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I have tried:

661 comp



Solid against impacts but don't stay up very well on my slim legs

Troy lee Basic



661 kyle strait knees



Quite good but no shin protection

Nukeproof Critical



Excellent protection and pretty good at staying up, just broke one of the D-rings and the Opening trim on the back of both legs has come off due to catching on the pedals when pushing up.

So essentially i am looking for an alternative that is quite hard wearing but pleasant to wear.

any suggestions or links?

I need some new pads and I have legs like a chicken (dam wish there was a chicken smiley)...... im deffo going soft shell armour next and do need a shin - may well try these 3do pads

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=80041
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=92782

these look good too

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=67500

Those race face ones look amazing!

i'm gonna have to get to a store to try some out.

Yea a good price for 3DO

It has come down a lot lately.

I am also keeping my eye out for a D30 style t shirt with back protection too
i have the 661 subgear and that feels good, yet to crash in it though

Personally im looking at a pair of these http://www.scott-sports.com/global/en/p ... ee-guards/ if my troy lee t-bones ever give up the gost. Also had a pair of the troy lee lopez for three years and im still loving them.

Again if i didnt have my troy lee shirt id probobly look at this as it looks like the best of all worlds..

http://www.freestylextreme.com/uk/Home/ ... acket.aspx

I use IXS soft shell knee pads and don't bother with the shins. I would prefer to have the odd gash on my shin and make sure my knees don't die on a crash.

I've got the 661 D30 knee pads (http://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/i ... justed.jpg), and love em, fit great and so comfy, havnt really tested the magic D30 properties of them yet but there are You Tube vids of people getting hit on the knees (and head) with shovels, etc and they survive..they are pretty long so cover quite a bit of the shin too. They seem a great improvement on rigid types, why not tae advantage of the new technology is my view.

There are various full body/back versions around now but some are quite new and arnt in many shops at the mo.

Andy

I'm using 661 Kyle Strait knee pads combined with Nike football specific shin guards and this gives me the option not to wear the shin pads if they are not needed:)

I read in a pedal review that if you remove the back row of pins from your pedals you don't get gashed as is that row that does the damage

no idea if this is correct, the pedals (cant remember their name now) were meant to be the next big thing and you could screw in different sized pins etc

but i do remember getting a bear trap stuck right into my shin once in the 80's and it was indeed at an angle, it may be to do with the way the pedal rotates as it hits your shin the top will push away (least resistance) but that means the bottom will be forced into the leg ?

anyway... back on topic, the football shin pads are a reasonable idea !

Sods law says the gap inbetween the shin and the knee pads will be the pedal strike zone!

i feel your bear trap pain! i have done that many times

I use these, safari so goody!
http://www.tenn-outdoors.co.uk/dhbmx-pa ... s-white-sm

Thanks for the link they have that strap that goes behind the knee joint i can't stand them

i prefer a sleeved type

I wear the same race face ones and too have chicken legs. They stay in place, hold up well and are very comfortable.
I've worn them all day in the Alps, they were hot but bearable.

Few negatives, I' like it if the shin protection came down further another inch or so, but guess I could just have longer legs.
The stitching holding the d30 stuff in has away on the inside of the left pad after 1st crash but hasn't got any worse.

But overall they are the best pads I've worn.

My Kyle straights are fine but tend to work their way down when i wear them over leg gins, this is ok though as although my knee is mostly exposed my shin is now covered !

hope this helps