Shin Guards?

I'm thinking about getting some shin guards but I'm not sure yet. I was
thinking I should get them since I'm trying to learn some actual tricks
but I think that I just want them because I'm being a little girl and
I'm to scared to land them (unispins). What do you guys think about
shin guards?


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GET THEM. If your trying tricks, they will save your legs and they give
you loads more confidence (sometimes too much which is a bad thing). I
have 661's and just today, within the last few hours, they saved my
legs four times when the pedals hit them (I was trying a lot today).
Any one of those hits could have lead to a hospital visit for stitches,
and in that case I would have payed much more for a 1-time hospital bill
than for the shin guards. Some people say that the wrist guards are more
important when unicycling, but I think shin injuries far outnumber
wrist-and-hand injuries.

Both of my legs are healing from some bad pedal scratches right now.
One injury was from taking one lap around my street and I thought I
wouldn't need them. Well...I did. And I payed for it.

But a warning: shin guards don't guarantee shin safety. four days ago I
tried a unispin and the pedal went up and -under- my shin guards, got
stuck, and shredded my leg. I have no doubt it would have been worse if
I didn't have them, though.

I hope this helps and I hop for your sake that you decide to get shin
guards before a bad injury.


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T.M.C. wrote:
What do you guys think about shin guards?




Essential. No doubt about it. I don't care who you are, or how tough
you think you are, but if you are smart, then you own and use a pair of
shin guards.

I don't use them every time, but for me they are what keep me in tact.

When I don't use them, I usually wish I did.


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Not even a question. Get them, your shins will thank you. Not only will
you get confidence but you'll be saved from most pedal bites. I can't
go a ride without them.


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get them now! 661 has good ones that arent to expensive and provide
good leg coverage. they are a little hot, and tend to slip a little,
but thats a small price to pay for not having your shins turned into
hamburger


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After a pedal bite I got some 661 Veggie Wraps ($25 at Pricepoint).
They are very comfortable and have saved my shins!


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I actually wouldnt get 661s unless you are cheap. The latest models have
ventilated foam (holes) instead of being a solid foam lining. They also
took the solid plastic in the front, and took big square chunks out of
it. A pedal, edge, rock, log, whatever, hitting in that chunk, has a
high chance to go through the ventilated foam and cut your leg, or just
give you a nice, hard thump. And its pretty much mid-shin, so a place
where you end up getting hit quite a bit.

Dont let heat be a factor for you. Youre out unicycling, working out,
and wearing extra/insulating pads on your legs. Your gonna get hot, and
your gonna be sweaty, jsut get sued to that.

Id suggest something that is more solid than 661, and there are a lot
of other companies that make a lot of other shin guards. It isnt just
661 and kh.


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Definatly get them. For one, they will save you from alot of pain and
scars. For two, you a girl so I asume your kinda concernd about you
legs. They do get hot but get used to it. Their protection
overrides their heat.

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lol, no I wasn't trying to say I was a girl, I was saying that I'm
acting like a little girl and didn't want to land the trick


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T.M.C. wrote:
lol, no I wasn't trying to say I was a girl, I was saying that I'm
acting like a little girl and didn't want to land the trick


Please look TMC on videos here, what incredible tricks do 'LITTLE GIRS'
without any guards at all.
It does not mean you should'nt buy the stuf. But little girls can do
big boys job and gracefully too. Old man.


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