Karl, a rider with eight years of experience, was cruising on a borrowed bike when a rag in the road took out his front wheel at 50 mph, sending him sliding and tumbling roughly 100 meters down the pavement. His Two Down armored hoodie absorbed both the impact and the slide, the outer cotton layer shredded, but the Kevlar lining underneath came away with just one small hole, and the padding took every hit. Unlike a previous crash without gear that left him bruised black and blue for weeks, Karl got up from this one with no pain and no bruises, he walked away to live another day.
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