However this is not the first foldable back protector. By a long way. Ten years earlier, in 2000, KNOX unveiled the Stowaway - the world's first CE-approved foldable back protector. Motor Cycle News was quick to recognise British safety innovation and voted it Product of the Year at their prestigious MCN Awards ceremony. Now in its third generation and called the Kompakt, the highly successful Knox foldable back protector is exported around the world and at 500g it remains one of the lightest back-protectors on the market today. The Kompakt retails in UK shops for £69.99. See the original award-winning foldable back protector at the link below
The 2010 model Knox Kompakt
Planet-Knox
British impact protection specialists Knox have reacted with surprise to reports in the press about an 'innovative' foldable back protector. Described as "The first and unique back protector bender" by the Italian manufacturers, the Soul Race MF Bender has won the prestigious Italian Young Designer of the Year award for Manuel Franzan of Franzan Design and last year it won Motociclismo magazine's 'Best Innovation for Motorcyclists' award.
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- Link : www.knox-armour.co.uk
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