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 Post subject: Re: D3O Body Armour.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:22 am 
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ggg wrote:
Its still body armour so its never going to be t shirt cool but it was pretty good.

It was humid as hell for the 4 days we rode the forrest of dean and we pushed up and sesioned runs for half of it and i never felt the need to take it off. When there was a breeze the air flow through it was noticable and cooled down realy quickly

That said ive only ever tried a 661 pressure suit, which i hated because of the heat and suit of armour feel, and an oneal stealth shirt which i thought was great but a bit underprotected and still swaety as hell beacuse of the super close fit

I generaly only wear body armour when i think theres a real chance of me rearanging something so i wanted a bit more covarage. I know oneal are bringing out a upgraded downhill version of the stealth shirt which i would have been intrested in but its not available for a while.

Over all though i think i made the right choise


that pretty much describes how i see armour too

my 661 suit is too much now.
in the earlier days it was worthwhile but i need something lighter
perhaps i will get hold of one of these.
what size/shape are you and what size did you go for ?
i'm 6'1 and 85kg not chubby etc so i think a large would be fine ?

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 Post subject: Re: D3O Body Armour.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:45 am 
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Im about 5'9 and pretty square, probobly about the 76kg but not chubby either and the medium fits me perfectly. Im not sure what size i would recomend. It may come up a little short on you but bulk wize it would fit ok.

If you want to try mine on i could bring it up enfield trails one day, or chain reaction do the returns service which usually works out pretty well..


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 Post subject: Re: D3O Body Armour.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:57 am 
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I'm not often around enfield so i think i'll give chain reaction a go.


cheers for the input very useful

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 Post subject: Re: D3O Body Armour.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:18 pm 
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Update to this, got myself some 661 D3O knee pads, http://www.tweekscycles.com/cycling-clo ... -knee-pads.

Way comfy and quite long as well so offers some shin protection too, they ar thinish but appear to offer good protection as shown here > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el6e21FBMPw :)

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