Looking for new pads

Knee pads especially, i caught a jagged rock on the knee cap today it was hidden by a bunch of ferns and my knee took the full impact stopping me and the bike. The rock went right through my current kneepad and smashed my knee pretty bad.

Any recommendations? theres so many out there to choose from.

Thanks.

I don't know anything about knee pads, but I hope you are alright. A smashed knee is bad.

I use these and love them. I have converted a couple friends to them also.

http://www.thormx.com/product.jsp?path=1537,1542,1571,6720

I have a set of Asterix (sp?) that I like but I did have a couple of small plastic parts break which was a bit of a bummer. I find them quite comfortable once they are adjusted and look to provide quite good protection from twists as well as direct impact.

Hope you heal up fast!

Both of those look great! thanks,

after a sleep on the knee it feels worse naturally, this sucks, rocks suck.

I have the same knee pads as Hammer recommends only marketed by MSR.

They are the most comfortable knee guards I have ever worn.

Well, being the good canadian that i am, i think i might try some hockey shin pads. Check these out, for $89 they look like pretty good protection for the price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-MISSION-130...ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Just got back from the hospital.....Fractured knee cap.

Sorry about that. It can't be too bad though, if your posting. I fractured mine in 4 parts and it was the most painful thing I ever felt. It felt like I had an axe buried in my leg. I hope it heals up fast.
Norman

Ewww, that doesn't sound good.

I'm thinking hockey pads are going to be waaayy to long and you'll have difficulty buckling your boots. You don't need them to run down to your ankle.
Being the hypocrite I am I use hockey pads ......... they are my son's that he used as a 7 yr old. They are youth and believe them to be 11 or 12" long. They stick down a little more than half way down my shin and the knee is plenty big enough. I've eyed up some Thor pads but really don't have complaints about the Nike hockey pads so I'll wait til I splurdge for some nice braces like the Asterik's

Good info, im going to head down to the hockey shop in surrey when i can walk and try some on, im not opposed to doing some modifications if i cant find a junior size that works.

Norman I got lucky with the fracture, its a corner thats broken, Doc said if it was any other way it would have been a cast or surgery. I have axe pain if i move my knee unsupported

I had to have surgery, so they could fixate it with 2 pins and a cable around it. I was amazed at the size of the stuff when they took it out. A freaking brake snake and 2 brake pins! My main problem was a piece of the kneecap turned on edge and was cutting into the tendon. Fond memories!
Norman

Sorry to hear about your knee.

As someone who plays hockey and rides, I would recommend riding specific pads. Hockey pads are for skating where you don't have the same amount of knee bending.

Also consider that I paid less for the bike knee guards I'm wearing than the price of the hockey pads you posted about.

He said 3 weeks for the calcium to do its thing, and another 3 weeks to fully heal.

Maybe i should just ride in my goal pads.

any photos of that kneepad?

Welcome to Vicoden for pain relief!

I will get one tomorrow, its more of a puncture than anything.

Asterix.

They are expensive, but worth it. I think hockey kneepads are a mistake.

You want to protect your kneecap, but also you want to prevent both hyper-extension, and any sideways carnage.

A big heavy moto-boot flailing around during the crash can rip your knees soft tissue and spin it in circles.

Asterix are one of only a few that will prevent all types of knee injury.

If you haven't already, see a knee specialist! (KNEES are very particular.) I cracked my patella skateboarding when I was 14, and my regular Doc put me in a restrictive brace for six weeks and said I'd be good to go for track season, it was a no go, I lost a ton of muscle(that I still haven't regained @24), and my knee was worse off.

When I finally saw the specialist, he told me I should have never been in any brace, and all I should have been doing for those six weeks was strengthening my inner quad(not with weight of course, just flexing the teardrop portion of the quad) and that I would have been able to start track albeit a few weeks late. Instead those six weeks in a brace, sidetracked my knee for a good nine months. I didn't start showing my old form until the end of Cross Country the following fall.

Bottom Line, be careful with your knees, and when injured get a few opinions, FROM SPECIALISTS.

Oh Yeah +1 for the Thor Force Knee guards, great unit at a great price, you could take a baseball bat to the knee in those puppies.