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Mr. P Liked a bike check Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship No Wire Santa Cruz Hightower
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Dub'V Trails N'at Added a reply to Alright, body armor. What is the best chest protector? (Also taking knee pad recommendations.)
7/30/2025 2:59pm I’m on my second pair of Ion K-Pact knee pads over the last 5 years, maybe?. Super comfortable. They don’t cause me to cramp up. Never slip down. Only gripe is that if you wear them in below freezing temps, the pad inside breaks in half. That said, I crashed in them the other day, and for the first time...
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Nobble Liked a reply to forum topic Alright, body armor. What is the best chest protector? (Also taking knee pad recommendations.)
7/30/2025 2:47pm
I have the new ION chest protector and it’s good. I haven’t crashed in it yet (knock on wood) but it breathes well and moves well on my body when riding. For knees I’m usually running Fox Launch Pro or the Leatt 3df 6.0 knee pads. Both have a harder material over an impact hardening foam. I’d probably give a slight edge to the Fox but both are good. I like that the Fox still have a calf strap. From my experience the ones that are purely elastic tend to get blown out and loose after a little while.
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SilentG Liked a reply to forum topic Alright, body armor. What is the best chest protector? (Also taking knee pad recommendations.)
7/30/2025 2:45pm
For knee pads I have gone through (in a good way) several pairs of 7idp Sam Hills including some pretty hellacious wrecks (knee to rock at 20 mph etc). I have broken ribs 2x and last fall I broke and dislocated my humerus. As a result of the rib issues I have used three chest and rib protectors in that time. Leatt 4.5 and 5.5 HD as well as an AlpineStars A10 with those last two as a response to healing up from the upper arm break. The Leatt pads go slightly further down my torso (than the A10) but...
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Dub'V Trails N'at Added a comment about bike check 2025 Commencal FRS Öhlins Edition - NOBL Staff Rides
6/25/2025 3:21pm
Had no idea that Hope hubs were that easy to change axle sizes. May have to consider that in the future. Very nice bike btw.
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