Rocky Mountain Dirt Riders

I went to my garage to begin testing their protection. With all the padding on I closed my eyes and dropped to my knees, I was expecting a run to the hospital to repair my shatter patella. As my knees hit the ground I was surprised, a small amount of pain but it passed seconds later. I then hit my shin with a 20 mm combination wrench, box end. Again slight pain but nothing serious. I then put it through a pedal test, with 165 mm cranks I put my non dominate foot on the ground and my dominate foot on the pedal. I slammed the pedal into my shin with everything that I had. Slight pain but it passed in less than a minute. They are great protection for the weight so far.

Bottom line:
The pads are fantastic protection for the weight, but they are still light weight pads. They will not provide the same protection as a hard shell or other soft shell pad. They prevent catastrophic injury on the trails and are about as hot as some light weight Licha. If you hate the heat of your traditional pads and can handle pain for a minute or two after a bad fall then these pads are great.

Also they look like ninja turtle pads, for people my age that is pretty awesome

steve-o wrote:no experience, but they look constrictive, bunchy, hot, and cheap to me, they'll prolly migrate too which would bother me. I really don't think they would work well with cti's as they would interfere with where/how the brace goes around the leg. Just my opinion which probably isn't worth anything.