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Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints
Posted by 'Mark 71' on 30 May 2014 @ 15:35

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Mark 71Joined: July 2007
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I'm not that convinced rib protectors would work for a shunt from behind, I've always thought of them as being for spreading the load when cornering in a high grip kart on a surface with decent grip - especially if your kart starts to hop.

For tracks like Warden Law, I never used a rib protector as it's such a low grip surface - most of those laps were on 250 gearbox karts too so good brakes, good grippy tyres and awesome power.

Teesside is very high grip so I bought a rib protector when I started racing Rotax there and have continued to do so with the lower grip prokarts. If I forgot to take it to a pro kart meeting, I wouldn't be concerned as my seat is so tight I need to be surgically removed after each heat anyway.

To Garry's point, if I've been out of the seat for a few months, even with a rib protector at Teesside I get some very impressive bruises with the Rotax - your body must need to get used to the pounding it gets.

Mark

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Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'Ernie' (27 May 2014 @ 23:36)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'PoppaAl' (29 May 2014 @ 8:00)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'JonWright' (29 May 2014 @ 10:38)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'Ernie' (29 May 2014 @ 13:30)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'Thebrick' (29 May 2014 @ 13:43)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'itpro' (29 May 2014 @ 17:14)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'castree' (29 May 2014 @ 18:30)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'Mark 71' << You are here!

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'ADZ' (30 May 2014 @ 20:19)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'Mark 71' (31 May 2014 @ 9:46)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'Ernie' (31 May 2014 @ 10:08)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'stevenw' (31 May 2014 @ 12:56)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'SimonS' (01 Jun 2014 @ 22:02)

Re: Broken ribs after Teesside sprints by 'Matt97' (05 Jun 2014 @ 16:48)

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