I saw a lace up type ankle brace at Walmart in their sports section yesterday, and remember seeing some of those types sold at uni.com.
Do these lace up types (that you wear under your shoe) offer great protection from ankle rolling?
The package says it does the same thing as an ankle wrapped in a tension bandage...would an ankle wrapped in a tension bandage not roll in a uni wipeout, where an unwrapped one would? (in most cases)
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I got the 661 lace-up kind from unicycledotcom. The crank nubs were eating my ankles. But apparently, they still are eating my ankles but I couldn't feel them through the ankle brace, because a few days ago the hard piece of plastic in it caught on the nubs and got ripped out. I duct-taped it back in, but duct tape doesn't stick too well to fabric.
Do these lace up types (that you wear under your shoe) offer great
protection from ankle rolling?
Sure. Of course it depends on the conception of the product. But I have a pair of ''Aso'' ankles protection (medical style: lace up + 3 Velcro bandages), and you could hardly harm your ankles when wearing those.
The only problem with these type of protection (and the reason why I no longer wear mine), is that it can weaken your ankles if you wear it every time you ride. (This is not applicable to the 661s, because they don't offer as much support.) The easy solution is to wear it only when it's really necessary. The best would be to work on strengthening and stretching those ankles.
