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Old 15-11-08, 02:47 PM
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Leg protection.

When riding enduro or any type of off road, what do you use to protect your legs, i know u get armour for upper body but havent seen any for legs, i wear motocross pants when riding and they have limited protection so what can i do for some extra protection
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Old 15-11-08, 07:18 PM
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Re: Leg protection.

I wear kneepads (held on with velcro) and motocross boots. I have seen specialist kneebraces which stop the knee being twisted sideways, usually worn by people who have had bad accidents previously and can't afford further injury (very expensive, custom made I think).
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Re: Leg protection.

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I wear kneepads (held on with velcro) and motocross boots.
Yep. Similar here: kneepads/shin protectors and nice sturdy boots.
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Re: Leg protection.

MX boots + throw away the crappy "knee protectors" in both my trousers and use a pair of these instead (they cover the whole knee cap and all of my shin above the top of my mx boots). And after you first put them on, you dont even notice they are there

EVS knee/shin guards - you can probably find them on ebay


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MX boots + throw away the crappy "knee protectors" in both my trousers and use a pair of these instead (they cover the whole knee cap and all of my shin above the top of my mx boots). And after you first put them on, you dont even notice they are there

EVS knee/shin guards - you can probably find them on ebay


Ditto, but mine ain't that posh! Wulfsport ones. about £15, and BIG mx boots. I also wear armour shorts, new 661 ones, c/o dirt bike show.

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