Help save my shins

Chaka Ping
Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
edited February 2008 in MTB buying advice
Hope you can help here, I'm a recent convert to flat pedals - and I'm really loving riding with them in the mud - but my shins have been taking a bit of a pounding from the pins.

I don't want to ride everywhere with my full-on knee and shin pads on, so can anyone recommend a lighter set of shin pads (or alternative solution) to stop me tenderising my flesh?

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  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    Try some 661 Veggie shin guards, the knee guards are great
  • cjw
    cjw Posts: 1,889
    Chaka Ping wrote:
    (or alternative solution) to stop me tenderising my flesh?

    Go back to SPD's :lol:
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  • Chaka Ping
    Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
    cjw wrote:
    Go back to SPD's :lol:

    Nice lateral thinking there, but then I'll probably lose teeth instead - as I changed to flats because I was falling off too much in the mud.

    Steve - I'll check those out, thanks. I have their Race knee/shin guards and they're pretty good (but comically large).
  • zero303
    zero303 Posts: 1,162
    Yeah, those Veggies look good!
  • big_southern_jesse
    big_southern_jesse Posts: 729
    If it's just something simple, pop down to the local sports shop and get some cheap footie or hockey shin pads. Not super cool, but they'll disappear inside a big pair of socks, and they're lightweight and simple! Just a suggestion!
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