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From a riding standpoint, the hardest transition for me with braces is your legs feel slightly more disconnected from the bike when your gripping with your knees and I’ve always preferred a nice set up knee cups.
Again, not a current pro, but I was a pro/am A class rider when wearing knee braces really took off and I remember testing them all and just being frustrated. Now I’m a 36 year old kinda sometimes fast guy and I still don’t wear them.
But again, I get why some where them and I would never advocate against them or anything, more of a personal preference.
I just wear compression pads to keep from chafing while im squeezing the shit out of the bike. would like to get some more safety gear soon so interested in some lite duty leg gear.
I have known a fair few who didn't like them because they couldn't feel the bike.
Pastrana using knee pad sleeves
*edit* here's the video, he's not sponsored by them anymore though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR3pw3J-Blw
Pit Row
A knee brace isn’t going to save you from every type of calamity. But man it sure will save you a hundred other times you aren’t even thinking about it.
Once you feel that brace lock out even once you will feel glad you had that brace on. Because if not then you just blew your knee out.
Two things I would never get on a motorcycle without. A helmet. And my knee braces.
https://youtu.be/uhEpMqii33M
I think doing sports as kid it doesn’t get talked about how easy it is to mess your knees up and how important it should be to prevent it.
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