Re: RC: Body Protectors

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In a message dated 2/9/00 4:16:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ribbitttreefrog@yahoo.com writes:

<< Hey you safety concious riders. Since we have a helmet
 thread going, thought this was the right time to jump in
 with this question. Rick has sustained a couple of injuries
 and now is thinking about riding with a body protector/flak
 jacket type vest. Anyone use these? Pros? Cons? Brands?
 Where to find a good deal? (He punctured his lung on a
 training ride a couple years ago and is getting more and
 more safety concious.) Being a firefighter doesn't help! >>

My husband has one that is pretty good--like your husband, he has sustained 
rib fractures, and his chest is so "remodeled" that it wouldn't take much to 
cause a nasty injury.  He doesn't wear his all the time, but does when 
working green horses (and says he would if he ever does any jumping again).  
His was made by a company called Tipperary Manufacturing in Orangeville, 
Ontario, Canada--there is a phone number on the label (no idea if it is 
current or not)--519-940-9514.  He ordered it through a vendor at AERC 
convention a few years ago, but can't remember which vendor.

Heidi