KH leg armor

[mtnjeffe]

I have a number or shin and knee guards from years of mountain biking, but none of them cover the calf enough to protect from peddle bite. I have only been able to locate KH leg guards in a small at unicycle.com and I need an extra large.

Anybody know where to buy KH's as he does not seem to sell direct from his website?

[Harley]

Try here.

http://unicycle.cc/index.php?main_pa...&products_id=3

This is the Canadian version of UDC. Maybe they have some larger sizes in stock

[billnye]

I have nothing against the KH pads (In fact, I've never tried them) but I found the same thing with my Roach pads, that the mesh across the back was fine for flat terrain pedal bites, but came nowhere near to the protection needed when a foot slips off the pedal on a steep downhill.

What I ended up doing to remedy the situation was sacrifice (one half of) an old neoprene shin guard, strip off the velcro, and then I lay that across the back of my leg under the mesh. So far I've only been able to really truly "test" it a couple times, but it's definitely an improvement over the stock mesh.

I comment mostly because you mention a stock of existing leg pads that haven't worked for you... perhaps you have the ingredients to try some frankenpads before you shell out for a set of KH.

John M
billnye

[boisei]

I think Serious Juggling in Portland, Oregon has a pair left. Good shop for unicycling goods, despite their juggling name

http://www.seriousjuggling.com/unicycles.htm

You can give them a call at 1-800-584-4530 or 503-233-2577

(no financial interest, just a satisfied customer)

Cheers,
Z

[gnonim]

Originally Posted by billnye

What I ended up doing to remedy the situation was sacrifice (one half of) an old neoprene shin guard, strip off the velcro, and then I lay that across the back of my leg under the mesh.

That's an awesome idea for some extra protection, thanks!