80mph street lowside review, 5 months later.

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Feb 26, 2013 | 11:17 PM

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Kuroshio

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From: West Philly, PA!

Might be able to send them back to the manufacturer for repair. Dainese has a repair service for their gear.

All in all, good lesson to know: inspect your gear as well as your bike

Aug 31, 2013 | 02:34 AM

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05f4ii

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NO Pix...

Can't see any pix here...

Jan 27, 2014 | 08:22 AM

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sephrin

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Originally Posted by MZ5

Thanks for posting the pics!
You believe you were (still) going 80 when you hit the pavement?

I have been in a violent lowside at 70 and walked away cause i was wearing a full leather/ kevlar suit and a spinal protector vest.

Leaned into a 30 corner dragging a knee and rear tire bounced from a groove that was from an earlier accident. Rear end bounced and went out. Left hand came off handle right hand got caught and yanked me into a barrel roll down the road. Landed on back and rolled off the side of the road.

Some off us get second chances on a bike, most people dont.

Jan 27, 2014 | 11:54 PM

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MistahJuice

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damn from 2011, really wanted to see the pics

Jan 29, 2014 | 12:00 PM

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05f4ii

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No Pix here.. ?

It's definitely an educational and well informed thread.... But like I said before, NO Pix... Can't see any pix here. Can you please fix that..

Thanks.

Jan 30, 2014 | 12:58 PM

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Misti

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Originally Posted by tucsondude

gear use update:

Obviously my gear has been significantly compromised. Do a thourough examination before using. pay attention to any threads that may have been exposed to abrasion. once the thread has been broken it is can be easy to pull them out. Below is an update.
Jacket has <2k additional miles
gloves have <7k additional miles with 8+ months of daily use, note hole on thumb, and how these are the first pictures of the thumb. The gloves have never been cleaned
boots have 8500 more miles and 1+years of use(3ish years old now) and showing separation of soles.

Now own another jacket, and some RS taichi boot out perf leather pants.

This is a really good thread that highlights the importance of good quality gear, of checking your gear and replacing it after a crash. I'm glad you are putting a lot of effort into keeping yourself safe in that regard but I wonder if you are putting the same amount of time into sorting out what happened in your crash? It's always good practice after a crash, or a close call, to take a good look at what went wrong and what you might do in the future to prevent it from happening again. Maybe you mentioned it in another post but I'd be interested to hear what happened to cause you to go down and what you might have learned from it…