Came off today on a dusty corner and after peering down at my grit filled blooded knee I felt its time for some knee pads.

Don’t want anything too heavy or hard. Got to be light enough for heavy xc/trail…Gisburn type of ting.

Troy lee 5450. I hate restrictive knee pads and I honestly don’t notice I’m wearing these. Not as much protection as some but that’s the compromise. Go a size smaller than other brands if you try a few on

Cheers…sounds good.

I rate my g-form for unobtrusive protection. Might not stand up to bigrock impacts but on gravelly type stuff just perfect.

Just looking at both those and they seem ‘too much’…maybe im wrong.

+1 troy lee but I’ve got the 5400 knee only and holes in my shins… no, really but you can pedal all day and they stay in place on impact.

Gform. Not sure how they are too much at about 5mm thick and flexible

Used enduras, troy lees and fox now run with the new raceface ambush, best i’ve ever uused

Glad this subject came up as I’m just looking at buying knee pads after 2 or 3 crashes this year that have ended up with knee impacts.

Going by reviews I’d narrowed it down to Fox Launch pro’s or Troy Lee 5400’s but swaying towards the Troy Lee’s at the moment. Just want to make sure they’re not going to fall down after a few rides and don’t rub or anything? And I’m on the borderline between S & XS on the sizing chart so guessing I’d be better off going for XS?

When I was looking, I couldn’t find the troy lees anywhere in my size, so got a pair of Alpinestars morzine instead, I find them really comfy, don’t really notice them, so wear them for xc as well now.

Troy Lee 5400 or the Scott ones which are pricey but very good

Ambush here as well. D30, so nice and flexy. Also, easy to get on and off without taking shoes off, which is a great thing to have for days when you don’t want pads on all the time.

I’ve got the fox launch enduro pads and wear them everywhere and have been for about a month now. I find em perfect balance, they won’t help with huge offs but will help for smaller tumbles which is what I wanted them for, fit like a glove and no complaints at all. I did think they’d be useless without straps but they never move.

+1 for Troy lee knees. I wear mine every ride now 🙂

I’ve been using the nukeproof ones fir the last year. They are a little warm but fine to wear all day, I don’t notice them and really good hard cap protection. Good value too

There are new, lighter Troy Lees available on EBay that look good. Lighter than 5450s

Lightest would be the Raceface Charge on offer at my LBS for £28.00, I preferred them to the rhythm as they were a little shorter.

They’ve just taken delivery of the Raceface Indy, it’s a little like the charge on steroids as it has D3O padding, so a will offer greater protection from impacts rather than simply keeping all the grit out of your skin. I reckon these are the pads you’re looking for.

What’s the sizing like on the Indy pad? Would normally wear small but ended up with large charge pads.

Ta. 🙂

I don’t know, I haven’t been in to get mine yet. Actually got out for a ride this weekend instead.