Over the past 6-months, I have been riding harder lines and more difficult trails. As with any issue, every riding partner I have has a different opinion: To get pads or not to get pads?
A good friend and riding partner from Flag has been giving me the buisness about my next purchase of some good armor: "I saw a TOOL on Thumper last week who rode up Raptor with his armor strapped to his Camelback, and then he put the pads on for the
Thumper/Lime Kiln drop back to Deadhorse. The TOOL had a 6" travel
Kona. Don't be "that guy"."
And of course, my wife says, "Exactly what kind of trails are you now riding that you would need this armor?"
Then there is another riding partner from Sedona: "Dude, I can't believe that you don't already have armor!!"
I've always riden technical trails and done some decent hucking/step downs, calculated and clean. Never really missed having the extra exo-skin. Now that I am stepping it up, I feel that the armor would give me a boost of confidence. It's been many years since I've pushed the envelope, so the question goes, keep on riding clean and perfect or bust out some armor?
:skep: