stretching 661 veggie wrap shins?

take it back? one is smaller than the other....that sounds like good
enough grounds to get a replacement pair from the shop.

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My Veggie shins are pretty tight, too. Its more likely that your legs
are slightly asymmetrical. I doubt that these will stretch easily as
they are made of neoprene which isn't known to stretch to a great
degree. As I posted earlier these are really only cosmetic leg
protection when it comes to unicycling, IMHO. I'd swap 'em for the
similar Comp Shins 661 armour, which are Neoprene with hard plastic
shells sewn in.

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Id take em back, how well do they work, anyone use em?

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TonyMelton said:

* As I posted earlier these are really only cosmetic leg protection
when it comes to unicycling, IMHO. I'd swap 'em for the similar Comp
Shins 661 armour, which are Neoprene with hard plastic shells sewn in.
*

Cosmetic? I suppose stopping your legs from being banged/scratched to
bits qualifies :p

I think one of Saams legs is probably bigger than the other. He should
bring it back and ask for a refund. Saam, if you don't have any luck
with your parents, you could try not walking on that leg for about 2
weeks, and just hopping on the other leg, which should have the same
effect of debulking the muscle in the big leg.

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TonyMelton said:

* As I posted earlier these are really only cosmetic leg protection
when it comes to unicycling, IMHO. *

I can vouch for the veggie shin wraps being great protection. I have
about 5 decent sized scars on my left shin from before I got the 661's.
Since getting them, I have whacked myself pretty damn good and haven't
even gotten a scratch... Worth the money in my humble opinion.

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saam said:

*and is really tight (no matter which leg it is on). *

It's not from asymmetrical legs.

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As I posted in another recent thread about 661 veggie shins:

I've worn both Roaches (similar to, but better than 4x4s) and Veggie
shins. I've worn my veggies a grand total of 4 times. In my opinion
these are little more than cosmetic leg armour for unicycling purposes.
I tried some unispins with veggies on and got an enormous bruise through
them when I missed and the pedal hit my shin. I can still feel two
permanent bumps on my shin. And these were caused by freestyle pedals.
I'd hate to think what damage a good hit from a metal pedal with pins
would do.

Roaches or 4x4s offer much better protection. Go for them if you value
your shins! If you prefer the Neoprene type of leg armour Lizard Skins
or the 661 Comp Shins offer better protection by virture of their
plastic reinforcing.

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Bump! I got a paor and theyre both a lil small, a lil too tight, there
sizing charts were a lil wrong...so doesn anyone know how to stretch em,
like soak em in water or something???

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mine have stretched out a bit over the last couple months. the smaller
one is just a tiny bit harder to do up but once they are on they feel
the same.
so my advice to caw89 is if you can live with it, they will stretch over
time but if they are too small exchange them

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Well I dont think i can exchange them because they didnt send my other
things i ordered as well so they didnt charge me...yet....so il just
wear them adn hope they stretch.....

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Where do you find these '661 Comp Shins'? I looked on the website, but
couldn't find them.

And the Lizard Skins aren't available in Canada, or even N. America, are
they?

Edit: Forget about the 661 Comp Shins. I Googled and found them. I'm
not interested in hard-shelled leg armour, so they're out. Still
interested in the Lizards though.

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Alex Toms (Tomsey) wears Armadillo leg armour - similar to Lizard Skins.
You could try PM'ing him.

In my opinion 661 4x4s and Roach DH leg armour are preferable as they
aren't nearly as hot to ride in and they protect your knees as well.

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I have an old pair of the Lizard Skins shin pads. I got them in the
last '90's when soccer shin pads and volleyball knee pads were the
normal forms of leg protection for muni. I used the Lizard Skins once
for muni and I hated them. They don't breathe. When you take them off
there is a pool of sweat under them. Your legs will just get dripping
soaked with sweat from those pads.

I use the Lizard Skins now for the ultimate wheel. They work well for
the UW because the tire can slide against the neoprene. But I still
hate them because my legs get soaked with sweat. But they're good for
the UW. Tradeoffs.

The 661 4x4's are much more comfortable. The 4x4's actually breathe and
allow the sweat to move away from your skin.

Protection for the back of the calf is important for muni and trials.
I've had pedals go right up the back of my calf many times. I've got
scars on my calfs to remind me of the times I've tried to go riding
without the armour.

One option would be to add your own calf protection to some standard
open back MTB leg armour. Buy some ballistics nylon fabric and figure
out how to attach it to the leg straps or sew it to the leg straps.
Just something to cover the back of the calf to protect your calf from
getting chewed up by the pedal pins.

'Core Rat' (http://www.corerat.com/products/products.html) makes leg
armour with a separate calf protection fabric flap.

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