How can a Leatt Neck Brace save your life?
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2013
- For more information about the Leatt Neck Brace, visit the Dennis Kirk website at bit.ly/WKcc9w
Leatt® is a sign of commitment, passion and dedication. It shows the world that you're serious about your sport and, when it comes to safety, you don't accept half-measures. It's a badge of honour. A choice. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
You're not angry, you're passionate. And that is what I would hope from anyone developing safety devices. Thank you for this detailed video.
My LEATT might have saved my life. Hit a tree head first, and messed myself up pretty good, but my neck brace saved my spine. Just like the rest of my gear, I won’t ride without it.
With Neck Brace u weaked?
A Rausch yes, I hit a tree helmet first, on my right cheek area. The impact broke my eye socket, messed up my nasal passage and I had damage to my C-5,6,and 7 vertebrae, but because of the brace, it was limited.
I Immediately lost feeling and functionality in my arms, for about 5 minutes, and have no doubt, if it weren’t for the brace, it might have been permanent.
I won’t ride without it.
@@chipper442 Holy shit that should've been a serious permanent injury right there and quite possibly death.
@@chipper442 Even thinking about it, the fact that the impact bust your eye socket just goes to show the importance of having your neck brace, no doubt in my mind if that force was directed to your neck you were in serious trouble.
@@chipper442 jesus fuck, you just convinced me to buy a neck brace
I fractured my c7 in a mtb crash. I didn’t have neck protection. By the grace of God I had minimal nerve damage and made a near full recovery after neck fusion surgery . Be smart and ride with neck protection.
Double fusion for me. Don't ride without it now
I own and wear a Leatt GPX 5.5. During my travels in Patagonia, I came of my motor bike and landed on my head first then rolled on to my back. Carbon helmet showed a big dent but live to tell the tail. I got myself checked and have a small neck hernia, my Physician told me i was lucky I was wearing the brace else I would have been a quadriplegic or no longer amongst the living. I am avid about motor bike safety and will not compromise, certainly not after my exerience or the motor bike friends I have/had that suffered from not protecting themselves whilst being on a motorbike. Yes I do get a lot of funny comments, like "robocop" and the sorts but in fareness I am the living example of what they can do in case it goes wrong.
Wife bought me my Leatt 5.5 for valentines day. She must love me very much. Can't wait to commute tomorrow with it. Hopefully I never get to see it work.
She's banging the UPS guys
Omgwtflmaololrotfl you have must a big dong
Are you still here with us?
Its a damn shame people spend all their money on a nice bike and dont spend a dime on protective gear. In Florida I see riders all the time riding in tshirts and a bandana. You can replace a bike but not your neck or your limbs. So far I have spent 2k on gear and Im not even half done. Actually the gear costs more than my bike. I use ALL the gear all the time. If I dont have time to put on gear, then I just take the car.
I know of at least 2 mothers who are taking care of their sons after bike accidents. More than likely they were riding with a bandana...
You cannot predict when you will go down. The only thing you can do is be prepared for it. I agree where the gear.
My dad thought 10 dollars was expensive for a helmet at Walmart
"I have spent 2k on gear and Im not even half done Actually the gear costs more than my bike. I use ALL the gear all the time. If I dont have time to put on gear, then I just take the car "
LOL good for you to have enough money to buy a motorcycle, lot of armor and a car. You are aware that a lot of people actually buy a bike because it cost less than a car ?
At the end you said "taking care of their sons" and daughters you forgot the girls.
I’d prefer bike than gear
This is incredibly detailed. Thank you for putting this up.
Thank you for your time and effort. You've spoken on the subject with the required decorum and seriousness!!
Glad it was helpful!
I crasched with and without Neckbrace. Last crash was tuff. 3 Month ago. Neckbrace worked. No harm to neck. Ather parts of the body still not completly without pain. The Helmet has scratches. Now I am convinced by the hard scool.
Hated my brace the first ride. TO hard to put on, bulky and thought my lack of skills didn't require it. The second ride and every one after has been flawless. Not only does the brace do it's intended job it also has many side benefits. It made me calm down and not be so nervous which translates into a more fun ride and i have learned something new each time. Confidence is key since it is 90% rider 10% bike. I won't EVER ride without my brace.
Great video and very informative. Thank you guys for putting this together.
You guys just made me buy a Leatt neckbrace for my adv motorcycle rides
Lots of useful, clarifying information - good to know - thanks so much!
Incredibly informative, Thank you for a great video! Job well done!
I believe it saved me on this one step up step down jump when I had an endo on. If you ride mx you will know that your body gets twisted in strange ways sometimes. Just get one before you need it.
I just bought a leatt chest/back protector and neck brace. I'm starting to really progress in mountain biking, taking bigger risk and doing more downhill days. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I really appreciate this video and by the way, I think you did a great job explaining the design and purpose of the neck brace!
i did the same thing just now lmfao
Wich one did you guys get?
@@a.j.gallegos2191 I returned the neck brace. It wasn’t for me. I still have the Leatt Airflex Stealth Body Tee and it has been great. It protected my back in a pretty gnarly crash last summer at the bike park.
excellent and informative video. i'm lucky that i haven't had any neck injuries in my years of riding bicycles, motorcycles and snowboarding, but a friend crashed on his motocross bike and is now in a wheel chair...from a neck injury. i'll be wearing a neck brace to reduce the chances of injury.
I wasn't thinking you are angry until you said that. This is all new to me and I was taking every word one by one and processing it. Angry is an emotion not related to the topic of this video.
2 days ago I had an accident in the woods on a single track . If it wasn’t for my Leat neck brace I will not be writing this today ( I be in the hospital in ICU) for all of you Nay sayers Get Neck Brace !!!! One day you be glad you did:)
Thank you for sharing. Glad to hear you were wearing your proper riding gear!
Did you crash a mountain bike or a dirt bike?
It was a dirk bike . But there is no difference if you ride a mountain bike same rules apply. My crash was low speed But i was thrown off the bike in to the ground in a weird angle and if it wasn’t for the neck brace I will had neck injury.
Bottom line is .... Do yourself and your loved ones a favor Wear A neck Brace!!!!!
I have learned how to ride from the day one With the neck brace and It doesn’t bother me in any way when I’m wearing it while riding . If you buy the right size and adjust it properly and go riding get use to it You will not even feel it you are wearing it after a while.
You never know how your body would react had you no neck brace. Glad you're fine, but your statement is not scientific.
Good information. If you want to sell more, interview the guys who’ve commented or others who’ve crashed with and without a brace and neck trauma. I’ll be buying one because my 59 y.o. brother broke his neck surfing (the only impact being the thick barrel on his head) and then I had a big face-plant biking and put 2 and 2 together.
great video, very informative, thanks. You don't seem angry to me - just passionate about what you do. I very much appreciate the level of detail you went into too. :)
I was on the fence about getting a neck brace for myself and my daughter, but I'm starting to lean towards getting one.
Dustin Mobley I was in a bad crash (Barley cased a 120 ft tripple 5 gear on a yz 250 2 stroke) where I was ejected and landed hard on my head. I can hands down say that my helment with mips and my necklace saved my life. It did disperse the energy and I fractured the vertebrae in my lower lumbar (which is what is suppose to happen) but I suffered no other neck/collar bone injuries. They have earned my buisness for life and I recommend them 100%
Thank you for the response. I"m happy to hear that the equipment helped you out. We just upgraded her to a Bell Moto 9 Carbon Flex helmet and now I just need to get the neckbrace purchased. Thank you for your response.
EXCELLENT video! I'm a believer.
Thanks for the information! Great stuff and you did a great job!
🙏🙏🙏
Thank you.
Absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!!
I like this guy he is straight business.
i just bought a leatt 2.5 rox chest protector. Worked great! I crashed my friends pitbike. I started with to much gas and flew thru a bush and there was half a meter drop behind the bush and hit the chest in the bars really hard and try to hold on to the bike put then fall and hut the bikes swingarm and wheel on my chest. And theres was no pain what so ever. Now i know it wasnt a bad crash but i still recomend this chest protector.
My Leatt 3.5 showed up the other day. My goal is to wear it more often because I'm starting to take a bit more risks due to my riding progression. It's crazy timing though. My MTB coach was seriously injured in a bike accident the other day. He hit a tree really hard and broke some ribs and injured his spine. Someone I follow on IG broke her collarbone in a race. I know my neck brace won't prevent some of the injuries I mentioned. However it will give me a better chance of not being seriously injured to the point where I can't ride ever again.
Good video. Well done.
I fell of my 1250 GS ADVENTURE 2 days ago and got a unstable fracture of C6 and C7. I am lucky that the spinal fusion surgery went on well and I have no loss of function. I did not use a neck brace as I was ignorant. Will never ride a motorcycle without one moving forward!
i love reading all the comments.... there's some real Einsteinzz in the dirtbike world..... !!
Many thanks👍
I just got one because I was flying down a downhill course on my DH bike. It had rained all week and it was soft and slippery. A berm let go on me a the top rim sending me over the berm into a tree head on. My chest protector took the first impact but then I free gel about 15 feet landing on the right side of my head. I think I actually went end over end in the air before striking my head. My Fox DH helmet cracked down the middle and I woke up a hour later still on the course but nobody else was riding so nobody saw it. My neck hurt so bad along with my head and I kept vomiting trying to stand up. I had a CT scan done and I have a bad concussion almost lacerated my right kidney. I have 3 herniated disk in my cervical and a hematoma the size of a grapefruit over my lower back. As bad as this was I could’ve broke my neck or worse died. So I got a leatte today because I believe my injuries would have minor if I was wearing one of this. I’ll never ride without one again after I heal.
i wear a EVS r2 for years really works too its a collar any thing is better than nothing
Great vid. Is there a proper neck brace, cushion or any alternatives for smaller helmets like ski/cycling helmets?
Can you give more head movement, more rib coverage on the fusion, and use materials that don't crack and break down without even falling.
This video needs an oscars by itself
After this video I can understand their pricing. It has a complicated structure and a relatively small market. Helmets are mandatory, but neck braces are mostly used by athletes.
Great informational video. Helps when speaking to medical patients that are riders so thank you...and yes...you do seem a bit angry, lol.
I personally wouldn’t be here or able to walk if it wasn’t for these braces....and know several others as well in the sport bike world and motocross world....and that’s coming from doctors and surgeons. They are worth every single penny people....wisen up before it’s to late. I’d personally like to see these or a modified version made by Leatt make it into the sport of bull riding, lots of guys dying and living paralyzed due to neck and spine injury’s.
So when i'm riding DH
Can i ware a neck brace and a buzzer at the same time?
Now does your research account for movement of the head inside the helmet, specifically forward and back?
It helped
I wear a Leatt brace ever since David Bailey endorsed it. I did lose 5k in a stock purchase. This product should have made its stockholders a profit.
Just checked the prices, look at you now!
Starts at 4:01
It seems to me that having the helmet and the brace closer together, the angle of the neck during an accident would be less severe, reducing the risk of injury even further. Since helmet manufacturers are most certainly not going to redesign the shapes of their helmets for this purpose, I would say that raising the brace would be the more feasible option. But then again I'm neither an engineer, nor am I a medical specialist :P
that would hjelp but also limit heads overall movement, many already have stopped using neck braces because of that
I pair my neck brace with my alpine air 5 airbag. The one time it ever deployed my neck brace was snapped up tight to my neck. I’ll never ride without both my airbag or brace. I was basically in a hamsterball.
14:45 I hope thats your competitors neck bracelet in the top picture :D :D
Damm I wish I wore a neck brace for enduro mtb riding, went over the bars n cracked my c7, when I’m fit enough to ride again I’ll be purchasing and wearing a neck brace at all times
Joetheunprofessional I hope your back on your bike soon
Kilroy was Here thanks man I appreciate the support, I’ve been back on it but my confidence just isn’t what it was but hopefully that will improve in the few years😊
Neck brace gives you no guarantee. Actually there are people paralyzed as a result of an accident while wearing a neck brace.
Ok troll go somewhere else with your scientific self^^^^^
@@griffithracingteam2412 The only troll here is you, because I was sharing a piece of information while you're getting personal.
Wow!
I have had 5 cervical discs replaced and C6 C7 vertibrae fused plus titanium cage around entire cervical vertibrae due to a rugby accident approx 12yrs ago. My chiropractor said that he didnt think it was any benefit to wear a motorbike neck brace because of the lack of head movement to see where you were riding. Plus he said it would be more beneficial to wear aneck brace if I hadn't had a repaired neck because I already have aprox 10-15% less neck movement.
I don't want any less movement but also don't want to damage my neck again...Not sure what to do.
Tell him stick to being a chiropractor instead of lecturing you on how you ride a motorcycle. Get yourself a neck brace man.
Think I would fire him..
chiros are quacks bro.
Great information, I biked allot as a young fella, now I'm 53, in good shape, I'm admittedly more "crispy" for lack of a better word! Anyway, should the neck brace be purchased as a system with the correct helmet? Or are different brands interchangeable? I'll likely be getting both, thanks.
As I know, a neck brace is to be purchased with correct chest protection. This is the only requirement. Also it's better to buy solid helmet (better with approved safety sertification)
Anger and passion. People can mistake the two. At know point did I see anger.
Welp im sold.
Sometimes neck braces can make injuries worse- especially if they are not part of a complete system (seat, seatbelt, etc.) In some situations, they might be helpful. Hard to really know. I decided not to ride anymore- after getting a mTBI. Problem solved!
This is great but really pricey. I understand it costs a lot for R&D and i believe the only reason braces are noT common amongst amateur riders is price tag q
Can o'neal and alpine stars save a life to??
great video, sadly not so many views
Glad you liked it!
Friend of mine broke his neck in an accident just a week ago. Some moron didn't look while crossing the road with his car so this will be my next purchase. R.I.P JW 😪
Now we know if a neck brace is good or not.
Good information but many remarks. "1200 Newton" claimed to be a gigantic number, is only 120 kg.
Many test movies of other sources convey the message that LEATT did all these tests. That could be indicated.
So can i use this for karting we dont have seat belts
It should be a great addition to your safety equipment while racing karts, but please give our tech team a call - they have a lot of first hand experience with the product: 1-800-969-7501
@@DennisKirk thx!
Did 14:46 remind anybody else of Stair Dismount?
I Kart. Everyone laughs until their first hit. I have a club 3.
He drank a lot of coffee
All the coffee.
14:43 ouch 😳
This is a marketing video. I still want to see a proper study
Fair enough, James!
I rather spend $150 than get paralyzed
Cringing the whole time watching this video.... ordering a
Leatt 6.5 Motocross Body Protector & 5.5 neck brace... ASAP
so i heard that neck braces couse collarbone snaps!! still so, or was that a problem with old(er) models??
And yeah..better broken collarbone than neck, sure, but what I mean is that these collarbone injuries had been avoided without the brace...
Cuz I've crashed tons of times and never broken anything...don't wanna snap the collarbone because of the brace
Yeah..that I totally understand and agree with. But I mean if the brace couses unnecessary C-bone snaps? Heard that people fallen and got the bone snapped,but the fall hasn't been dangerous att all. Meaning that without the brace they wouldn't have broken anything at all....
Is that with older models or is it just a myth?
Ok, so by that logic, you'd be more pissed about your paint on your truck or car getting effed up when hitting a concrete wall at 30 mph, than the catastrophic body and frame damage. Try a different perspective. I know several people in their 50's or 60's that have had to have to had their neck surgically fused with between 6 and 12 titanium screws and plates from silly little dings. My grandma is 64 and she had to have her neck fused and can't turn her head more than 30 degrees in either direction because she dove into a pool at 16 and smacked her forehead on the bottom. She's in constant pain. She wishes a)it wouldn't have happened, but b) that something would've redirected the force from her neck. I would gladly trade a neck hyper extension for a broken collarbone. Way lesser of two evils, and an these braces are an insurance policy on murphy for sure. Can't be worse than the acl I tore last year.
Didn't bust a thing when I faced into a jump 3 weeks ago. Helmet was fucked (nose cone shattered) and I walked away with bruising and soft tissue dmg. It was by far the biggest off I have had ever and I'm 40.
I’ve heard of more injuries with helmets slamming onto the collarbone if anything the brace will help prevent that even more
Motorcyclists should get fined for not wearing a neck brace and an armour spine protector when out on the road. But many would sacrifice protection for "freedom"
Interesting thought, Steve!
Bullshit! That may help in some crashes... Looks like it'll just be one more edge to land on in most though... If you're dropped straight upside down on the top of your head it's awesome... If you land flat on your back then you land on a fulcrum point like a thumb snapping a pencil.
"The pendulum test" WTF is that supposed to be? I've never even seen a crash anything remotely like that ever, even on CZcams...
If you plan on swinging upside down by your legs on the monkey bars then I'd highly recommend a neck brace, no chance I'm wearing that death noose on a motorcycle!
Poor visibility on the motorcycle position = desconcetration / mistake / crash / posible injury
Ignorant statement from hunter about this company not caring about safety because of the price! First this testing is not done with left over lumber from his dads garage!!!! Next the development and manufacturing! Not cheap to do!! Next the marketing, prices through the roof! Hunter your obviously a young man who knows nothing about the business world or people. The reason to wear a neck brace is to reduce the severity of the potential injury! I know a couple of guys in wheelchairs that wish they had a neck brace on at the time of their crash. Their lives were changed forever.
I bet before the crashes those guys said if it's your time then its your time. Reality changes things! Always wear your safety gear!
The answer is , No
Neck braces just move the injury to another place
To a less vital area.
You are categorically and 100% wrong mate. I have just speared face first into a jump and ate shit. I shattered the nose cone of my 661 and had I not worn the brace, I would have been a quad instantly. I had some bruising on my chest where the rests are and some muscular trouble but I was cleared of any CV joint injuries and it is down to wearing the brace.
Moves forces away from your spinal cord you fuck head...
Your clever you , dumbfuck
Broken neck or broken collarbone. I mean ...you're picking limb over life here.
too bad the owners of this companies pretend like they care about riders safety like this guy but charge so much for a pond and a half of plastic, reason number one people do not use them "price"
Dude after eating shit on a jump during a race (I faced in and scorpioned over), where I shattered the nose cone of my 661 helmet, I can 100% say that I would buy this brace again in a heartbeat. I am walking and the only thing I have trouble with is the whiplash muscles. I can categorically say the brace did its job. I had some bruising on my chest where the rests sit but that is it. End of the day, how much do you value walking?
Fucking minge bag. £300 to potentially prevent a neck injury is peanuts. Get a grip!
Dude...less then a pair of mx boots or half the price of a good helmet..
The reason people don’t wear them is they feel a little restrictive or just complacency in the same way people once worn open face helmets because we thought they were fine...
I currently don’t own one but are most def considering after watching vids like these.
Don't wear it. Get in a accident bail on your neck then come talk shit again if you can.....
Hunter - I agree 100% with you; some people's necks just are not worth it.
this dude needs to seriously stop frowning and also kindly try to use a bigger font for the words that you are reading.
too much talk. simplify. speak only of test result. purpose