POC VPD back with Alpinestar Neck brace ?

You should probably email POC or their distributor to confirm, but I seem to remember hearing that as the material is spongy, a brace can be run on top of the VPD back protector.

do you refer to this protector??looking at the pic it seems as if the Leatt could rest on the top of the braces

I think he is refering to the VPD spine-vest or the Spine-tee. I didn't think the neck braces (leatt or any other brand) would work with the POC gear. I have a Spine Tee and would like to know as well.

I have the VPD spine protector and emailed POC about neck brace compatibility. They said people have been cutting the VPD material with a hot knife right below where the rear piece of the brace sits on your back and putting in a new stitch to keep the VPD from riding up. The VPD material is definitely too thick to put the brace on top of.

POC said to alter their product?

That's suprising.

Poc Sweden said to me in an email I should not be cutting into the vpd material or the mesh.

I've been wearing the brace on top of the vpd protector as advised by Poc (also the way their team riders are running it, and OKd by the leatt on their site in the faq section for some pressure suits), with a size larger spacing pins than I would normally use and it works great.

Weird. The email I got back from Poc US definitely seemed ok with cutting the VPD.

i wrote both to POC USA & POC Sweden and Poc Sweden told me that some of their sponsored riders wear the brace over the armor as the material is flexible, the brace adapts better than other armors and Poc USA told me that some of their sponsored riders wear it over and some others have cut the back of the armor to make it fit...I´ll will probably order a Poc armor over the weekend and I'll try to make the brace (leatt) fit over w/o any modification using longer pins and see what happens...

btw, which POC armor are you using, the vest or the tee??I've been wondering which one it's going to work better with a Leatt Brace, it seems as if the vest would be fit better the Leatt but has less protection on shoulders and breast so I do not know which one to choose...but to tell the thuth, I've never hit myself hard on my breast or shoulders so I'm leaning towards the vest right know...

lvnyk said:

Poc Sweden said to me in an email I should not be cutting into the vpd material or the mesh.

I've been wearing the brace on top of the vpd protector as advised by Poc (also the way their team riders are running it, and OKd by the leatt on their site in the faq section for some pressure suits), with a size larger spacing pins than I would normally use and it works great.

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tuumbaq said:

crap....The Alpinestar isnt adjustable and dont really want to try ordering a medium to make it fit on top...Just wish I could try the back protector with the brace before ordering.

Nobody seems to carry POC in my area ...Whistler ?!?!? weird isnt it Technically very shops does but none has it in store.

Anyhow, thanks for the heads up!

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any shop in whistler can call the distributor and buy it, tell them to call KMI

lvnyk said:

Poc Sweden said to me in an email I should not be cutting into the vpd material or the mesh.

I've been wearing the brace on top of the vpd protector as advised by Poc (also the way their team riders are running it, and OKd by the leatt on their site in the faq section for some pressure suits), with a size larger spacing pins than I would normally use and it works great.

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Leatt do not say that in the FAQ!

What offroad protective wear can I use with the Leatt-Brace™ MOTO GPX?
You may use any protective wear from chest protectors, roost guards to neoprene vests and body armor. Some brands will need a little initiative to be exercised in terms of a bit of adjustment.

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Ive been at the moto shop when the rep a top Moto X GP star through out the 90s and specifically told them and all retailers that NO way should any part of the Leatt Brace rest on the outside of body amour and should be as close to the body correctly as well as correctly setup [not slammed to get a bad fitting helmet to allow fwds bwds movement.

This could cause injury and effect and compromise the braces ability to protect the rider from exactly what you wear it for, if something else dosen't fit find something that does, its about time other companies including POC caught up, if ya new design with components in mind.


Its exactly this sort of mis information that leads to injuries [e.g collarbones or worse].

If a pro does it that's his problem, that dos not make it correct!

Leatt faq about a fox pressure suit:

The Leatt-Brace® once set-up correctly should work with the majority of pressure/safety jackets, in the case of the Fox Launch Suit; it has been designed with a built-in-back protector that requires further fine tuning of the suit or brace depending on whether you want to run the thoracic member on the inside or on top of the back protector.

We recommend having the thoracic member on the inside of the suit, but in the case of the Fox Launch this may not be possible as the back protector shells and padding are not compatible with the thoracic member. The best option in connection with the Fox Launch would be to have the thoracic member placed on top of the back protector. This is accomplished by using the longer 20mm or 30mm pins and Leatt-Brace® strap system to keep the brace positioned on the shoulders and the thoracic lined up with the back protector.

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lvnyk said:

Leatt faq about a fox pressure suit:

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Interesting, and interesting lack of consistency? Though it does only state the Fox Pressure suit, guess that is open to interpretation, is that a moto pressure suit or mtb, where's the link on site?

Having had a serious neck and back injury, I'm not willing to take that chance, so good luck to those that do, I'll take another option which I have I know works with my Helmet and my body protection, makes no sense to me, compromise is not protection, either way its reducing and potential increasing risk to JRA idiots who take no responsibility if they adjust it wrong or fit it incorrectly inside or out, Either way I'll let people make up they're own mind.

I just don't want anyone to go through and still go through the pain I have everyday.

Peace & good luck with that sincerely.

tuumbaq said:

Nobody seems to carry POC in my area ...Whistler ?!?!? weird isnt it Technically very shops does but none has it in store.

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Summit has a full line of POC stuff, was checking out the back protector yesterday, looks good.