weight and discomfort.
The same can be said about the helmets too, and today no one would ride without.
Hence my question, am I overcautious or are there fellow trifulers using them or considering to use them?