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They are a fox launch pro, longish that go down to cover the upper shin as well. Have a full soft rubber shell pad rather than the lesser enduro style knee pads.So you have shin pads too?
They are a fox launch pro, longish that go down to cover the upper shin as well. Have a full soft rubber shell pad rather than the lesser enduro style knee pads.So you have shin pads too?
You can try/buy a bunch of different elbow and knee pads and find what works. Waaay better than surgery and rehabI bought knee pads after riding Thredbo once without them - lots of scary granite!
Never got used to riding with them though. Should probably put more of an effort in.
I have some that are good, its just getting used to having them on at all. Will just have to suck it up for a while until I get used to the whole idea.You can try/buy a bunch of different elbow and knee pads and find what works. Waaay better than surgery and rehab
I get that, knees are an always for spirited rides, elbows and chest I go on feel for the day.I dont know why, but I consider knees more important than elbows. I guess the thought of not being able to walk, and that if you do land on them its usually heavy impact.
Had a little indescression this morning, upper shin took full brunt of my fall straight onto a log running down the side of the trail. Pretty sore as is, cant imagine what the outcome of no pad would have been.
Good advice, I'll add them to ever growing list of things I have to have!I get that, knees are an always for spirited rides, elbows and chest I go on feel for the day.
I've landed hard on my knees a bunch of times, I don't doubt for a second that wearing knee pads has increased my ride time substantially. I reckon elbows have saved me a little grief, but nowhere near the same.
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Definitely.Good advice, I'll add them to ever growing list of things I have to have!
I usually have a go at the stopping as the house is nothing special but I got a professional to stop out our kitchen. He did an amazing job and far quicker than I could.Do you stop the plaster? I can hang it no sweat, but get a mate to stop it. Looks ace after he's done.
Look into income protection insurance through your super fund. I'm with hostplus, they wouldn't automatically cover me when I said i rode MTB, but they really just wanted to know I didn't race DH and I wore a helmet all the time. Not sure if this means they don't cover you if you compete.Hey folks, not sure if this the right place or it warrants a new thread but I'll give it a go anyway.
Any tradies here with income protection insurance? So far I've been declined insurance by Noble Oak and AAMI because I ride an MTB, can get hit by a truck on a roadie and be covered just fine, but if you want to chuck a bike down a hill, they just decline to offer insurance entirely. Any ideas on who else to ring?
There is a longish wait after you make a claim on income insurance before they pay out, my bro law had 6 - 8 weeks wait before getting a portion of his wage.. It’s a good thing to have if you can afford it and/or your the sole earner, but unless it’s a very serious injury after a couple of months you would be close to starting work again. I read somewhere keeping 3 months pay aside rather than paying income protection premiums isn’t a bad way to do it. Mind you they probably weren’t mtbers..Hey folks, not sure if this the right place or it warrants a new thread but I'll give it a go anyway.
Any tradies here with income protection insurance? So far I've been declined insurance by Noble Oak and AAMI because I ride an MTB, can get hit by a truck on a roadie and be covered just fine, but if you want to chuck a bike down a hill, they just decline to offer insurance entirely. Any ideas on who else to ring?
Thanks for the tip, will check out my super fund.Look into income protection insurance through your super fund. I'm with hostplus, they wouldn't automatically cover me when I said i rode MTB, but they really just wanted to know I didn't race DH and I wore a helmet all the time. Not sure if this means they don't cover you if you compete.
Ooof 6-8 wks sucks, maybe I should look at putting the money away like you say, so far the couple of quotes I've had that declined to offer cover were in the $3-4k a year range, I like riding my MTB but I'm not sure I like that much.There is a longish wait after you make a claim on income insurance before they pay out, my bro law had 6 - 8 weeks wait before getting a portion of his wage.. It’s a good thing to have if you can afford it and/or your the sole earner, but unless it’s a very serious injury after a couple of months you would be close to starting work again. I read somewhere keeping 3 months pay aside rather than paying income protection premiums isn’t a bad way to do it. Mind you they probably weren’t mtbers..
Thanks for the reply, will check out the super side of things as Elbo mentioned, not a wage slave myself, but still feels like one, I just dont get paid more for overtime. I think as self employed, you could reduce your premium by extending the time it would take before cover would kick in, but I think the minimum was 4 weeks. All food for thought, cheers.My income insurance via my super basically says i need to exhaust my sick leave entitlements first... Even with the 3 months off following the crash last year i didn't come near claiming the cover. Its one of those things you need if you semi-permanently/permanently fuck yourself up, but "just" for major injuries you'll recover from your normal sick leave shoudl cover it.
* assuming youre a wage slave that is - self employed is a whole different ball game..
Yep, back in the 71HA daze, one evening I had stayed out way too late at Lysty, and had decided to bail out of Middle, as it was just too dark and it was only going to get worse. So, I was belting down East West absolutely flat out, and there was a massive branch down and my front wheel dragged the thin end of it in. The bike pretty much stopped dead, and I was clipped in, but when I went over the bars, I magically unclipped, cleared the bars and landed running. I fell over because I couldn't run as fast as I was going, but it was a small potatoes outcome compared to what it could have been.I've had at least two OTB stacks where I've literally leapfrogged off the bike and hit the ground running! ... ... ... ... completely on reflex I've unclipped (I'm XC remember, cleats all the way!)