2020 Mountain Biking Body Armour

The New Year is always a really exciting time for us here at Westbrook Cycles, we finally get our hands and can supply all of the latest stock that our suppliers have been working on for the last year or so, most of which features improvements over the previous years version. As well as getting our hands on updated products, we also get to see brand new products - launched for the first time. It’s not just bikes which we get to see either, and each year - manufacturers of mountain bike body armour, work hard creating body armour which is lighter, more comfortable, and more protective than ever before. 

The type of body armour that you need, will depend upon the type of riding that you carry out - and the associated risk level of each mountain bike discipling. Those riding cross country for example, will need lighter body armour than those tackling downhill trails. Whatever type of riding you do, there’s a number of different reasons to use body armour. As well as looking absolutely fantastic, and really cool - body armour has been proven to reduce the risk and seriousness of injuries, so whilst it’s not an invincibility suit - it does increase rider confidence and in turn, performance. 

There is however, an element of risk VS reward with body armour - those heading down relatively easy trails whilst out riding - will benefit from lighter, more comfortable body armour, whilst those heading down some serious trails, will benefit from body armour which provides maximum coverage and protection. 

Below, we run through some of the newest additions to our mountain bike body armour range, this year:

The above products are just a few of the body armour products that we have available, and you can view the full range of body armour across our site, here.