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> >>>Hi,
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> >>>What are some good comfortable knee pads, that dont restrict your leg movement?
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> >>Skills
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> > Thank you, someone had to say it. XC and body armor? What next, some ASTM guidelines?
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> > SB
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> Skills are nice, but its damn hard to get more skills if you're laid up and can't ride. I took a
> fairly innocent fall when my front tire washed out at the bottom of a small steep hill and just
> clipped the base of a pruned back bush, dumping me sideways and forward. My knee hit a rock HARD
> right on the side, underneath the kneecap. I finished the ride, got home, put ice on it, and then
> noted a huge amount of swelling and a squishy feeling. D'oh! Turns out I bled into my bursa, and
> couldnt' ride for a week or two. I was lucky it drained by itself, or else my dad (orthopedic
> surgeon, real handy to have one around the house) would have had to stick a big ass needle into my
> knee and drain it. Yuck!
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> That said, do I wear kneepads when XC riding? 95% of the time, no. I haven't fallen there before,
> haven't fallen there since. But if I know I'm going to be tackling something thats a little bit
> over my head, or playing around on log rides and stuff, then I'll usually throw them on.
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> Jon Bond
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I'm getting shin pads this year for no other reason then to stop the build up of pedal shaped
bruises up and down my leg. I'm actually going to use pads that don't have a knee in them because I
can't remember ever hitting my knee on anything.
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