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Types There are two types of neck brace depending on how they rest on a rider's body. Sizes Depending on the manufacturer, neck braces are offered in two to four different sizes ranging from small to extra-extra-large. Materials Neck braces use a combination of materials in their construction.
Things To Look For When shopping for a neck brace, it is important to find a model that fits well with both your body type and helmet choice. Not available. Technical features Size: S Color: Black. Only 10 pieces. Add to cart. Technical features Size: S Color: White. Technical features Net Weight Kg : 0. Only 6 pieces. Only 5 pieces. Only 4 pieces. Technical features Size: S Color: Gray. Technical features Size: S Color: Red.
Only 3 pieces. A quick perusal of any comment section anywhere demonstrates that we don't know shit. How about an investigation of the efficacy of these and other protective equipment? The biggest problem in our sport is not 'how to progress' or 'how to standardize' or 'how to shape proper jumps', or even 'how to manage land-use issues' - The biggest problem is how to continue to shred and stay safe in spite of all this progression. Backcountry skiing faced the same problem in the 90s - and now look at the standard of Avalanche Forecasting in BC Science, baby.
Let's have more fact-based reporting and less op-ed click bait and sponsored content please Pinkbike. This is a good point. If I'm going to buy a vehicle, I don't just go to the dealership and buy it because the manufacturer tells me how great it is. I would own more things than I should and be in a lot of debt.
I go out and look for real life reviews, average people who have put it to the test. Although unfortunately, this is one of those products that is hard to do that. No one signs up to be a "tester" of a neck brace I see a lot of people are commenting that they don't want to risk a broken collarbone from using a neck brace.
Clearly you have no idea of its purpose. A broken collarbone means it did its job and you're not spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair.
Something has to take the force. Neck braces are solid objects and will take a large percentage of the compressive forces, unfortunately it fortunately they are stronger that your collarbone, therefore it will break.
These racers get paid, have insurance should something happen, the average dude does not, buy one save your life, and ride on. We have jobs to do Monday morning. In retrospect they are a fraction of the cost of our bikes. These neck braces are the haans device of Motorsports - how many lives do you think they've saved.
I crashed innocuously in mine, it broke my collarbone. They're a crock of shite in my humble opinion. There is no chance that I'd have been hurt at all had I not had it on. And now she's paralyzed. Just because you assume you wouldn't have been hurt doesn't make it true. As if the brace was waiting for you to fall and then decided to break your collarbone. If you landed with enough force onto it for it to have broken the bone, then you landed more than hard enough to do some damage to yourself.
My helmet struck the side of the brace, the brace broke my collarbone at the hinge. I'm sorry that you're expensive piece of protection does little but make you look cool. Seems like an invalid argument as you cancel it yourself. I had one crash going off a small gap blind. First point of impact was my helmet, about 2" above the visor, rotating my head forward hard enough to bloody my face extensively and cause a concussion.
Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs,but my belief is that I am walking and riding today because of my Leatt. I think that their usefulness is grossly exaggerated, and that although my injury may have been a freak event, I can tell you with a great deal of confidence that if I had not had my Leatt brace on, I wouldn't have broken my collarbone, and wouldn't have injured my neck.
That very well could be the case I'm not doubting it. I ride with one, I don't swear by it and it hasn't ever saved me but it's just nice to ride with that peice of mind. BeerGuzlinFool Feb 25, at They have since modified the design of their brace by eliminating the clasp and also cutting out the portion of the brace that could break your collar bone. I am sure if you hit hard enough you could still Injure your shoulder but not as easily as the older design.
It's evolved to take the stress of an impact and break. See the trouble is that when you have a normal impact that the body can more than deal with,but wearing a brace. The body can no longer use the neck,shoulder,chest muscles etc to disperse the forces and instead the moderate force is now put straight on the collar bone. Which has evolved to break so it does. However only due to the fact that the force from the crash could not be dispersed by the body. This is the biggest problem with braces.
No question they will help in large impacts however they do and will break collar bones and even shoulders on crashes the you'd normally just dust yourself down from. Serious neck injuries are unbelievalby rare in mtb but a product has appeared through fear. There's tons of research done and not much to convince me it's necessary to wear one. That's cool and their decision but don't hate the guys with first hand exsperience who've now decided to not use them.
If people want to wear them and it makes them feel safer them that can only be a good thing, my experience has lead me to no longer wear one despite the design admittedly improving and I have since had my share of big crashes with thankfully no neck damage. GDemo Feb 25, at I love how the people making "funny" comments about how they don't wear one because they're too cool , or not enough science behind them are getting upvoted.
I had a bad crash at whistler in August I went over the bars on dirt merchant and landed head first. Knocked out cold , dislocated shoulder , dislocated hip , fractured tibb and fibb , torn calf muscle which hurts ALOT , concussion I was out cold for a couple mins and a back that looked like someone went to town with a meat tenderizer for a few mins.
My neck was fine , no pain or discomfort at all. I was wearing a neck brace , that's why. I'm convinced that I'm walking today because of my neck brace. I don't even notice I'm wearing it anymore because I've been using one for so long. I swear by them.
Remember , all it takes is one wrong fall and that's it. Do you own a neckbrace? No Why are you not using it? Not using what? Gondoletta-Watussi Feb 25, at It's all about fashion! A few years ago people were riding DH-Bikes wearing fullface helmets, goggles, tanktops, shorts, kneepads and neck braces. Today people are riding Enduro bikes wearing halfshell helmetsand hitting the same gnarly stuff as a few years ago.
Fashion changes, some changes are rationalized others not. Yeah- I never thought FannyPacks could possibly be fashionable again. SickEdit Feb 25, at There are some riding rampage without gloves I have one and got one for my oldest son as well.
I have another son who's old enough now and needs one too. The problem is price. There is no reason they need to be as expensive as they are. You can't put a price on safety but if you can't afford it you can't afford it, period.
Hetman64 Feb 25, at The youth models are even cheaper. Hetman64 : sweet, thanks for the info. Hit a someone at Whistler a few years back as he ran across a track. Snapped the rear part of my Carbon Leatt. I was messed up for a few days. I never leave home without it. Yes it's a hassle, but so's spending your life in a wheel chair. You decide..
BMXrad Feb 26, at Hi Si hope your well, but you have changed I remember seeing you in huge bowl with out a lid for get knee pads, or anything else hahaha???? ICAS Feb 24, at It's marketed wrong Call it a neck brace-let and turn it into a new swag thing.
Iced out playa. Kids these days love that skittidee-da-boop-e-boo. I have one and use one. Same idea goes for wearing a helmet.
I'm really surprised about the amount of people taking off their neck braces for dh riding, the new Leatt ones 4. Really weird how with neck braces getting better, lighter and comfier, the amount of people wearing them should be increasing not decreasing. To the people who have stopped wearing an older style leatt, I would very highly recommend trying one of the new ones, worth it for sure. The old ones weren't bad but you could feel them at times when riding.
The new ones are a great, you don't notice it's there. Drawn Feb 25, at Had a nasty stack in one of the 1st gen Leatts last year which because of the design near the collarbone did nerve damage and resulted in no shoulder movement for about a month was asked if I shouldered a tree as that's how the injury generally occurs.
Since then ended up with a newer 5. Hopefully will not need to know if it works or not. But since having one it just feels weird not having it there. Saved my life in July this year BlueMountainBikePark landed up with a severe brain bleed and battered face but neck was fine even though the head took the entire impact.
Idaho Feb 25, at I would really like to hear the Atherton's take on this matter. Both Gee and Rachel sported them after Dan broke his neck but now have moved away from using them.
Wish there was an explanation somewhere from them on their decision. Maybe they've both Rach and Gee had so many shoulder injuries now that the brace annoys them and they're making more mistakes? Just guessing, indeed really interested in their view. Hopefully it is not because their current protection sponsor IXS doesn't have a neck brace in its line up? That said, a neck brace wouldn't have helped Dan much at that point because if I recall correctly he wasn't wearing a helmet when dirtjumping.
And if he would have worn a helmet, it would most likely have been a pisspot style helmet. I do think Dan does wear a neck brace when riding with a full face helmet. Weird, all the whingers saying 'show me proof from medical proffesionals. And those people are what is wrong with mountain biking. You are all too cool for it. It won't ever happen to you.
All the evidence that is out there isn't up to your own non-professional standards. Fouad Feb 24, at I'm interested to try riding park with one, but I have not seen an independent study showing how much they reduce the chance if neck injuries, if at all. Note they are mostly medical professionals from hospitals and research institutes. Not even sure where that sentiment comes from. If your solution is for universal upbringing to include gymnastics then great, no one needs a neck brace.
Disagreeing with using a neck brace is one thing, but it's another to call people fatherless pansies for doing so. I only rode dh in parks but I looked pretty hard at a neck brace. If I still had a dh rig I'd likely be acquiring a brace. Someone mentioned an insurance viewpoint In terms of my helmet, I'll take the compromise of wearing one because I don't like the prospect of the possible consequence of not wearing it.
Same view on a neck brace, at least for me. Maverickdh00 Feb 24, at Yep have to say flawed science and as usual high on opinion, low on experience! Pro riders using or not using is also flawed, like so many of today's sports it's about looks and a false sense of security! A neck brace is designed to work with full face helmets only, Enduro is heading into if not already into trails that quite frankly leave most DH tracks behind more so at EWS level, a certain rider just retired due to the risk in his words beyond what he is prepared to take to be competitive!
Trails are way longer than DH, multiple stages, fatigue where most injuries occur are much higher level of risk! Skill has nothing to do with it, everyone who pushes the limits will find those limits, its not a matter of if but when! That all said I have broken my neck, I've raced DH many times since and I have crashed where he impact with a neck brace has had me feeling very secure, eg similar crashes pre broken neck without a neck brace I had mild concussion or full concussion suffered dizziness and head pain for days often, I have not had that since wearing a neck brace and I am on my 3rd gen Leatt..
The reduction in people wearing them imo, is more ignorance than anything else, while I don't want to see anyone injured or go through what I have and still do from a broken neck and head injury, I still suffer PTSD symptoms and everyday is a struggle, easier 8 years on, but I still suffer sleeping issues pain etc etc, but Im still riding, riding helps with all this believe it or not, if u want that and use a Full Face helmet then I struggle to have sympathy or empathy for those who do suffer an injury from not using the technology available to you.
Cost excuse is total BS yr bike probably costs times that! Data is out theyre and very much like helmet data a mine field of bad data, some practical data, if anyone is bothered to look into Leatts history read they're website you can see they are the only certified independent neck brace, that also said that can mean little as in helmet testing eg Dot vs Snell and u can pay snell for a cert not that I would when again u research what damage that test will do to your brain!
Unfortunately nothing is a silver bullet, but then why wear a helmet at all! Or any protection and yet this is the last peace of the puzzle for the extreme side where a FF is used, it is obvious to all but the stupid, it's a no brainer but take what you will again wear my shoes and tell me that, I will slap you!
But I also don't preach to people to wear the, if they choose to go without thats they're risk regardless of what I think of it!
And I will struggle to have empathy or sympathy for you and other joy of a long term head injury! People will remain ignorant good luck to you on that side of the fence! Had one bad crash that left me with bad whiplash and a dislocated shoulder. This was before I purchased a neck brace. After that day it made me realize how lucky I was to not break my neck. You won't catch me riding DH without it! BG01 Feb 24, at Have to Admit, its pricing that keeping me away,yea ,i know," how much do you think your neck is worth".
The better question is how much did your bike cost? Whats retail on the damn things? Thats more than a badass helmet. I have zero problems with wearing safety equipment, but when I have to scrimp up pieces of used bikes to go ride Bought my carbon one for 90 euros from a friend who stopped using them, idiot. Still hard to justify when I ride the DH bike less than 20 times a year.
Kind of defeats the purpose. There are too many riders that are paralyzed from accidents gone wrong. Could they have been saved by a neck brace? Why risk it? Broken legs and arms heal but a neck? ASJ Feb 24, at I wear my Leatt 5. Haven't had a nasty crash to know if it really works but it's my insurance that I'll go home with my neck intact. Some people here have jobs to keep and a family to support.
ArturoBandini Feb 25, at A lot of moral apostles around here. I am on the other side of the fence, bring on valid science and statistics. The way I see ite I really want to know how many spinal cord injuries or broken vertabrates are due to side to side or front to back deflection of the head.
And a neck brace will do absolutely nothing to prevent this. Plus I wonder in how many cases without a neck brace the head would just deflect on an angular impact to prevent injuries without overstretching. And I see no scenario where a brace could help with concussions or brain injury. But of course I have to agree that there is a certain or better uncertain chance of more damage without a brace.
But to mee it looks as if the discomfort or whatever seems to outweigh the potentially small decrease in risk. I can't think of another reason why pro athletes in mtb and sx would put their carriers and lifes on the line without even having to pay for a brace. And if John Smith from the east cost tells me how many times a brace saved his life or no brace ruined his life, I still struggle to believe him, because no one knows the alternative outcome with or without brace in that specific situation.
And then were are back at the beginning looking for in depth statics and crash analysises. But maybe I am mistaking and the risk decrease is substantial, also a possibility but atm I am not a believer, no offense to believers, though. Ride safe and all the best to all riders out there It might also get combined with luxation, which usually results in severe spinal cord trauma. Axial load trauma is not a common thing - think about it.
How many times you fall on your head directly? Hitting it from the above? From what I hear helmets actually increase C spine injury probability, but maybe, after wearing helmets became standard, we just see more of these patients alive and get a chance to treat the other injuries? Wouldn't believe how many people in Europe are still riding MTBs without head protection. He said that he never saw people in wheelchairs until he was well into his adult life. The reason was that there were no seatbelts in cars.
It wasn't until seat belts became compulsory that people started surviving car accidents. And hence people in wheelchairs became more common. Seat belts saved lives, but they didn't prevent all injuries. I would wear one if I could afford to buy one.
I haven't heard of a single case where someone was paralyzed because they had one on. Collar bones are less important than your spine. If you think the brace broke your collar bone then you have an error in your logic.
You exposed yourself to a situation where enough force was present to break a bone. Remember that motorcycle rider that did a back flip and cased it and died on impact? Jeremy Lusk. All it takes is once. Verbl-Kint Feb 25, at Anecdotal evidence is always welcome. However, is there any peer-reviewed scientific analysis which supports either for or against neck braces?
Treble3 Feb 25, at While there are hundreds of emotive testimonials and a lot of clever marketing to suggest that neck braces save spines. There doesn't seem to be any actual medical research that suggests they are effective once all other variables are removed. After a recent online discussion with some people in the field of trauma research I did some searching and reading. But I was unable to find any evidence that they had even been properly scientifically tested, let alone proven effective once isolated from all the other forces present in a mountain bike crash.
I've only ever read anecdotal evidence of people claiming they can still walk as a result of their brace. If someone does have knowledge of any such study. I'd be really interested to take a look at it. Pink bike article: www. The mean age at injury was Seventy-nine patients Forty-three patients Of those with cord injuries, 18 Sixty-seven patients The mean length of stay in an acute hospital bed was Thirty-three patients Of the 43 patients Two patients remained ventilator-dependent at discharge.
Conclusion: Spine fractures and spinal cord injuries caused by mountain biking accidents typically affect young, male, recreational riders. The medical, personal, and societal costs of these injuries are high.
Injury prevention should remain a primary goal, and further research is necessary to explore the utility of educational programs, and the effect of helmets and other protective gear on spine injuries sustained while mountain biking.
Matt76 Feb 25, at I wore a neck brace for a while and found it a complete distraction while riding. This made me get rid of it as I actually found it more dangerous getting distracted by my brace than concentrating on where i was going. I've seen a few comments comparing it to a Hans device.
Hans devices work in a completely different way and are in no way a distraction and are compulsory in the vast majority of FIA motorsports events. These are proven to actually work. Least neck braces aren't, we are only told that the work from the people who make them and the people in the comments.
What a lot of people haven't thought of in terms of braces is what I call "jumping on the bandwagon". For example when dropper posts first came out every bike component manufacturer worth their salt made their own. This never happened with neck braces Why is that? I have been told from a very good source that a major company who makes protective gear did their own research into neck braces and found that could cause more severe injury than they could prevent so they didn't want to put their name to their own product if that was the case.
This lack of other manufacturers making them has always worried me. I recall POC said that indeed. In my book they're a respectable manufacturer of protective gear. We offer resources and stories for mountain biking families.
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