Kneepad Knewbie

Big_Jack

Hi all,
I'm in the market for a pair of kneepads - i've never owned any before - and i'd appreciate some advice if possible!

Most of my riding is done in local woods which are pretty rooty with the odd flint but I don't think that I'd call them heavy duty. I am, however, going to be doing bike park wales / local trail centres more often this year.

The two I had in mind were http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/race ... prod113081 and http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/categ ... -15-49667/

I quite like the modular idea for 7idp but the raceface pads look much more comfortable (if they aren't comfortable I won't wear them very often..)

Any help appreciated! Other product suggestions welcome too.

Cheers,

Jack

Crazyjenkins01

Depends on how much pedalling! Comfort is a biggy for me as most of my riding is XC style-ish

Big_Jack

Generally a lot of pedaling at home.. Not so much at the park I suppose

poah

get yourself some trail skins

Big_Jack

POAH wrote:

get yourself some trail skins

Good shout, they sound brilliant.

Any advice on fit? Snug / loose etc?

Angus Young

Take a look at this...

http://enduro-mtb.com/en/the-best-mtb-k ... u-can-buy/

Big_Jack

Angus Young wrote:

Take a look at this...

http://enduro-mtb.com/en/the-best-mtb-k ... u-can-buy/

Great article! It's a toss up between the ixs flow and the trail skins. Any opinions? Anyone tried both?

Cheers for everyone's input

Jack

poah

buy both from crc and send the ones back you don't like.

rockmonkeysc

POAH wrote:

get yourself some trail skins

I hate to agree with this goon but they are excellent pads. The Troy Lee lightweight pads are also excellent.

kickaxe

I have the Dainese Trail skins in a M and they are great. Literally can't feel them unless I want to. Also, besides my knees having survived a simple drop test onto the floor, they have been saved several times by the pads (including some situations that must have hurt quite a bit-still no pain)

Big_Jack

Kickaxe wrote:

I have the Dainese Trail skins in a M and they are great. Literally can't feel them unless I want to. Also, besides my knees having survived a simple drop test onto the floor, they have been saved several times by the pads (including some situations that must have hurt quite a bit-still no pain)

Thanks for the input, it sounds like I will be spoilt for choice whether I get the Dainese or the IXS pads that a previous poster's article recommended. Will come down to which fits better I reckon

I'm still kinda intruiged by the modular approach of the 7IDP ones, though, but the time that I would use the heavy duty addons are so rare I am not sure they're going to be required.