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Fox Racing
2001 Ventilator
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Submitted by
CL
a
from S. Cal
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Rock it | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Cheapest, light, ventilate well, strap on easy without taking off shoes, | | Weaknesses: | slide sideway, elastic band getting loose, 30% chance you will still get hurt . | | Similar Products Used: | 661 | | Bike Setup: | Sugar | | Bottom Line: | It worked well at first, I can put them in my Camelbak and strap on when I get to the top, but after 2 years (very light usage) they lost elasticity and slide sideway too easily. I am very upset that I messed up my knee even I had a knee pad on. Should have spent a little more and save that pain. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim G
a
from Houston, TX
Date Reviewed: September 29, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo.com | | Strengths: | Cheap.
Good shin protection.
Not excessively uncomfortable or hot. | | Weaknesses: | Not very effective knee protection.
Fall apart easily. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 02 Kona Stinky | | Bottom Line: | Offers good protection for shins. If you use platforms and do heavy FR or DH then you know how a chunk of meat and possible bone being removed from your shin can ruin your day.
The knee protection is minimal. If you slide forward they easily fold out of the way allowing the ground to have its way with your soft little knee caps. After they get stretched forward a few times they just hang down and flap in the breeze. I also cracked one of the cups in the knee area on a relatively minor fall and now all the thread that holds it on is coming off.
I'm giving 3 chilis for value rating. Even if they are cheap they are not a good value if they do not work.
I'll give two chilis for overall rating since they at least offer shin protection. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
carlo
a Weekend Warrior
from philippines
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | tagaytay | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | TRIXBike Store | | Strengths: | Cheap! "Modifiable" (see explanation below) | | Weaknesses: | Knee part flaps around, stitching on Fox logo kinda weak | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Giant AC2, Psylo XC, Hayes Hydraulics, Race Face Cranks, Deore and XT components | | Bottom Line: | I look at the number of nicks and scratches that are slowly accumulating with each ride and I thank the gods that they're on my pads and not on my knees. Pretty sturdy, and not as warm as people might think. As for the flapping knee issue, took em to a shop and had them strap on some heavy duty velcro straps on the top end and presto! "911"-ish knee guards for an extra $2. For freeriding and light downhilling, these do just fine. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seth Logan
a Downhiller
from Dartmouth, N-S, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Jack's Lake | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicycles Plus | | Strengths: | Fairly strong, havn't cracked yet, and the have pretty good ventilation (hence the name). | | Weaknesses: | Nee cup is a pain in the ass....Flops around massive,,and alwase gets in the way..Looks real stupid to. | | Similar Products Used: | Lizard Skins | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Rm6,,,rynolight rear, alex rims front, marzocchi mcr, just about stock. | | Bottom Line: | Not a bad shin pad..but if your gonna buy it,,I reccomend you get some velcrow for the nee cup. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a
from Berkeley
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Decent price for the confidence they provide. | | Weaknesses: | BROKE THE FIRST TIME I CRASHED. I thought that they would be able to stand up to some abuse, but after the first real crash, the knee cup cracked...garbage! | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Redline XXX 20" BMX | | Bottom Line: | If you're looking for a knee/shin guard that stands up to any sort of abuse, look elsewhere. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh
a Racer
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: February 15, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$56.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Haus | | Strengths: | protects your shins from heavy beatings
protects your knees | | Weaknesses: | knees flap around a little bit. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bottom Line: | these are good for all around use especially freeriding. saved my shins a couple of times already. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Juan Carlos de LaPuente
a Downhiller
from Amarillo, Texas, United States
Date Reviewed: January 26, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | sickest DH only | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | foxracing.com | | Strengths: | these things have saved me from knee surgeries, great all-around guards, cheap | | Weaknesses: | knee part kind of flappy | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Specialized Big Hit DH, Rock Shox Boxxer, Fox Vanilla shock, MRP chain guide, Hayes hydraullic, Sun Rhyno Lites, Intense Comp 3.0, Atom Lab Aircorps | | Bottom Line: | these are awesome for a DHer in any walk of life | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff Li
a Downhiller
from Hong Kong
Date Reviewed: December 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Tai Mo Shan | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Moto Mart Co,. Ltd | | Strengths: | it is hard.. and the cushions are nice | | Weaknesses: | the knee part sometimes interfere with the stem | | Similar Products Used: | 661
dainese | | Bike Setup: | da bomb XLR8R, psylo xc, hayes discs, middle burn crank, woodman stuff... american classic hub... xt freewheel etc. | | Bottom Line: | just get this and u will not regret
it is probably the cheapest and the best (for the price) in the market.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
lachlan hannah
a
from wellington nz
Date Reviewed: December 17, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | onyabike | | Strengths: | strong
look good
do ventilate well | | Weaknesses: | the velcro has made th elastics go fuzzy on the securing side and the knee flap at the top might be better if it was attached to the shin section at the sides with elastic or something | | Bike Setup: | freeride modified specialised rockhopper | | Bottom Line: | the knee/shin gaurds definately do the job well you wont over heat in them only real problem i've noticed is that the knee flap might be better if it were attached to the shin section at the sides as it gets caught on your shorts but if can sow then you just attach some elastic to the sides if you wanted to. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
breton
a Downhiller
from penticton bc CANADA
Date Reviewed: September 24, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | code 4 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$46.00 | | Purchased At: | bike barn | | Strengths: | hard | | Weaknesses: | hot on hot days | | Similar Products Used: | roach stuff | | Bike Setup: | norco with bombers 5" TRAVEL | | Bottom Line: | GOOD FOR DOWNHILL AND THATS THE BOTTOM LINE! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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