What should I buy?

eevahn · April 29, 2006, 6:29am

Hi! I’m new here… I was driving MTB about 2-3 years in Croatian championship & now I discover a unicycle… I drive 20 Inch Unicycle “Professional” Qu-ax.

Questions:

Should I buy shinguards with ankle protections or SixSixOne 4x4 knee-shin guards?
Should I buy Helmet?
Should I buy gloves?

Thx

ivan.jozic · April 29, 2006, 8:29am

I just change my nick, but the questions are same… please help…:o

smcmorrow · April 29, 2006, 8:29am

Helmet and gloves are essential, and I would recomend the 661’s but I havn’t tried anything else. Definately wear leg protection though. hope this helps

Jerrick · April 29, 2006, 12:32pm

I only wear shinguards, i used to not wear those but once i started doing more street style i ended up with lots of cuts, but the shinguards stopped all of the pedal bites, and you should wear a helmet, i dont, but just to be safe, everyone one should (and i need to listen to my own advice)

Ive tried wearing gloves, but i didnt like them, they just didnt feel right when i was grabbing my handle, and i would get sweaty stinky glove hans, and i hated that too.

ivan.jozic · April 29, 2006, 2:09pm

Thx… enyone else have opinion?

irvinegr · April 29, 2006, 5:41pm

LEG GARDS… the other stuff i never use… u will want leg gards a lot when you learn to jump. i only wear leg gards.

mornish · April 29, 2006, 7:41pm

leg guards! and helmet

unisteve · April 30, 2006, 6:44am

I don’t wear anything but regular clothes. Safety equipment cuts down on cool scars.

Job · April 30, 2006, 10:41am

I’m going to buy KH gloves and 661 4x4.

ivan.jozic · April 30, 2006, 12:23pm

Thanx everyone…

artemis · May 14, 2006, 11:25am

my 2.5 cents

Get a helmet and gloves for sure. If you’re doing muni then get the shins.

lucky_8 · May 15, 2006, 5:15pm

get shin guards and a helmet for sure. if i didn’t have a helmet yesterday i would have a few bad places on my face and head. also i love wearing gloves.

trials_uni · May 15, 2006, 5:33pm

I have 661 4x4s and Mace race gloves. Thats what i wear when i ride most of the time. I have a helmet that i wear when I wanna do something really stupid. I think that helmet and leg armour are essentil while gloves are more of a comfort thing for trials. But for muni all three are very important.

-Phil

primus · May 15, 2006, 6:27pm

singaurds then helmet no need for gloves because in this order by the time you want them you wont need them

Uniman1226 · July 2, 2006, 1:23pm

how do u know what size to get for the 661 shin guards

Jerrick · July 2, 2006, 2:16pm

Get a Large, they are the best fit, specially seeing how your 13, youll grow more which will make them even better.

I have a friend, who is extremly skinny and not all that tall, about 5’5"ish, and he has the large, and it fits him great.

ice_cold_uni6 · July 2, 2006, 5:40pm

unless you (for some inexplicable reason) get hit with the pedal on the back of the calf alot, i have a good 661 substitute.

i wanted 661s, but i dont want to shell out the 35$ plus shipping (yes im cheap) so i just bought some shin guards and a pair of REALLY long black socks. it only cost like 15 bucks, and you get the same feeling of all over coverage, AND it stops 97% of shin injuries

primus · July 2, 2006, 6:06pm

measure the width of your ankle and just above your knee

J_Adney · July 5, 2006, 2:24pm

There really is no substitue for 661’s as far as leg protection goes. Nothing seems to cover and protect as well. No matter how hard of a hit your shins take you almost never even feel it, much less get hurt by it. And mine have never caused any discomfort, even after hours of trials riding.

-Justin

malabaristapablo · July 7, 2006, 12:49pm

I’m going to buy Try all or koxx gloves and 661 4x4