hey there fitzy in the house!

[born green]

You shit hed

Come on guys... no name calling its not nice

[hoffy]

Fitzy here ya go..much better than knee pads in draggins..

Budget
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Knee-Guards- ... _841wt_698

Better
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ACERBIS-Evo2 ... _981wt_698

[TyM2Go]

looks good will look into those i see there's no size listed is it 1 size fits all ?

[Jonno]

Here ya go Fitzy,

It appears we are all misguided in our advice

[TyM2Go]

what a crack up its funny cause its true almost every cruiser rider does that and that's exactly why i don't like them tools

[Glen]

Actually Fitzy. I've got a pair of knee guards for Draggins that I bought when I bought mine. I never use them though because I can't get the bastards in and I don't wear Draggins much. They're brand new, never been used. You can have them for half whatever they charge for them in the shop if your interested.

[Glen]

Here ya go Fitzy,

It appears we are all misguided in our advice

Arseless chaps are cool??????

This must have been a training video when Disco did his level 1 course.

[tim]

Fitzy here ya go..much better than knee pads in draggins..

Budget
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Knee-Guards- ... _841wt_698

Better
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ACERBIS-Evo2 ... _981wt_698

They look pretty good Hoff might have to upgrade mine..

[TyM2Go]

ill have to wait 2-3 months before anything can happen now as i cant even bend down to tie my laces

[dilligaf]

This is the knee of my pants after my recent off. They are Tiger Angel elements pants which are about as abrasion resistant you can get in a textile.
Without the knee pads I'd be a cripple. Wear knee pads!

[TyM2Go]

fark didn't think jeans would go so quickly

[dilligaf]

fark didn't think jeans would go so quickly

they're not jeans. its some sort of cordura gortex laminate.

[tim]

Yup I had knee pads and kevlar jeans on when I low sided at about 60 on brand new tyres. Kevlar didn't last long, and the hard plastic mx knee pads were worn down about 2mm in a patch the size of a 20cent coin.

[robracer]

Lucky that wasn't you knee Tim

[tim]

Lucky that wasn't you knee Tim

Yup. Glen came to rescue the GS and I remember he later wrote on here that if I didn't have the knee pads on I would have been in hospital with a detached kneecap

Even though crashes can happen to any of us at anytime, and all the gear is always a good idea.

I rekon those first few months/years you ride a bike are especially important for gear because there's a certain number of newbie mistakes to be made which you wont make once you have some more experience in the saddle, and wisdom in the scone. Every time I ride past a learner with a $500 jacket and no $50 gloves I feel like whacking them in the back of the head for being a doofus On the off chance I get to talk to said doofus, I always boost my old carnt status by giving them the "who's going wipe your ass when you have both your hands wrapped up" line