New Endura Kit – Protection For Even More Of Your Body

Endura has entered the helmet market across the pond, with helmets now certified to USA standards and on sale now. But never fear, it’s not just the A …

By stwhannah

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New Endura Kit – Protection For Even More Of Your Body

you will never convince me shin guards are necessary or attractive

the rest looks good though

@ayjaydoubleyou I have gruesome pictures I’m not going to share. When your skin gets super thin and you’re running out of non-scar-tissue to glue together, you might think otherwise!

@Ayjaydoubleyou – good shoes and pedals have pretty much eliminated the need for shin pads in our groups. I think the only shin injuries I’ve had have been pedal/shin interfaces.

you will never convince me shin guards are necessary or attractive

I’m actually thinking they’d be a great idea, worn in reverse…my calves will thank me every time they interface with the pedal pins 😳

That youth Full Face is a great idea… I see so many children in helmets that look huuuuuuuge with a chinbar this <———————————————> long, and I am sure the rotational injuries on a neck in a crash might be worse than the head injury…

good shoes and pedals have pretty much eliminated the need for shin pads in our groups. I think the only shin injuries I’ve had have been pedal/shin interfaces.

yeah I’ve got a photo of me somewhere deliberately trying to slide off the back of pedals (5:10 and dmr V12). not even close to being an issue. I know i’m inflexible but my achilles would snap long before I got to an angle that would allow me to slide off.

Hannah now has me worried about repeated scarring and thinning skin which is something I’ve not considered. Quite a few bits of me I’d be more worried about than my shins for this though.

I’m with Hannah on this one, with shins that repeatedly engaged with pedals in the 1990s and 2000s, so have been skinned on countless times.

Oh… I also have a divot in one shin down to the bone where a rock was flung up of the front wheeland hit my shin.
A. It hurt like fheck mid downhill.
B. It subsequently got infected down to the bone.
C. The thought of it happening again when rattling down a peaks or alpine rockfest makes me curl my toes up whilst riding if I’ve not got shinpads on.

stwhannah

@ayjaydoubleyou I have gruesome pictures I’m not going to share. When your skin gets super thin and you’re running out of non-scar-tissue to glue together, you might think otherwise!

Very true after taking 6″ of skin off my left shin right down to the bone last summer and having to take Warfarin for AF I would welcome any protection.

@stwhannah
Are they still doing the lycra shorts with D30 pads ? For us oldies with dodgy backs who want to protect their coccyx 😔 My recent Fox Titans have gone all weird on the sizing 🙄

@oldfart yup, these are still listed https://www.endurasport.com/mt500-protector-undershorts-ii-black/12923757.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw__ihBhADEiwAXEazJp1y2LKf3JmJgbozlirH6-DTjF29_CTAaHkiQVR-8iLNMpc7py3pehoCmpMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Those shorts look like my American Football shorts from a few years back 😂. In fact, they’d probably have done a better job!

The size specific D3O LP-1 vest

Size specific clothing? That’s quite the bold aim.

Bought that D3O vest from merlin cycles last week and seems comfy. Having never used chest/back protection before I have nothing to compare to and haven’t ridden yet. But for the price, and I want to ride more bike parks/uplift centres, seems a bargain to me.

With the vest… is it mesh behind the removable panels, or similar material to the rest of the vest? Wondering how cool it runs.

I’ll report back with photos tonight, quite thin material from memory. The D3O feels quite stiff initially but then seems to morph to the body somewhat. I haven’t used it in anger yet and I’ll be trying it both over a jersey and under to see how it fares.

The D3O feels quite stiff initially but then seems to morph to the body somewhat.

yeah your body heat will soften it

Ah no hip protection for us oldies with osteoporosis. Believe me most woman after the menopause get bone density problems, also there will be more woman 50+ mtbing in the future than ever before.

I’ve got hip protectors for skiing but they aren’t that comfortable to mtb in (mainly the warmer months).

Tbh what would get me buying more Endura gear is if they reintroduced quality materials into their clothing. The decline in the quality (fabric, stitching, features) over the last 10 years is staggering, to the point that the products (I’m thinking Singletrack and Humvee shorts, but also tops etc) barely seem to be from the same brand. The flimsiness now doesn’t fill me with confidence that their protective gear would really stand up to abuse, were I in the market for it…

Bought that D3O vest from merlin cycles last week and seems comfy. Having never used chest/back protection before I have nothing to compare to and haven’t ridden yet. But for the price, and I want to ride more bike parks/uplift centres, seems a bargain to me.

I can’t find it anywhere for £89.99, it’s £98 on merlin but the RRP looks way higher than that, is the article incorrect?

@tetrode Just checked, £89.99 for the vest is definitely what I was told!

you will never convince me shin guards are necessary or attractive

the rest looks good though

I have regular pedal shin interfaces but not enough to wear shin protection, but roost \ chest protection on mtb gear ? Can’t see the need for this, makes sense in MX racing where the bike in front is throwing up rocks but not for mtb unless I’m missing something.

Looks like the RRP of that vest is £129.99.

I paid £98 at merlin.
Also forgot to do what I said I was going to do, life n that. I promise I’ll report back at latest during this coming weekend 😁

I have photos.

External bits. Seems good quality material.
Foam padding on areas outside of the main D3O.

Internal. Foam padding has a soft foam style covering, this won’t be the main bit in constant skin contact if under a jersey. The material over the D3O feels like base layer/moisture wicking sort of material. Very thin and soft, nice. Same front/back.

Happy to answer any other questions but I haven’t used in anger yet and not sure when I’ll get chance for a few weeks at best. I plan to use for places like uplift and push up bike parks mostly rather than general trail riding.