Thursday, July 21, 2016

Strap On

Small rant against POC arm-armor.

Some engineering monkey at POC decided that a non-elastic strap was a good idea for body armor. And let me be the first to tell you; that blows!
The strap irritates on puts pressure on muscles, and that ends up hurting. It surprises me that POC choose to design the arm-armor this way, they otherwise nailed it with the knee protectors as you can read in my review HERE.

This is from one of my most recent bikepark trips; I was so annoyed by my arm-armor that I felt forced to ride without it. It was that uncomfortable.
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So the body armor at trial is:

(Left on pic) Bone VPD Arm
(Right on pic) Joint VPD 2.0 Elbow
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Non-elastic strap.
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Non-elastic strap.
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Don't buy these products unless you have masochistic tendencies. (and I most certainly don't, ish)

That is all.

#whyPOC#firethemanbehindthestrap#elasticstrapsmatter#loveapurplering

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