shin pads

nathanst170

any one got any ideas on shin pads :?:
having to wear them due to a bit of an off which has left me with a hole in the leg at the mo
want something not to thick just enogh to fend off little knocks so i can get back out quicker
any advice will be much appriciated cheers

Bikehawk

Hi, used the 661's last year. No major off's but slapped through a few branches/brambles that would have left a mark a few times with no damage done. Great in the winter to stop cold legs but tend to be a bit warm during the heat of summer . Try them on before you buy to check for length. Once on however even when hot they tend to stay in place pretty well and you don't notice after the first couple of miles that you are wearing them.

EnglishChris

I used 661 Kyle Strait knee pads yesterday for the first time.

Very comfortable, hardly needed to adjust them, they didn't slip down, brilliant. They do only provide knee coverage though so if you really want something to properly cover your shins they might not do it....

paulbox

If you want really cheap, just get some football ones.

Other than that, chain reaction have loads of different ones, cheapest I've seen are only £12 :http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=27766

Where are my stabilisers?

If you want those fox system ones, I know where there are some large size ones for sale?!

nathanst170

not to fussed about cheep just want something light got knee pads for when we go on a jolly to wales just need a little something on my shins

Anonymous

MTFU and get used to it. After a few years of shin abuse, they'll become almost numb. Then the only time you realise you've done something is when you look down to change your shoes later, and find a big gouge, and gallons of blood

The Northern Monkey

yeehaamcgee wrote:

MTFU and get used to it. After a few years of shin abuse, they'll become almost numb. Then the only time you realise you've done something is when you look down to change your shoes later, and find a big gouge, and gallons of blood

this is true. On the Enduro 2 weeks ago, I felt a dribble down the front of my leg... turned out it was blood pouring from a fairly deep set of scrapes from my pedals

cat_with_no_tail

I don't usually bother. But I do have a set of old cheap Umbro shinpads I throw on for DH races (not that I do much of that anymore). That's more for tree stumps than Pedal strikes though.

Northwind

yeehaamcgee wrote:

MTFU and get used to it. After a few years of shin abuse, they'll become almost numb. Then the only time you realise you've done something is when you look down to change your shoes later, and find a big gouge, and gallons of blood

I got in trouble for bleeding all over the carpet at the start of the year :oops: Shinpads would have saved me a lot of pain.

Anonymous

I often pop round my sister's house for something to eat after being to llandegla, and get greeted with "what the hell happened to your leg?"
That's usually the first i know of it!

I dunno what causes it, since I don't slip off the pedals except on very rare occasions. I think it's just rocks thrown up from the front wheel or something.

paulbox

nathanst170 wrote:

not to fussed about cheep just want something light got knee pads for when we go on a jolly to wales just need a little something on my shins

Just search "shin" on CRC, they have a pretty big range.

Northwind

And then, pay by paypal

nathanst170

I need to wear them coz I came off beginning of feb leg swelled up to three times the size of normal then the dead blood became infected and I nearly got septerciemia and ended up with a 6" hole on my leg
So I can get back on the bike sooner I thought I would Protect it that way the misses won't give me to much greif :oops:

Anonymous

sounds like a cheaper option would be to ditch the missus!

Northwind

Or the leg