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Protective gear- recomendations?
Shings:
Right got my new skool bike..
Haro Dave Mirra special- apparently... I have no actual idea what it actually is but it seems ok to me and £100 so was within budget.
I need to get some saftey gear- I have a helmet which I am happy with but I want gloves, arm pads, knee and shin pads.
And within reason as inexpensive as possible.
So who recomends what? and where from?
Just popped up to halfrauds and felt like I was about to be ass banged...
Jake
lazychubs:
go onto alans and get some decent bits of there
TwoBobRob:
You will have to spend some decent money to get decent safety gear that will fit you. Don't be surprised if you spend more than the bikes value in safety gear.
661 do some ok gear. Shadow Conspiracy knee gaskets are good kit if you want to wear under your jeans, go for the 'industrial' version. Any glove will do, I personally like Fox or Shift MX gloves.
It does rather depend on what you want. Fashion is minimal kneepads worn under jeans, nowt else. Function is stuff that will allow you keep getting up, over and over again.
My advice would be to get the best quality most protective hardcup kneepads you can afford and wear them over your jeans or with shorts, then learn to kneeslide ;) The fashion police will be out to get you, but you're more likely to survive the attack ;D
Elbow pads need to be a good size if you plan to actually slam on them, watch out for small tight fitting stuff as it'll pump your arms up, or be uncomfortable as fook, or both...
Fox do some ok kneepads, as do Rector (fatboy), TSG and of course, ProDesign 8) There used to be a firm called Prolike, they did a good Rector copy. Cheap as chips and good enough to get you started. Don't know if you'll still find them though :-\
OrgasmDonor:
some dianese elbow pads here
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=45847.0 :angel:
pickle:
bike looks good mate!! try these, you'll find anything you want here and at good prices + postage is free and normally next day.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Categories.aspx?CategoryID=221
there brand X stuff is okay as well......i've used mine in Morzine on my MTB and it's taken lots of knocks and saved my knees and shins plenty of times :daumenhoch:
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