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Along with the normal helmet, boots, pants and jersey, I wear some old 661 knee braces, thigh high knee brace socks, a 661 pressure suit under my jersey, and an Atlas neck brace. Sometimes I skip the pressure suit if I'm riding the dunes, but I pretty much always wear the rest of the gear
About once a year I decide to cut the arms off the pressure suit but as soon as I get the scissors close to it I notice all the scuffs and scratches on the shoulders and elbows from crashing and decide to leave them on. Lol!
About once a year I decide to cut the arms off the pressure suit but as soon as I get the scissors close to it I notice all the scuffs and scratches on the shoulders and elbows from crashing and decide to leave them on. Lol!
RockefellerGG
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I would add knee pads, chest protector, and gloves at a minimum...
I like the 661 Knee pads. They are made for MTB, but fit up against the top of my boot quite nicely and have a hard shell under the soft pad. These are what I use:
http://www.amazon.com/Rage-Knee-Gua...4915194&sr=8-1&keywords=six+six+one+knee+pads
I like the 661 Knee pads. They are made for MTB, but fit up against the top of my boot quite nicely and have a hard shell under the soft pad. These are what I use:
http://www.amazon.com/Rage-Knee-Gua...4915194&sr=8-1&keywords=six+six+one+knee+pads
Hahah! I forgot to mention gloves. For sure! I've started wearing the Deft Family gloves. They are very minimalist but I've stopped getting blisters on my hands.
GLantern
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Helmet, gloves, jersey, pants, sidi crossfire boots, leatt hard knee and shin armor, fox Titan elbow armor, and leatt HD chest protector. I used to wear a pressure suit but I found it restrictive and overly hot off-road. Some of my crashes I felt were because of this. I found the leatt to be a good compromise between a pressure suit and a standard chest protector.
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12Bravo
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How wells do the knee braces help?
Meaning, can you still drop a leg and help with balance and corners? or is it restrictive?
wrench
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They're not very restrictive with regard to doing what you need to do.
Mainly for us guys that have blown/repaired ACL/MCL or other knee injury.
A lot of guys wear them to protect from those injuries but it is no guarantee. I wore them for a few years and still tore my ACL just putting my foot out and it made contact with a dirt clod after track had been "disced" up.
I rode for nearly 30yrs without them and 4 with the 2nd gen Asterisk brand. Now I have to wear one on the repaired knee. It is a custom made and a standard of the shelf for the good knee. Both are made by CTi/Ossur.
So take it for what its worth.
EC250
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I wear Thor Sentinel Body Armour, Thor Force Knee Guards that I would 100% recommend for ?60-?70 I think they are a bargain and I've had some hard offs and they have saved my knees countless times, I also wear alpine stars gloves, tech-3 boots and of course GasGas enduro pants and shirt, I look fast until I start riding lol.
CACTUSREID
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i use a fox v3 helmet
acerbis zoom chest protector, which i just blew into 3 pieces after my last 4th gear crash, or a fox pressure suit that i'm trying out right now, but damn this thing is hot even in cool weather.
klim dakar pants are so far my favourites since the acerbis impact pants changed to some cheap chinese shit materials compared to the strong heavy stuff they used to make in the 2005 series.
gloves and elbow pads are what ever fits, and stays in place and lasts for a reasonable length of time.
boots are garnae sg10's, or fox impact's for full on crashing and bashing dirt day's and tech 3's for day's when i'm dualsporting at a more casual pace on my ktm 525 exc.
enduro jacket with zip off sleeves for when the weather is variable or un predictable or if i'm a long way from home and not sure of what kind of conditions i may encounter.
Hope this helps you pick and choose what you may need.
acerbis zoom chest protector, which i just blew into 3 pieces after my last 4th gear crash, or a fox pressure suit that i'm trying out right now, but damn this thing is hot even in cool weather.
klim dakar pants are so far my favourites since the acerbis impact pants changed to some cheap chinese shit materials compared to the strong heavy stuff they used to make in the 2005 series.
gloves and elbow pads are what ever fits, and stays in place and lasts for a reasonable length of time.
boots are garnae sg10's, or fox impact's for full on crashing and bashing dirt day's and tech 3's for day's when i'm dualsporting at a more casual pace on my ktm 525 exc.
enduro jacket with zip off sleeves for when the weather is variable or un predictable or if i'm a long way from home and not sure of what kind of conditions i may encounter.
Hope this helps you pick and choose what you may need.
swazi_matt
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A cooler alternative to the Thor knee guard is the leatt dual axis guards. Same level of protection but more comfortable (than the first version of the third that I used for a few years-I believe the new ones don't eat the back of your knees) and some ventilation
12Bravo
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How do they fit big legs?
The Fly shin/knee guards I have one strap fits and the other is to small to fit around my calve without pulling so tight it will be horrible to ride with.
Wonder if I can just put into my boot and put pants on. Would they stay put with only one strap then? I'll have to try that.
swazi_matt
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I don't have xl calves but have them adjusted just about as tight as they can get so I would imagine they fit large calves
phoenix
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Sorry, just getting back to this. I find the EVS braces to not really be restrictive and didn't alter my riding except that my knees can't touch the bike directly. I have no problems touching down or using a normal range of motion. At our races, I usually end up walking around in them all day, and the only time they are really bothersome are if you want to sit or crouch (crouching isn't really an option) on the ground and get back up.
I had Asterisk braces before these and they were a little more restrictive when off the bike and were overall less comfortable (to me).
I tore an ACL back in 06 and didn't get it replaced (stupid decision), so the added support is a must, especially when standing and riding. Like wrench said, knee injuries can still happen and I have twisted my knee in the Asterisks and pulled a hamstring in the EVS braces (not that they are meant to protect the hamstring).
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