knee / shin protection

[Dead Rats]

Anyone use and recommend any one piece knee / shin protectors? I've had non-MTB related injuries (as well as falling off a few times) and I honestly don't think my 30-something knees can handle another!

Looking for coverage of shin and knee with no gaps, value for money, not bothered if I look like a tit... such as:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/SixSi ... 4/#buyitem

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Kona_ ... /#itemprev

 

[dyna-ti]

you'll have to go retro on pads

Long socks and a daily mail

[best use for that rag,far better than reading it ]

I see them coming up on ebay all the time
Check there,you might get a beter deal

 

[kaiser]

I have race face ones that I've used when running flatties. You only have a sharkbite whallop your shin the once :shock: They are a wee bit cumbersome for climbing and get a bit sweaty but generally you don't notice them.

 

[lauriegrove]

Soo sad its really hard to face

 

[letmetalktomark]

This chap has it right!

I agree with Kaiser on the Sharkbites :shock: :shock: :shock: :twisted: :twisted:

They only seem to get sharper too :shock:

Made by the same folks as these I believe.....

 

[Neil G]

I BMX with TSG chin guards and fuse knees that have hard caps in but fit under jeans

Comfortable but can stop BMX pedals with big pins in

 

[BlackCat]

knee pads

I have a set of RaceFace knee / shins for uplift days - but they are a bit cumbersome for day to day playing in the woods, let alone pure XC use, not to mention rather sweaty.

Unless you REALLY need shin protection (about 90% of my flatty-related injuries are to my calves rather than shins), I'd go with a set of 661 Kyle Straits (knee only). So light and comfy you don't even notice them - but with a hard shell under the neoprene to protect against serious offs. I never ride without em on my modern rig - and they even come in a (limited) choice of colours.

 

[dyna-ti]

Im against pads

sharkbite to the shin is a rite of passage

 

[Claret Badger]

Ive still got a pair of those black neoprene shin/knee Hammer pads that the downhillers used in the mid nineties. Saved my shins many a time but no idea if you can get them now!

 

[Andy R]

This is all you need yessir !!