Freeriding Armor
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fastrider_ben
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all u need for freeride is sum knee/shinnies full face and gloves
curtisrider
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I use gloves and shinnies
fastrider gus
super huck
armor??? lol
i got realy pissed at fastrider ben because he wouldnt do a road gap at our local spot if he didnt have all his gear on. so i took off everything appart from shorts and shoes and did it..
all you need is gloves and a potty-lid...
i got realy pissed at fastrider ben because he wouldnt do a road gap at our local spot if he didnt have all his gear on. so i took off everything appart from shorts and shoes and did it..
all you need is gloves and a potty-lid...
I know one guy who fell when riding a flat basic fire trail at manly dam. he had a shitload of pins and screws in his arm and now has less than 100% use.
If you wear a helmet to protect your face why not armour to protect your body?
I always wear elbows, shinnies, gloves and full face. The cost of the repair to your body if you damage it will always be more than the cost of the equipment to protect it.
Scott
If you wear a helmet to protect your face why not armour to protect your body?
I always wear elbows, shinnies, gloves and full face. The cost of the repair to your body if you damage it will always be more than the cost of the equipment to protect it.
Scott
fastrider gus
super huck
i have all the elbow pads and shinnies and a big fox "roost" armour but most of it is to make my dad happy.. lol
he says i cant race with out wearing it all. but most of the races i got to he isnt there so i dont wear it.
im not a big armour fan.
he says i cant race with out wearing it all. but most of the races i got to he isnt there so i dont wear it.
im not a big armour fan.
oh man,
the old and fat brigade better say something.
i use gloves and helmet just to ride to the shops
knee/shin for everything else, and if it even looks like it might be difficult, full armour.
i'm looking at full reconstructions of both knees, and probably my right shoulder, cause of stuff i did when i was young and dumb.
if you got it, use it. if you don't got it, get it.
the cost that i'm looking at for the knees and shoulder would buy me a damn good car, armour costs fark all compared to that.
oh, and don't listen to those dickheads that say armour doesn't realy do that much, the only reason i still have a right arm is because the shoulder guard in the armour i was wearing stopped a length of star picket taking the damn thing off.
to top it all off, my knees going to be fucked with arthritis within anouther 8-10 years and i'm only 35.
the old and fat brigade better say something.
i use gloves and helmet just to ride to the shops
knee/shin for everything else, and if it even looks like it might be difficult, full armour.
i'm looking at full reconstructions of both knees, and probably my right shoulder, cause of stuff i did when i was young and dumb.
if you got it, use it. if you don't got it, get it.
the cost that i'm looking at for the knees and shoulder would buy me a damn good car, armour costs fark all compared to that.
oh, and don't listen to those dickheads that say armour doesn't realy do that much, the only reason i still have a right arm is because the shoulder guard in the armour i was wearing stopped a length of star picket taking the damn thing off.
to top it all off, my knees going to be fucked with arthritis within anouther 8-10 years and i'm only 35.
Hmmm, I used to be a bit of a no-armour-I-don't-need-a-fullface-to-race-DH, terry tuff c*nt type of guy. Since I started riding, (7 years ago) I had genuinely never had a crash where afterwards I'd thought "gee a fullface / elbow guard / pressure suit / whatever would have been of any advantage. 7 weeks ago I had a serious off, which resulted in one seriously farked elbow, 4 days in hospital and a lot of painful rehabilitation (still only about 90% range of movement in the joint). The same crash also stoved in the side of my open face lid, an impact which I'm sure would have killed me had I not been wearing it. I know it's closing the gate after the horse has bolted, but I've now invested in a decent set of elbow guards and picked up a fullface that Dom discarded and I now wear the elbow guards whenever I ride seriously, even at the skatepark or on the street, feeling like an aboslute geeb is a small price to pay if it keeps me out of hospital and in one piece. When I get back to racing DH, it will be in a fullface lid and knee/shin and elbow/forearm guards. Don't be too cool to go without the safety gear that's available to us. It costs a damn sight less than the financial and quality-of-life costs of a serious crash, you'll be kicking yourself afterwards and you'll feel like a right tool for doing it, I know I do.
ELX
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For any sort of DH , a full face, goggles, knee shin and soon elbow pads. I'v got body armour that Gav from Ashgrove cycles gave me but because i'm only 13 and it's his stuff it's a bit big. I probably wouldn't were it anyway. Too heavr and it resticts your movement too much.