Leg armor reviewed: PRYME Bootleg and 661 4X4's

Unicycles and Equipment
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I have used both the PRYME Bootleg shin and knee guards and the SixSixOne 4X4’s for hard unicycling for a long while now. Here’s a comparison of the two:

PRYME

www.prymegear.com
You can buy it at places like danscomp.com, cyclingoutlet.com, etc.

What’s good about it:

Lighter and more flexable than the 661’s.

$29.99 at danscomp.com

Only has 4 easy velcro straps, and is much simpler to put off and on than the 661’s.

Hard plastic molded knee cap

Has a removable inner hard plastic shell and a removable inner lining-use both for maximum protection, one or none for more manueverabillity.

It has the PRYME skull logo, to remind you that your tough. Or something.

The not so good:

The less straps means it slips around easier, sometimes you’ll end up with the knees facing outward.

Not quite as much shin protection as the 661’s.

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Sixsixone 4X4’s

Availible at unicycle.com, blueskycycling.com, ride-this.com, etc.

The good:

7 velcro straps make sure the 4X4’s will not slip or move around.

Slightly thicker in the front = more shin and knee protection.

Lined with ‘Cool Max’ material to keep you cool, but in reality not much cooler, if any, than the PRYME bootleg’s.

The not so good:

Those 7 straps are a PAIN to take on and off, it takes forever.

Stiffer, lot less flexable than the PRYME guards. You can’t bend your knee all the way (but for trials/muni it’s not too much a problem)

Wider and not as streamlined. The sides can rub on the wheel when riding.

$50 at unicycle.com

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Having used to play goalie in hockey, I tend to think the 661s are a piece of cake to put on and take off. :stuck_out_tongue: There’s nothing like doing a half hour of carefully sequenced dressing just to realize you forgot to use the restroom and the game starts in 10 minutes… :frowning:

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661s aren’t that bad. also, there’s plenty of places to get them at $30 or less.

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FOX North Shore Knee/Shin guard review.

I don’t wanna go making my own thread about this, so i’ll stick it in here. It seems appropriate.

So… here goes.

I consider these guards an equivalent to the 661 4x4s. They are strong, durable, and they have these awesome form-fitting pads on the inside. They are comfortable and restrict the knee movement very little, but you still can’t bend your knee all the way, which i don’t see as a large problem.

The pads cover the entirety of your shin and knee, and they prevet pedal bites very well.

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These guards are actually superior to the 661s… the 661s don’t offer hard shell kneecap protection, whereas the Fox North Shore guards have a bombproof shell that’s lined with some open cell foam for impact absorption. They’ve saved my kneecaps from certain pulverization!

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the pryme guards definitly look better in terms of front protection, expecially with the knee guards, but what does the back look like? the sixsixone’s atleast have a littl bit of covering on the back of the leg.