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Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs
Posted by 'Hootsman' on 27 Mar 2010 @ 11:36

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Matt

There were a lot of posts on here a couple of years ago about the same time of year. I was one of them, new beginner starting to get quicker, lost weight etc and then ribs started to give out. I didn't crack them but had two or three periods of six weeks where I did not drive because of them.

Things I found that helped.

A good rib protector. I had a Tillet and then went to a Sparco fibreglass one. Tillet did not appear to stop the damage, too flexible.

I bought some foam which is soft in normal use, but on impact it stiffens then relaxes, they use it in gliders. http://www.afeonline.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=421.

I also had the tillet rib cage fitted.

Most of my problems went away when I swapped from a Tony kart to a Wright. The big change was that my XL seat had to be shoehorned into the OTK, but slid in nicely in the Wright without strain on the seat.

I now race with the foam on the side of the seat and the Ribtec with virtually no problems.

I would make sure that all the heads of the seat bolts and sidestays are padded. I would also make sure that they are not pushing into the seat.

I also think that as your driving gets smoother you will put less strain on your ribs. You just got to get to that point.

Message Thread:

Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'mattkart' (26 Mar 2010 @ 18:46)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'chriskasch' (26 Mar 2010 @ 18:48)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'mattkart' (26 Mar 2010 @ 18:59)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'HigginsRally' (26 Mar 2010 @ 19:16)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'andy2004uk90' (26 Mar 2010 @ 19:24)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'thumper' (26 Mar 2010 @ 19:40)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'harvinsurrey' (26 Mar 2010 @ 20:00)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'pratty' (26 Mar 2010 @ 21:00)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'rotaxmxr' (26 Mar 2010 @ 21:08)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'Attack2001' (26 Mar 2010 @ 21:37)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'painter4' (28 Mar 2010 @ 18:00)

@Matt by 'DavyBoy' (26 Mar 2010 @ 21:58)

Re: @Matt by 'mattkart' (26 Mar 2010 @ 22:43)

Re: @Matt by 'Jasoncook' (26 Mar 2010 @ 22:56)

Re: @Matt by 'Ditch' (27 Mar 2010 @ 9:35)

Re: @Matt by 'dave15' (31 Mar 2010 @ 8:35)

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'Hootsman' << You are here!

Re: Karting fitness and cracked ribs by 'prokartchristoff' (28 Mar 2010 @ 17:51)

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