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CL
a
from S. CalDate Reviewed: September 26, 2004
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 .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.
Favorite Trail: Rock it
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$20.00
Purchased At: Supergo
Similar Products Used: 661
Bike Setup: Sugar
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Jim G
a
from Houston, TXDate Reviewed: September 29, 2002
Strengths: Cheap.
Good shin protection.
Not excessively uncomfortable or hot.Weaknesses: Not very effective knee protection.
Fall apart easily.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.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$25.00
Purchased At: supergo.com
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: 02 Kona Stinky
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carlo
a Weekend Warrior
from philippinesDate Reviewed: August 15, 2002
Strengths: Cheap! "Modifiable" (see explanation below)Weaknesses: Knee part flaps around, stitching on Fox logo kinda weakBottom 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.
Favorite Trail: tagaytay
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$20.00
Purchased At: TRIXBike Store
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: Giant AC2, Psylo XC, Hayes Hydraulics, Race Face Cranks, Deore and XT components
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Seth Logan
a Downhiller
from Dartmouth, N-S, CanadaDate Reviewed: June 8, 2002
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.Bottom Line: Not a bad shin pad..but if your gonna buy it,,I reccomend you get some velcrow for the nee cup.
Favorite Trail: Jack's Lake
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$25.00
Purchased At: Bicycles Plus
Similar Products Used: Lizard Skins
Bike Setup: 2001 Rm6,,,rynolight rear, alex rims front, marzocchi mcr, just about stock.
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Andrew
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from BerkeleyDate Reviewed: April 26, 2002
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!Bottom Line: If you're looking for a knee/shin guard that stands up to any sort of abuse, look elsewhere.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$25.00
Purchased At: Supergo
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: Redline XXX 20" BMX
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Josh
a Racer
from SingaporeDate Reviewed: February 15, 2002
Strengths: protects your shins from heavy beatings
protects your kneesWeaknesses: knees flap around a little bit.Bottom Line: these are good for all around use especially freeriding. saved my shins a couple of times already.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$56.00
Purchased At: Bike Haus
Similar Products Used: none
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Juan Carlos de LaPuente
a Downhiller
from Amarillo, Texas, United States Date Reviewed: January 26, 2002
Strengths: these things have saved me from knee surgeries, great all-around guards, cheapWeaknesses: knee part kind of flappyBottom Line: these are awesome for a DHer in any walk of life
Favorite Trail: sickest DH only
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$20.00
Purchased At: foxracing.com
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
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Jeff Li
a Downhiller
from Hong KongDate Reviewed: December 19, 2001
Strengths: it is hard.. and the cushions are niceWeaknesses: the knee part sometimes interfere with the stemBottom Line: just get this and u will not regret
it is probably the cheapest and the best (for the price) in the market..
Favorite Trail: Tai Mo Shan
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$29.00
Purchased At: Moto Mart Co,. Ltd
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.
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lachlan hannah
a
from wellington nzDate Reviewed: December 17, 2001
Strengths: strong
look good
do ventilate wellWeaknesses: 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 somethingBottom 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.
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$50.00
Purchased At: onyabike
Bike Setup: freeride modified specialised rockhopper
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breton
a Downhiller
from penticton bc CANADADate Reviewed: September 24, 2001
Strengths: hardWeaknesses: hot on hot daysBottom Line: GOOD FOR DOWNHILL AND THATS THE BOTTOM LINE!
Favorite Trail: code 4
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$46.00
Purchased At: bike barn
Similar Products Used: roach stuff
Bike Setup: norco with bombers 5" TRAVEL
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