Description:Race Face introduces the Rally DH Jacket - an armored jacket designed to protect your skeleton, soft tissue and internal organs from impact and abrasion, common in Freeride and Downhill Mountain Biking. This jacket is the result of years of research, development, and countless hours of consultation with both our pro Freeride team and Race Face component engineers. The result - a very breathable and adjustable jacket design, worthy of being branded with the Race Face name.
Submitted by
mbb191
a Weekend Warrior
from spencerport ny Date Reviewed: September 24, 2008
Favorite Trail:
My local trails
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$140.00
Purchased At:
universal bikes
Strengths:
I was looking for some moderate protection of this style with seperate elbow pads. It covers your back quite well,has a decent shoulder pad and the adjustability seemed to work. It didn't move around at least that I noticed. I am replacing my old JT racing chest protector from the early 1980's so this is a HUGE(rochester) improvement. It weighed 2.4 lbs.
Weaknesses:
The only very noticeable weaknesss is the thickness of the chest panel. The impact plates that you see are a flexible plastic, instead of hard platic like yhe rock gardn. The pading is only maybe 1/4" thick. I velcroed some 1/2" thick dense shipping foam to the inside of the chest plate and now It is way better.
Similar Products Used:
rock gardn trail protector. This was nice but it just doesn't go low enough on your back.
Bike Setup:
06 reign 1, marz. 66 light fork(170 mm travel),fox vanilla r shock, saint brakes, Monkey bars......
Bottom Line:
This appears to be a good product if you can find some nice padding to add to the chest plate, and you will be good to go. It doesn't have all that fish net material on it to get cought on everything. Not to mention getting in and out of. I think a company as large as RACE FACE could add a litte more padding to the chest portion to complete the product for what it is intended to do. I give this product 4 out of 5 only becouse of the minimal amount of chest padding.
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Submitted by
patrick
a Weekend Warrior
from quincy, ma Date Reviewed: March 8, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Nam
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Purchased At:
Whistler
Strengths:
Lightweight.
Weaknesses:
Velcro was essentially useless.
Similar Products Used:
Rockgardn Flak Jacket
Bike Setup:
Bullit
Bottom Line:
I spent a week at Whistler and didn't bring my own gear, so I rented armor with my bike. I've been using Roach/Race Face knee and elbow pads since they came out. I like the feel and protection, while recognizing that the stitching could use improvement. This armor was too lightweight to feel like it offered any real protection. Having said that, I know that no armor is bullet-proof in terms of preventing injury, but my Flak Jacket feels more substantial in this regard. It's no surprise that velcro would fail after being used continually at a place like Whistler where it's used day in and day out, but at home I use my armor day in and day out and it still stays on. Maybe Race Face corrected this in this year's model. If so, if you're looking for lightweight armor, this may be what you're looking for.
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