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What body armour are you wearing?

After a nasty seat to hip incident on my old bike on a messy landing I have worn my poc shorts on every ride since. Not had a chance to fully test them but I feel a bit safer. Knee pads are optional dependant on trail and I forget from time to time my backpack has a back protector in it, but it does

I bought some shin pads recently, but I can't see me getting on with them as I don't feel I can get a good range of movement in my ankles with them. I don't really want a shin pad as such, just a neoprene sleeve that covers from my sock to my kneepad and protects from those spinny pedal pin to leg moments.

Gloves (have winter ones) and elbow pads are something I don't have but am sort of considering. Will most likely have to injure first as with the above scenario!

Gloves 90% of the time. Something over my knees 100% of the time (3/4 bibs or knee warmers) knee pads 70% of the time (any steep rocky rooty) skid lid always. Full face if I'm jumping lots and a brace if it's steep all the time. Elbow pads if it's wet and steep. When I started I did sometimes wear a full suit thing for dh. All about confidence. I've crashed a bit but never really hurt myself touch wood.

Personal preference innit

There are so many options ! it's bonkers.

These look OK.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/nuke ... -prod68912

This also looks good, giving you the option to use elbow and knee pads with or without it, depending on what you are doing

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/troy ... -prod59939

The POC VPD knee and elbow gurads get good reviews.

Ye gods, body armour for trail riding?

Besides a decent lid in 30 odd years I've never worn anything else MTBing, and those with a perverted mind no you haven't seen a naked man riding the trails on a full susser with just a lid on.

Knees 100% of the time after a left knee crash. Troy lee body armour hw something to protect my bowel surgery scar only recently purchased after crashing on my scar and hospital having a hissy fit gloves as I find they stop arm pump. Elbows if it's slippy or rocky trail lid normally and fullface when playing

Yeah, I get your point, I'm thinking more BPW types trails, rather than everyday stuff.

Never felt I've needed it even on black runs even though I've written off two lids in the past 7 years.

I think the definition of trail needs to be defined.

A quick blast round local woods, then always gloves, knee pads (lighter D30 ones) and trail helmet (current TLD A1), and for more gnarly stuff add a full face plus googles as I like the feel/protection they offer. I feel nekkid with knees showing plus they are the part that is most likely to make contact with the ground should you come off.

Not a huge fan of the massive plastic full armour, just seems a bit OTT plus if you are in hot day in alps for example its a bit mental. Got padded shorts too I sometimes put on and 661 lightweight compression T-shirt thingie, and a D30 back protector in back pack.

Some places like Chicksands are softish/sandy but others lilke BPW are pretty rocky which may need a bit more protection, plus it always seems to be freezing/wet in Wales......and I went in August last time !