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  1. Can anyone beat this? I wear:

    skate helmet
    elbow pads
    wrist guards
    padding cycling shorts with extra padding for my tailbone
    knee/shin guards
    ankle wraps

    I have never fallen onto my hands & knees and only fallen backwards a
    couple of times while learning.

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  2. Wow, thats pretty much everything you can wear...
    I just use my helmet and shin guards.

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    James_Potter said:

    I think we could just apply the same cure we use for bread, to humans.
    just scrape off the cancer with a butter knife, then put jelly on it,
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  3. wow, doesn't it take you FOREVER to get ready to unicycle?

    i wear a bmx helmet all the time
    i wear shin guards if i'm trying tricks and doing crazy things or going
    for long rides
    i wear gloves for long rides

    that's about it.

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  4. i jus wear my shin guards, thats it =p

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    Currently learning to Wheel Walk, coast, ride backwards one-footed,
    180-unispin, and seat drag\pushes =p

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  5. i doesn't wear anything:p but i'm going to buy gloves, knee and shin
    guards and a helmet😎 and thats it

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  6. I wear a kayaking life jacket to protect my back when I practice Wheel
    walking in addition to the helmet and extremity padding.

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  7. podzol said:

    I wear a kayaking life jacket .

    I'll bet that's quite a site to see... Haha, but it is a good idea.

    I wear a helmet when im riding mUni,the rest of the time i dont wear
    any pads. I'm considering getting some shin pads though, pedal bite
    sucks.

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  8. digigal1 said:

    Can anyone beat this? I wear:

    skate helmet
    elbow pads
    wrist guards
    padding cycling shorts with extra padding for my tailbone
    knee/shin guards
    ankle wraps

    I have never fallen onto my hands & knees and only fallen backwards a
    couple of times while learning.

    That pretty much "covers" it! I wear the same stuff, but my elbow pads
    are actually 661 arm-guards with the elbow built in. Gloves under the
    wrist guards.

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    terrybigwheel

    Impotence: Nature's Way Of Saying "No Hard Feelings".

    Uni is just a cycle I'm going through. 😎

    You -can- "Tune a fish". You simply adjust their "scales"! 😄
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  9. When I sprained both wrists my first year of riding (frozen ground, it
    was) I wore double wrist guards for quite a while.

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  10. I'm at:

    Bike Helmet
    Cycling Gloves
    661s
    Padded Cycling Shorts

    I've seen people that have worn full on face masks before, though, and
    companies sell actual body armor for cycling.

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    'My Unicycling Journal'
    (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44950)
    officially ended.
    😎

    forget_your_life said:


    not really,there were many more suppers since Jesus didnt acually die
    but was taken down off the cross and smuggled over to Europe.


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  11. One time at a downhill race i wore shin pads and a full upper body 661
    race jacket and a full face helmet with gogles for style.

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  12. digigal1 said:

    Can anyone beat this?

    I can beat it with a baseball bat!

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  13. I used to wear all that stuff (apart from the elbow pads) when I was
    learning. Even when I was inside the gym.

    Now I don't wear anything whilst in the gym (apart from the usual
    clothes ofcourse).

    Whilst road riding I wear helmet and wrist guards - padded shorts (and
    camelbak) if going over 4 miles or so.

    For xc/MUni I wear 661 leg pads too.

    And sometimes if the wrist guards and leg pads have got their velcro
    stuck together it takes forever to separate them.

    Cathy

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  14. i'm getting 661's at the BUC. and i'll be wearing a helmet.

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  15. i just wear 661's for my legs.

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  16. podzol said:

    I wear a kayaking life jacket to protect my back when I practice Wheel
    walking in addition to the helmet and extremity padding.

    I think Podzol is winning! I thought that a back protector was about
    the only thing digigal hadn't mentioned, but a life jacket is even more
    extreme😄

    I never usually wear pads and helmet, but last week for the Snowdon
    ride (my first experience of muni on an actual mountain) I wore a cycle
    helmet, wristguards, knee pads, and soccer shin-pads with ankle
    protection. I'm glad I did, as feeling safer made me feel that I could
    ride faster without worrying so much about the consequences! I think I
    will continue to wear at least the helmet for normal riding, just in
    case.

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  17. that's nothing you can get a armour suit that covers all by your feet
    head and hands 😄

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  18. I think I'm one of the few people who usually wears elbow pads for muni.
    I wear padded cycling shorts, helmet, shin/knee pads, wrist guards and
    elbow pads. I'm usually more padded up than most people on a ride -
    I'm a bit of a pessimist and think far too much about falling, and my
    local trails are very rocky.

    Rob

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  19. podzol said:

    I wear a kayaking life jacket to protect my back when I practice Wheel
    walking in addition to the helmet and extremity padding.

    Good one. I like that .. Don't know if I'll ever try it.

    You know the "float noodles" people use in swimming pools?
    I slice off a half inch off the noodle and stick them under my wrist
    guards on my palms. It makes for a cushy landing. It really came in
    handy when I was learning how it skateboard.

    I use all the pads on the tough trails. I'm a stinky mother fo.🙁

    Last week I thought I didn't need any pads. I went to the park I fell
    off a small wall and hurt my knee and hand . I was out for the week.

    Stay safe and stinky. It's the best health insurance.

    I got to go wash my pads.

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  20. yOU CAN TELL HOW OLD SOMEONE IS BY THE # OF PADS THEY ARE WEARING😄

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