# Back Protector and/or Chest Protector On The Street - Anyone Do It?

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/back-protector-and-or-chest-protector-on-the-street-anyone-do-it/262252
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [January 11, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/back-protector-and-or-chest-protector-on-the-street-anyone-do-it/262252 "2012-01-11T10:05:02Z")
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### Author: ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/back-protector-and-or-chest-protector-on-the-street-anyone-do-it/262252/24 "2012-01-18T13:37:04Z")

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> [@S14 "cleanup"](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s14-cleanup/43922/154):
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> I could post a link about a guy who lost his foot in a simple lowside because he was wearing regular shoes, but I’m sure people who don’t wear motoboots have seen plenty of those and made an informed decision. Amirite?

Nope, broken ankle flipping a quad on a trail riding in just work boots put a stop to my assumptions.

Alpinstar 50/50 boot I wore on the street. Just enough ankle protection to minimize roll side to side, and thick ass leather construction for grind-to-the-bone-resistance from your foot being smooshed between the bike and the pavement on a lowside. With riding jeans on (as in riding around then walking around say to LG or something) nobody would notice, they looked like bigger sneakers, and you could only see the lower 1/3 of the bottom buckle.

$150 irc, well worth it.

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