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Knee-Shin Guards
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Submitted by
MCtigre
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Emma Long | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Strengths: | Light weight. Not too hot. | | Weaknesses: | Total junk for knee and shin protection. I had a good wipe out and my knee got tore up because these slipped down. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Nomad | | Bottom Line: | I am getting some real protection for my legs. I do not do any big jumps or hucks but for some kind of protection these are No good.
These are no good if you want protection. Save your legs and money, get something else.
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Submitted by
DarthBiker
a Weekend Warrior
from Weston, FL
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Markham | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Alex's Bike Pro Shop | | Strengths: | Strengths ? Protects my shins, solid plastic shells, good velcro grip, cool looking | | Weaknesses: | Hot....but I guess everything in Florida is going to be hot | | Similar Products Used: | None, 1st pair of pads | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4300 stock......for now | | Bottom Line: | Bottom Line? After taking one of many diggers and gashing the tihs out of my shin I figured $15 was worth it, so far so good. Saved my shins and knees MORE than once! Seem to stay put, I have some meaty calves...although if you are more than 5'10" or just have long legs you may find them a bit on the short side. I'm 5'9" and they stop about 2" short of my foot. The black and red color scheme looks cool. I would by these again. Dont think they can be beat for the price. If you are looking for affordable protection and you're not 6' tall these are your pads.
5 hot ones for value but only 4 for overall as I've only had them a month & 1/2, longevity remains to be seen | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jack
a Downhiller
from perth, Australia
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Mundaring | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | If youre wearing pants they work ok, very cheap. | | Weaknesses: | Slid down really easy leaving your knee exposed and making it sort of useless, become very uncomfortable with sweat and dirt, straps dont really work very well. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 08 glory dh1 | | Bottom Line: | pretty bad shinpads dont buy them unless you are always going to wear pants otherwise they slid down all the time.
only good thing about them is they are cheap. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Hampton
a Downhiller
from Artemus, Ky (U.S.A)
Date Reviewed: December 25, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Unnamed DH | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Looks.. Light Wieght | | Weaknesses: | Pads Have No Knee Strap And Two Thin Calf Straps Which Results In Plain Suckage.. They Do Not Work At All With Shorts And Slide Down Very Easily. Would Not Recommend To Any MTB Rider. | | Similar Products Used: | None Yet | | Bike Setup: | BigHit (Stock) | | Bottom Line: | Don't Buy It Unless You Ride MX And Have Boots And Pants To Hold Them Up. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Juan Alfredo Picasso
a Downhiller
from Lima, Peru
Date Reviewed: July 20, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | El Prado | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Lima | | Strengths: | cheap, good when used with pants | | Weaknesses: | slips off very easily!!!gets all wet with swet, doesn’t have a knee strap. When I fall always crush my knee and slips 180 degrees. I always have to pull them up while going down | | Similar Products Used: | lizard skins knee guards | | Bike Setup: | azonic eliminator with Marzocchi Jr. T 05, 5th element coil schock, Hayes hydraulic disc brakes, Intense and MTX rims. | | Bottom Line: | Good if you are short of money, but don’t work at all well, especially for DH. also kinda good if you use DH pants. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom B
a Downhiller
from Sydney Australia
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Blue Gums, Blue Mtns | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Northside Cyclery | | Strengths: | cheap, good with adjustments. | | Weaknesses: | lack of knee strap | | Similar Products Used: | Dainese Pro Legs, Fox 911s, Fox Launch, TLD Combats | | Bike Setup: | Bighit, Boxxers, Hope, SRAM | | Bottom Line: | These become great pads with minor adjustments. Mine r a D.I.Y miracle. I took some elastic/velcro i had lying around at my mums house and an old rash vest and with these made a sleve for my knee with a strap going around it. I cut the forward stitching slightly so they bent better and they r awesome. Anyone that can be bothered to make these adjustments should. I hav a small size but this is fine b'coz i use clips. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kati
a Weekend Warrior
from B.C, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Devil's Drop | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | ??? | | Strengths: | Hard,Cheap,Does the Job, Saved me a couple times | | Weaknesses: | They kindof Slip side ways | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Norco Rivial | | Bottom Line: | They're good protection for the chin,and knee.They aren't Hot,and there light. They were worth the Money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | www.foxracing.ca | | Strengths: | Provides great shin protection, softly padded and a low price. | | Weaknesses: | Heats up shins causing sweating and slips a bit. | | Similar Products Used: | Never used any before. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk, 1996 GT Ricochet. | | Bottom Line: | I purchased these online after a fall without them.
I was out of action for one week while my shin healed.
Also I opted to cut the two cloth straps used as knee hinges and removed the knee cups with padding.
So I use them as shin pads only.
Bottom line: Does a great job, too bad I didn't have them one week earlier. Better to have a scratch on the hard plastic then wait one week till skin heals. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rodrick Trinidad
a Downhiller
from Florida
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | alligator alley, markham park | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | jensonusa | | Strengths: | protecs your leg and shin obviously, cheap, very strong and durable | | Weaknesses: | slides off leg, but if you put a long sock prblem is solved | | Bike Setup: | iron horse yakuza aniki | | Bottom Line: | great item | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lloyd Opolentisima
a Downhiller
from Cebu City, Philippines
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$28.00 | | Purchased At: | Motosuit | | Strengths: | Serves as intended | | Weaknesses: | Need a third strap... | | Similar Products Used: | None... | | Bike Setup: | Mosso... | | Bottom Line: | This product is generally okay... saves me from falls. I'll have to put another strap & velcro to really secure it on my knees. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cel
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Austin Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Cheap. Good "starter" pads. Better than going bare legged. | | Weaknesses: | Lack of top knee strap. Misleading to MTB'ers who are in the market for trail protection. | | Bottom Line: | Well, this set of pads is obviously not designed for MTB'ers. I think we're all aware of that. The problem I have is they are sold in MTB bike shops. If they are in fact used for Motocross... why market them to MTB riders? Well... I knew going in that these weren't going to be the most secure pads in the world but that's not why I bought 'em.
There is only ONE REASON (no not because they're cheap)...
CLIPLESS PEDAL TRAINING!!!
I bought these pads because I was learning to use my clipless pedals and knew I would be taking a lot of low speed "tip-over" spills. The pads didn't do the greatest job because they did tend to slip when I landed on the side of my knees. I attribute that to the lack of a "wrap-around" pad on the knee. It did save the impact bruising though. Again... LOW SPEED SPILLS. I can't even put my approval on these suckers for downhillers or extreme MTB'ing.
They did the job for me and got me comfortable on my clipless pedals and I even let my wife use them when she was learning to use hers. So... for the price these suckers are great. On the side of performance... I'm about in the middle with them because they did work ok for "shorts" riding but I don't like the fact they're marketed to mountain bike riders in their stores if they're not designed for us at all. So I'm gonna have to side with all the people who are upset with the quality and think it's totally wrong to call them stupid or "deserving" of their injuries. Geez... is that what our community of riders has come to. Bashing each other because some people's opinion on a product doesn't match yours. I guess in the end we all just need to get out there and ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
carlo censored
a Downhiller
from laspinas,philippines
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | santa rosa laguna....fire road | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | paulina's bike shop | | Strengths: | price,looks,name,style.and thats pretty much it.. | | Weaknesses: | it slips down.....making the knees more prone to carnage. only has two straps making it very unstable during urban sessions. | | Similar Products Used: | my first pair.... | | Bike Setup: | pimped out norco....marzocchi 5 inch fork,shimano discs,norco hartail....etc | | Bottom Line: | these pads are fairly priced,considering its quality....its still better than no pads at all. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
lior
a Downhiller
from israel tel aviv
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | hummmmm................
NONE...... | | Weaknesses: | althou it's cheap the stiches will cost you a lot of money
this guard sucks!
in a matter of fact i dont believe it should be called a guard
| | Similar Products Used: | 661 guards (they rock!!!) dont let this guard be on your "tried" list | | Bike Setup: | mosh brass 2
swiched crank to haro f3 crank
macneil sprocet-bash guard
| | Bottom Line: | DO NOT BUY
buy if you want to end up with stiches
you see.. the problem with this guard is that whenever you fall (or even move) it falls to the bottom of your leg and leave your knee and upper part of your shin with no protection at all (and these are the parts that the pedal hits)
stiches cost more then better guards
DONT BUY!!!!
one flaming chilli to this guard (wish i could give it a ZERO!)
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Submitted by
Phil
a Cross Country Rider
from Long Island, NY USA
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Junkie | | Strengths: | Better than nothing. My versin, old, has side-of-knee protection
Inexpensive
Light and don't notice it's there | | Weaknesses: | lack of knee strap
| | Bike Setup: | Rockhopper FSR | | Bottom Line: | Good for low speed impacts, and idiots like me who don't clip out in time.
For 10 bucks they saved me a lot of bruises and abrasions--Went down 3 times today, no problems. Knees had taken a beating without them. I'm going to jury rig some elastic for the knee cup though. I have relatively solid calfs, so no problem at all with slippage. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Downhiller
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Stif Sports | | Strengths: | Cheap and provide efficient protection. | | Weaknesses: | Allways slip down below knees. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Norco Bigfoot | | Bottom Line: | These pads are good if you dont have alot of cash, but aren't the worlds greatest. If you can afford a more expensive pair of pads i would recomend you do that...somthing like dianese, 661 or fox 911 are good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pucko
a Downhiller
from Åre
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Strengths: | Cheap plastic that actually works | | Weaknesses: | Not exactly super-tough, velcro straps too short for cyclists calves | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Kona Bear | | Bottom Line: | Don´t know if I was lucky but they worked for me. That is, the kneecap (instead of my own knee) split when I crashed and I *think* that´s what body armor is all about... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marcus75
a Weekend Warrior
from LA
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | la Tuna Single | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | beyondbikes.com | | Strengths: | Cheap, Comfortable fit! | | Weaknesses: | Min. Protection, The knee pads flaps around, cheap (quality and price)!
| | Similar Products Used: | Protec Knee pads, and numerous others that I forgot the names of? | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Enduro Pro | | Bottom Line: | YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR! This is very min. on protection and the knee pad part don't stay in place. They are very comfortable fit though! Definately not for use on aggressive types of ride or downhills. But I don't do the crazy stuffs like bombing downhill at jet speed so I don't need all that much protections. Only from those occasional cuts and bruises from the open dirt fireroads. I will eventually upgrade to the Core Rat shin/knee pads because I am starting to tackle the more technical terrains.
So if you are a beginner MTBer or a guy just getting into the aggressive types of riding like me, this product is a good place to start! 5 Chillis for Value and 3 chillis overall!
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Submitted by
James
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Inexpensive, they prevent the pedal-to-shin pain. | | Weaknesses: | The plastic was a real letdown, I cracked the kneecap on a decent stack. | | Bottom Line: | Judging by the scathing comments on the earlier version, Fox must have done some thinking before releasing the 2003 guards. They don't slip and they have saved me a lot of pain. If you are regularly called a psycho or idiot by your friends just because you ride like one, shin armour will reduce your scar collection considerably. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Downhiller
from Princeton, NJ
Date Reviewed: April 27, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | They will work well under pants w/ big boots | | Weaknesses: | Not for MTB use | | Bike Setup: | Kona Bear | | Bottom Line: | Yea...not what I thought they would be. Under pants they work, if they dont fall down, but since they're evidently designed for MX, they would sit fine on top of your big ole' boots. Don't buy them if you want some padding for MTB, they will slip and fall down, unless of course your going to bang your ankle; then they will be on your knee.
Since this is Mountain Bike Review, and not MX Review, I give a 4 for value (hey, $12!), but a 2 for overall, because they dont work for a MTB! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bmxr
a
from Miami
Date Reviewed: September 17, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Strengths: | Inexpensive and effective. | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | I have used or tried on just about every shin guard there is. | | Bike Setup: | Which one? | | Bottom Line: | Anyone who complains about these pads slipping down or flopping around is a dumbass who deserves all the pain he manages to inflict on himself. These were not designed to ever end up on the leg of a mountain biker in shorts. They go under mx BOOTS you dummies! They happen to work well under mx pants, or even jeans, but don't use them with shorts and blame the product for your injuries. That's like blaming a helmet manufacturer because you poked yourself in the eye. What's more, they aren't supposed to cushion anythying, just deflect the cutting effect of a MX footpeg on your shin and knee. Stop whining, stop being cheap-asses, and go buy the right pads for the job. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Cross Country Rider
from NYC
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Wissahickon, Mt Snow, Moab | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$16.00 | | Purchased At: | Fox Racing | | Strengths: | light, cheap, breathable (open in back), comfortable | | Weaknesses: | not super secure or super tough; need to sew on strap to keep knee pads in place | | Similar Products Used: | Roach leg armor | | Bike Setup: | 4: RM6, Intense Tracer, Trek Fuel, and a hardtail | | Bottom Line: | I had to post, because I'm laughing hard to myself here. Sorry, guys, I know some of you got hurt, but it is likely you'd get your injuries regardless of what protection you were using. (And many of you probably hurt yourselves not wearing any protection, before you decided to buy these.)
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out these "guards" are not made super tough, don't offer full protection and aren't particularly secure. I think Fox never implies they will offer "extreme" protection for freeriders or downhillers. You get what you pay for and these primarily were designed for motocrossers and bikers to wear beneath moto-style pants, where the movement issue would be minmized, as lightweight, expensive protection.
Reading Pancho's review down below, I can't believe anyone "dropping from a railing to a curb" can blame these pads for their visit to the ER! He even has the nerve to say the pads were slipping down his knee before. What an idiot! And why was he riding so his knee was always hitting the headset? I guess that's called "trials" riding?
Freeriding or downhilling means taking chances and us riders have to make the best decisions possible in terms of pushing our limits, and that includes evaluating the protection equipment we choose. You are not supposed to just buy something and assume it makes you invincible. Jeez! You have to determine for yourself how you ride and whether you'll be protected. It's our own responsibility.
Now, given the construction of these knee/shin guards, it was obvious to me they would only offer a certain level of protection. That is the trade off for being light, cheap and comfortable. I would say they are most appropriate for rough or extreme cross-country and you're taking your chances using for downhill. If you want better protection, you're going have to pay a lot more than 20 clams! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
andrew
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | north shore | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | o hagans | | Strengths: | inexpesive , decent shin protection, | | Weaknesses: | the knee cups, the QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | norco 250cc | | Bottom Line: | these are not leg protectors, they are deflectors , they are good at deflecting pedals and branches and nothing else. all u need to do is add a couple of straps on the knee cups an they work ok. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Wayne
a Weekend Warrior
from Medford, OR
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$24.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Shop | | Strengths: | They would keep your knees safe if you jumped in a pile of soft feathers. Seriously, they would work ok for riding through brushy trails. | | Weaknesses: | The kneepads fip over during crashes exposing the kneecaps. I have experienced this. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona | | Bike Setup: | Giant AC Lite | | Bottom Line: | They did not work for me. Well they did help scrape my knees up. These are a major Fox liability. Something tells me that the fox riders put the fox label on other brand pads so they can advirtise Fox, but keep their knees out of harms way. What a joke! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jack
a Racer
from NH
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | the edge | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | cheap in an inexpensive way.
they work for what you pay for.
fairly durable i have had them for a year and a half | | Weaknesses: | eventually the straps strech enought so they dont contract back to thier original size.
some of the stiching has come undone | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | my way | | Bottom Line: | they are good for 20 bucks, even thought the knew pad flops around, these pads seem to fit me well, and have done a good job protecting me in crashes on pavement and trails. You must x lace the straps across your calf, it keeps the pads in place better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mojombo
a Weekend Warrior
from La Verne, CA
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | PricePoint | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Total, utter, complete cr@p. I got these in the mail and strapped them on and laughed a laugh of pity for anyone who would actually try to use these as protection. Sure, they're inexpensive, and there's a reason for that. | | Similar Products Used: | Core Rat Leg Armor | | Bottom Line: | When I see products like this I feel ashamed of both the manufacturer of the item, and the fools that sell them. Obviously these knee/shin guards are bought by people and never sent back because it costs as much to ship back as it did to buy them...and so Fox keeps producing them. Despite, I'm sending these ridiculous pieces of plastic back to the cr@phole from whence they came, just to spite the b@stards at Fox who would peddle these off as usable. One flaming poop for a product that never should have existed in the first place. Go buy some Core Rat and save the medical expense of 20 knee stitches and a month off your bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tino
a Weekend Warrior
from Manchester, NH
Date Reviewed: October 11, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | anything steep and sick | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | price point.com | | Strengths: | ummm.....kinda protect your shins....I guess, price | | Weaknesses: | no strap across the knee cup, knee cup flops around, don't stay in place, doesn't cover enough of your shin, terrible construction quality | | Similar Products Used: | Azonic shinguards, Fox 911 pads | | Bike Setup: | 2001 RM Pipeline - Hayes, Marzocchi, Race Face, Rhyno Lites | | Bottom Line: | I'd rather have bloody shins than these pieces of crap. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Downhiller
from Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Whistler | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Black Dog Bikes | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | The knee pad cracked in half the first time it fell on it. | | Bike Setup: | Norco Torrent | | Bottom Line: | Horrible. A waste of money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
smokey strodtman
a Cross Country Rider
from gilliam, MO USA
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | my private farm trail(40 acres 200 yds. from house) | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Purchased At: | cambria cycle | | Strengths: | offers basic protection at minimal price. fairly comfortable and not too hot(compared to other pads). floppy knee guards may look funny, but i think they're more comfortable and less restrictive that way. | | Weaknesses: | not for riders who need a lot of protection(DHers, trials, etc.) i have large calves and the male velcro hangs over and rubs them. irritating, but not major. | | Similar Products Used: | just regular jeans. | | Bike Setup: | fisher hardtail, lots of mods, clip-ins for easier rides, primo super tenderizers for the technical stuff. | | Bottom Line: | these pads have paid for themselves by protecting my shins from thorns, rocks, branches, and my pedals when i come off them. just came back from a ride over a new section i had laid out and an unseen rock brought me off my primos and spun them back HARD against my shin guard. would have had a huge bloody bruise from that one if not for the fox guards. let the posers laugh all they want; my old body needs as much protection as possible. i'm not racing so a few extra ounces doesn't bother me. you will always see me in helmet, shin guards, elbow pads, gloves, and eye protection. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe Shahoud
a Weekend Warrior
from Ft. Lauderdale
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Gator Bank, Dragon Tail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Hillsboro Bicycle | | Strengths: | Inexpensive (you get what you pay for). | | Weaknesses: | Does not do what it is meant to do. Provides no protection knee protection. | | Similar Products Used: | None. | | Bike Setup: | Stock Giant 2001 NRS 2 | | Bottom Line: | These pads are a joke. They provide no protection at all. The knee guard flops around and conveniently moves out of the way at crash time. Lots of blood when these are used. These guards/pads appear to be more like the type used in supercross racing where you would wear them under a long tight pant to keep them in place. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pancho
a Downhiller
from Manitou Springs
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | I don't ride trails, I ride trials | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint | | Strengths: | Cheap? no, for the crappy protection, these are overpriced. | | Weaknesses: | Loose, don't cover all of my leg, straps rip. | | Similar Products Used: | Roach soon | | Bike Setup: | Monty X-stam, Azonic DS-1 | | Bottom Line: | I just got back from the ER, 17 stitches in my shin, and I am pissed. I was dropping from a railing to a curb, slipped my pedal, and next thing I knew there was blood everywhere. The pedal had ripped the strap holding the pad on, gashed and cracked the out plastic. I know have three nice gashes were I could see bone! Fox really messed this one up. The pads were always slipping down my leg, and the knee part always seemed to dodge the headset, allowing my knee itselft to absorb the impact. Anyway, I just bought some nice Roach pads, can't wait for them to arrive. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Downhiller
from Canada, Ontario
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Killer loop | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Dons place | | Strengths: | Cheap
fits ok | | Weaknesses: | no knee strap | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | rocky mountain edge (stock) | | Bottom Line: | Great value if you want something that will protect your knee and wont cost alot. I put a $2 elastic strap on mine and there fine. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
robert badfish
a Downhiller
from chicago
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | bullfrog | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | midlothian honda | | Strengths: | hard molded plastic | | Weaknesses: | could use more straps should say somewhere on product not intended for use with shorts | | Similar Products Used: | k2 roller blade | | Bike Setup: | schwinn carbon fiber f/s home grown hayes hydrlc discs and hubs on mavic317 rockshox judy xl trpl crwn THE products | | Bottom Line: | first day of use, feeling over confident crashed knee cup flipped forward an i split my knee open/ doesnt wash well inside is still blood stained but what doesnt blood stain?protictive equipment shouldnt leave scars where they where suppose to be, use them for crawling around onthe floor painting base board at work
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Submitted by
Randee
a Weekend Warrior
from Connecticut
Date Reviewed: October 26, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | West Hartford MDC | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | CUTTING EDGE | | Strengths: | Great protection for the money! | | Weaknesses: | No knee strap. | | Similar Products Used: | Tried em all | | Bike Setup: | Rock Hopper/Manitou SX/Frogs | | Bottom Line: | It's a shame the two bad reviews are from people riding with the 911 pads (which do suck, I agree). And you know you are reviewing the wrong pads if you paid more than $25. These things, however, are AWESOME. My only complaint is that because they are BMX pads, they have no strap around the knee. It's ok cuz had a friend who is handy with a needle and thread sew a loose strap around it just short enough to the knee doesn't flap in the wind.
THUMBS WAY UP FOR THESE BABIES. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian Johnston
a Downhiller
from Randolph, MA 02368
Date Reviewed: September 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Sunday River ME | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Killington Mountain, VT | | Strengths: | Good protection with the plastic covering. | | Weaknesses: | It keeps sliding down my leg. There should be some straps around the knee to hold the pads in place. | | Bike Setup: | K2 Proflex Beast | | Bottom Line: | The product is OK, but I wish I knew about the problem of it sliding down your leg before I nailed my knee on a rock (due to it not being covered). FOX should have thought of a better set up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Dave B
a Cross Country Rider
from Leesburg
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Gambril | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Super Protection for the price. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | GT Zaskar Hardtail XC
GT XCR 2000 FS rocket | | Bottom Line: | These things work. For 20.00 you can't go wrong. I bought them to ride downhill and not break a leg. After using them I don't ride without them now. Falling is a part of riding aggressive, and if your not protected, you will at some point get hurt. These go a long way to keep you riding instead of nursing a bad injury. A helmet and gloves are no longer standard equipment. Use your head and protect your body. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Mike
a Downhiller
from Ct
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Creek 187 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Shin/price | | Weaknesses: | knee cup | | Similar Products Used: | Fox 911 | | Bottom Line: | These things save my shin from some serious injurys a day ago. I slipped off my nashbar platforms and hit my shin. The pegs on the pedals cut into my plastic covering of the pads. I had to take off the pads and leave them on the pedal still stuck in and rip them off. They saved me from not being out for the rest of the season with destroyed shins. Now i ride with them everywhere just for the shin protection. I doesnt do anything for knee unless u wore them under tight pants. Now im getting the Roach DH leg pads to protect my knees but these fox are a great deal. Just modify it with some knee straps and it should work fine. RIDE HARD. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Banger99
a Downhiller
from Sandy, SLC, UTAH
Date Reviewed: May 25, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Satan's Gullet (secret DH) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Cheap, light, do what they're supposed to do | | Weaknesses: | Misunderstood usage | | Bike Setup: | DH | | Bottom Line: | The reason the knee cups flop around is because these pads are intended to be under-the-pants. The reviewer below mistakenly reviewed the Fox 911 pads. Everyone else appears to be using them with shorts. In that case, yes, they can be annoying. I ride them with shorts myself. Here's a tip: Take an old pair of tights that have a hole in the crotch (c'mon, we've all got a pair). Cut off the bottoms a little above the ankle. Cut off the tops so that you're left with a what appears to be a sexy pair of hot-pants. Uuhh... throw that part away (or keep it for later). What you're left with is a 12 or 13 inch section of lycra. Slide one on each leg, strap on your $16 Fox pads like usual, and (here's the tricky part) TAPE the knee cup around your leg using cloth athletic tape. Don't cut off your circulation, now. Just secure 'em really well. Tape should be sticking to the lycra--not your skin. The knee cups will not flop and movement should not be impaired. This is the set-up I use and I can hammer through rock gardens without any slippage.
An even slicker approach would be to find some cheap light leg warmers with the little rubber grippies on the top and bottom. If you want to abandon the lycra "underwear" approach, attach your tape to the knee cup, twist the tape around (so it sticks to itself), wrap around your leg (stop twisting here), tear-off and stick the end back to the knee cup. If you're wearing some cool moto shorts, you won't even see the tape.
OK, so it's not Dianese or Azonic. But for $16 to $20, what do you want? Works for me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jalapeno Bambino
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 6, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Don Valley | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | none whatsoever, excapt the Fox name | | Weaknesses: | everything:
price
retention
durability | | Similar Products Used: | Azonic Knee/Shin Pads (awsome stuff) | | Bike Setup: | 98 K2 Proflex Beast | | Bottom Line: | I don't know how the retail price of these is $20 bucks if in the catalog they're $55 and in the shop I got them at (Trailblazer's, a fairly good shop, bad staff) they're $86 Canadian (which works out to about $59 US). Maybe I'm reviewin' the wrong product here. No, I'm not.
Anyhow, back to the pads. These are garbage. The pads constantly rode all the way down to my ankles after about 5 pedal strokes, and the same happens to my friend. I even tried leaving the ankle zipper open, which actually helped a little bit in keeping them up. I would never recommend these pads to anyone, and I am surprised that they got such a high rating (3.33)! These are trash! Shame on Fox for making such a sh*tty product. Don't buy these! Save your money! Buy some Azonic pads!
Luckily I returned the pads for store credit, but don't take the risk, buy Azonic.
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Tim
a Downhiller
from Dunedin New Zealand
Date Reviewed: February 9, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Signal Hill | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | The shin Bit is good
Cheap | | Weaknesses: | The knees piece always flaps around
Plactic Knee covers split after a while | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX 990, Judy XL's, mavics, FSA cranks, Tioga Tyres | | Bottom Line: | These are alright in slower crashes but anything else they suck ive split both knee cap covers and i still managed to get 6 stiches in my knee while wearing them But when you look at some prices of other stuff and then you look at these there way cheaper and i suppose they worth the money
but if you really want to save your knees go for something better | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Matty F
a Downhiller
from Ontario
Date Reviewed: January 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | The Ridler | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Price, light and airy, don't have to take off shoes. | | Weaknesses: | No Strap on knee section | | Bottom Line: | Great pad for the money, only weakness is the strapless knee part wich you could fix with an elastic er somethin | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stormshadow
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara,CA
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: |
Tunnel | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Cheap. Shin guard protects great. Lightweight and not too hot. | | Weaknesses: |
Knee pad section is of dubious protective value. Made in China. | | Similar Products Used: |
These are the first one's I've tried. I got 'em cause they're cheap as hell. | | Bike Setup: |
98 K2 Animal freeride frameset, 5 front/rear. Deore/LX/XT drivetrain w/GripShift Plasma shifters. RhynoLites. | | Bottom Line: | Pretty dope for 20 bucks. The shin part is great, but the knee pad kinda flaps around. It protected me fine in the few slower crashes I've had, but I suspect that the knee section might not help much during a higher speed, Superman-style crash. But I haven't any problems with them so far, and they have saved my knees from my stem and fork clamps, so I'm satisfied so far. Interstingly, these same pads are marketed under the Azonic and O'Neal brandnames. The Azonic ones list for $18 at azonicusa.com, but the SAME EXACT pads list for $10 at oneal.com... milking the DH coolness factor for all its worth? | | Overall Rating: |
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