The Pad Queen

Usually a helmet - sometimes full face. In reality, I have never hit my
head on the floor in 19 years of riding. I have occasionally caught it
on a low branch, though.

Always wrist guards except if I'm only on the 20 with the Morris men.

I have worn elbow and knee guards, but they are so uncomfortable and
bulky, I gave up on them.

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critter said:

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

I would change the word "old" to SMART!🙂

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hey, digigal1, don't you wear gloves? I remember back in my early uni
days I had the 661 presure suit, for those who have never heaed of it,
it protects your whole upper body. But it was just unpractical to where
it when riding uni because it restricted the speed of me moving my arms
for balance, so it ended up caused more crashes:p

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661 knee shinguards
skate helmet
gloves
padded bike shorts
padded bomber shorts for going crazy
661 full upperbody pressure suit- got it on sale after i made the USA
Telemark Team, I wasnt gonna stop riding, but there was no way i was
gonna get hurt. dont wear it unless im resort riding or nearing race
season and doing really agressive muni.
so if the timings right, i win

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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.

In lieu of a Kayak jacket, there is a fairly new hydration system that
has back padding built in. I know it isnt Camelbak, but I dont remember
the brand?

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Skate helmet
Gloves
And today, I got some:
Shin guards 🙂 !

Not too much, not too little. Gloves are nice cause they pad your hands
on the lift handle and when you fall you dont scrape them all up. That
hurts!
Oh, and I have hit my head. Not hard though 🙂

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Mikefule said:

In reality, I have never hit my
head on the floor in 19 years of riding.

Which 19 years? I remember this account of a MUni ride where you hit
your chin on the ground, requiring stitches and I think tooth
remodelling. Good thing that the nurses were so lovely. It converted
you to using a full face helmet.

One piece of padding that I may be rather unique in, is TOE
PROTECTION. That is, I ride with safety shoes (courtesy my work), and
they have steel cups around the toe part, and I think also a steel
inlay in the sole.

Klaas Bil said:

I remember this account of a MUni ride where you hit
your chin on the ground, requiring stitches and I think tooth
remodelling. Good thing that the nurses were so lovely. It converted
you to using a full face helmet.

.

Yeah, me too.

(Don't remeber the bit about the nurses though)

Cathy

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Klaas Bil said:

One piece of padding that I may be rather unique in, is TOE
PROTECTION. That is, I ride with safety shoes (courtesy my work), and
they have steel cups around the toe part, and I think also a steel
inlay in the sole.

Only slightly unique, as I ride a Coker to work with steel toes, also
courtesy of work.

Do you find any differences with the heavy shoes? 😕 I think
I'm actually faster, at least my fastest times have been when I was
wearing steel.

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Job said:

i doesn't wear anything:p

*snigger*
:eek:

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cathwood said:

(Don't remeber the bit about the nurses though)

They're here (towards the end of the first post):

http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29713

For normal uni'ing I wear: rockgardn shin guards, pro-tek elbow pads (I
think that is what brand they are - skateboarding pads), wrist
protectors, bike gloves, bike helmet. That's for 28" uni or 24" when
on road. Indoor or out, I always wear protection. At 42 years old, it
just hurts Too Much to fall. I almost _never_ fall, but when I do it
can hurt. My last UPD was catching my pant leg on my cranks -- just
like someone reached out and grabbed my ankle, and I went down hard.

I will not get on the unis without the wrist guards. Period. Not at
all.

But I've been back into mountain biking and for that I wear: full face
Bellistic helmet, rockgardn flak jacket, rockgardn elbow/arm pads,
rockgardn knee/shin pads, hiking boots, rockgardn carbon fiber gloves.
I also have padded shorts, but they are a bit too small so I don't wear
them anymore. Yes, it is very hot. But before getting all this stuff
I took a major digger over the bars and as I was lying on the rocky
ground, I was 100% sure I had really messed up my face. Impact 1"
lower and I would have lost my teeth, 1" higher and broken nose.

The full getup is what I will be wearing in a couple of weeks out in
the woods, trying some rocky downhill with my 24" uni.

And yes the stuff does stink after a while!!! Just toss the lot (except
the helmets) into the wash, gentle cycle, and then a short dryer run,
then hang to try completely.

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i wear a full face bmx helmet, knee and shin guards, and gloves. alot
of the times i don't even wear my knee and shin guards unless im doing
something stupid or new. some other timews i only wear my gloves. i
do got to say i always wear my glove and almost always wear everything

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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

For what activity?

Quoted message said:

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

That's because you're wearing all that gear. Take it all off and you'll
find yourself with scraped knees and palms within five minutes
(Murphy's Law of safety gear)

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Helmet (muni always, flatland... not often enough)
harbinger wrist guards
661 legs protection
fox elbow/forearm guards
Brahma steel-toed shoes.

I have a bad wrist from snowboarding about 4 years ago, so I always
wear the wrist guards. I have scars on the elbows from falling a
couple times, if you ride in the winter elbow pads are mandatory. If
you don't want to wear wrist guards, elbow guards are almost as good,
you just have to condition yourself to fall on your arms instead of
wrists.
I have scars on my legs from before I got leg protection (and from when
I was too lazy to put them on). I think I need to find something
better though, my last bad pedal bite actually sliced about an inch of
both the fabric and my calf.

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its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will
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johnfoss said:

For what activity?

Ever since I got my 29er. It seems sooo high.

johnfoss said:

That's because you're wearing all that gear. Take it all off and you'll
find yourself with scraped knees and palms within five minutes
(Murphy's Law of safety gear)

I just fell the other day, I must have just been tired. Fell sort of
sideways/backwards, I just couldn't get my feet off the pedals. But,
the pads worked. I didn't feel a thing!

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Last year I had a UPD while riding muni. I swung right foot to catch my
balance and kick a 500lb boulder. Ouch ! My big toe was sore for
months. Last week, it happen again... This time I kicked a tree
root(only 4" high). Triple ouch!!!🙁 I have three toes tape up. I
included hot wax seal just for fun. It sweet🙂

So along with : wrist,forearm,elbow,shin,knee,ankle,sun,eye and head
protection; I'm looking for STEEL TOE SNEAKERS. Any ideas.

yes these daze, I'm mostly afraid of breaking philanges(toes and
fingers)

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Walmart (I know, we suck) sells Brahma brand shoes for under $30 that
look like sneakers but have steel toes. I wear their hiking boot style
ones when I ride, and it works great. Actually, I wear them for when
I'm not riding. Just get a gel insert for them 🙂

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remain.

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At the moment I wear my mountain biking gloves and Bell Slant cycling
helmet.
Once I start to learn to freemount, then I'm going to invest in some
shin-guards. (I've got crappy plastic pedals on the uni at the moment
and would like a tidy set of DMR pedals, but I'm afraid learning with
spiky DMR's will be very painful.)

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i dont wear anything.. hmm...

Chase

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