Tailbone Protection For MUni?

Been riding a good bit of MUni lately and take a good fall now and then.
A couple of them have been to the backside .... on me buttocks. Ha.
Although so far no tailbone injury, it has been close on rocks and logs
especially jumping down wet stuff. No worries though ... I am gonna do
it one way or another. But....
Does anyone wear a tail pad or such?
Any advise would be truly appreciated. I Thankee..


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661 bomber shorts should do the trick!

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vanpaun wrote:
661 bomber shorts should do the trick!



Those look really sturdy! Thanks for the consideration and I will
consider them. They don't seem terribly expensive ..


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Shug wrote:
Those look really sturdy! Thanks for the consideration and I will
consider them. They don't seem terribly expensive ..


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I'm not sure exactly what kind of riding your doing but I used to do
some fairly technical speed muni and that was the one thing I didn't
injure.


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Goats_On_Unicycles wrote:
I'm not sure exactly what kind of riding your doing but I used to do
some fairly technical speed muni and that was the one thing I didn't
injure.



Well ... wet rocks for one. I probably just need to improve my
technique. Hurt the tailbone as a younger feller and just do not want
to do it again.
Also I could play hookie from work in those days, can't now!


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I see. Then I certainly think it would be prudent to get some
protection.
I havn't done many wet rocks but it kinda scared me when you mentioned
them. heh.


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While still kind of at the learning stage I fell backwards and bruised
my tailbone (I don't have much padding back there. I couldn't sit w/o
any discomfort for almost two months. Sitting on the saddle wasn't as
bad as a chair so I could still practice.

After that I almost always wear those 661 Pro Bomber shorts. I have
the small size and they were still very loose, so I sowed the padded
sections together. They didn't have enough padding for my skinny but
so I added some 2"X6" upulstry foam nearly 2 ft long, and I wrap it
around my hips and but between the 661's and my cycling shorts then
regular shorts or pants over that.

I like the hard armor of my 661's. I'm thinking of adding another pair
of soft padded shorts to substitute my foam, like maybee 'these'
(http://tinyurl.com/3kdsh) or 'these' (http://tinyurl.com/3jb7zf).


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Quite frankly I'm surprised no one has replied with the ultimate
solution to tailbone protection from none other than MUni pioneer George
Peck.

His eloquent, readily available using items found at the supermarket,
diy and inexpensive method for tailbone protection is probably second to
none.

THE SECRET TO HIS PROTECTIVE METHOD IS THE ABSORPTION FACTOR OF KITTY
LITTER.

An instructional video of the construction of his kitty litter and
newspaper (I think newspaper was involved in the construction, correct
me if I'm wrong) tailbone protection can be found on the classic MUni
video "Rough Terrian Unicycling", which is also featured on the UNiVERsE
2 DVD.

I haven't had the opportunity to construct my own kitty litter tailbone
protection, so your mileage may very.

Carl


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If cost is an issue then you could always employ the power-bocking
method of tail bone protection. four 10" lengths of foam pipe insulation
and duct tape - 'PIC' (http://powerbockresources.com/tailbonepad-w.jpg).


Maybe you could fill each pipe with kitty litter to increase the
protection.


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