661's!!!

you made a good choice i just got mine a few days ago and they have
saved the back of my leg from being scrached about 3 times aswell they
have saved the front of my leg from meany a rock. i was riding down a
steep slope of pure jagged rock and i fell I was also wearing a 661
bomber jacket so i was left virtualy un harmed (ha, take that nature)
any who in the end they will give you more confidice

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you made a good choice i just got mine a few days ago and they have
saved the back of my leg from being scrached about 3 times aswell they
have saved the front of my leg from meany a rock. i was riding down a
steep slope of pure jagged rock and i fell I was also wearing a 661
bomber jacket so i was left virtualy un harmed (ha, take that nature)
any who in the end they will give you more confidice

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I just used my 661's for the first time yesterday and I did like them
vs. my old volleyball knee pads I was using but have a few complaints.
The first being that they get pretty damn hot and you sweet muchos
grandes from wearing them, but that's kinda a given since they are black
and don't have much ventilation. The other problem I have is that my
legs are too dang long. 661's are the longest ones I could find but it
still isn't long enough. So after a couple minutes of riding they start
to slide down my leg, slowly unprotecting my knee. Although they do
eventually stop sliding down, my knee is more exposed than I'd like and
it's uncomfortable but not much I can do. Or is there? Any suggestions?

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I like my 661s. they've saved me from various shin bruises, knee
scrapes, and pedal bites... they're kinda coming apart now though.

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unicycle6869 said:

*I just used my 661's for the first time yesterday and I did like them
vs. my old volleyball knee pads I was using but have a few complaints.
The first being that they get pretty damn hot and you sweet muchos
grandes from wearing them, but that's kinda a given since they are
black and don't have much ventilation. The other problem I have is
that my legs are too dang long. 661's are the longest ones I could
find but it still isn't long enough. So after a couple minutes of
riding they start to slide down my leg, slowly unprotecting my knee.
Although they do eventually stop sliding down, my knee is more exposed
than I'd like and it's uncomfortable but not much I can do. Or is
there? Any suggestions? *

The heat is something I just got used to. I hardly notice it now that
I've used them for a year.

What size did you get? If you've already got the largest (read:
longest) could you try high-top shoes that come up past your ankles?
That might hold the pads in place.

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entropy said:

*The heat is something I just got used to. I hardly notice it now
that I've used them for a year.

What size did you get? If you've already got the largest (read:
longest) could you try high-top shoes that come up past your ankles?
That might hold the pads in place. *

Yes, I got the longest they make them in. The high-top shoes might be a
solution...hmmmm. Thanks for the advice.

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I fell with all my weight on my 661 padded shins the other day, on a
(realativly) sharp edge, and got bruised THROUGH my 661s.:eek: THink
how it woulda been without them.:eek: :eek:

THere pretty good. They get warm, but they give you more...confidence
doing hard stuff.

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unicycle6869 said:

*I The first being that they get pretty damn hot and you sweet muchos
grandes from wearing them, but that's kinda a given since they are
black and don't have much ventilation.
*

Just wait till you try neoprene leg armour like my azonics. Can you say
unicycling with your legs in a wetsuit :-)

Sweat is a bit annoying bit it is a small price to pay for saving your
legs from bloody gashes requiring medical attention.

Before I got my leg armour I used to draw blood very frequently and got
some nasty shin and calf gashes. I have seen people with serious gash
wounds from not using leg armour (ie large numbers of stitches and
several month heal times with big permanent scars). Unicycle rides that
end up with people carted off in an ambulance suck.

I'll take sweat over pain and scarring any day :-)

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meh, they've just saved me from a few pedal bites. but mine are also
very new as well as my new sharp pedal pins. however i've never
actually experienced a pedal bite and am just fine with that. that is
why i got them right?!

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what's a pedal bite?

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I had been really happy with my 661's until recently. Pedal smacks in
the shins and falls that occured were protected nicely.

I was out riding Muni, riding over smalls rocks, when I took a superman
style fall. My knee protected 661's hit the ground, the 661's stopped,
and my knee kept going, sliding out of the top of the pads, only to stop
after hitting a rock. Granted, the 661 took most of the abuse, but I'm
not happy that I got the cut on my knee. The cause being that the 661's
didn't slide at all on the ground because of the nylon fabric covering.

My Harbinger wrist wraps with the plastic insert worked wonderfully and
slid across the ground instead of stopping abruptly.

I have since ordered, and received a pair of Roach Rally FR pads, and
while I was at it, I got the same thing in elbow pads. They have the
hard plastic knee and shin protector on the outside that should slide
better when making contact with the ground.

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happy_4_u said:

what's a pedal bite?

Just like a snake bite, only it is the pedal biting.

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