Given that many pants don't have any knee protection and the knee guards in many riding pants aren't in the right place or stay in the right place. Because of this, many use knee guards that are worn directly on the legs.
Some problems with that: > Limited choices for the street. Lots of different motocross guards. > Many are quite bulky and don't lend themselves well to wear under jeans or > any other pants for that matter. > Few are CE approved and while CE approval isn't necessary, it seems to be the > only standard available for us to use to compare quality. > Good knee guards are not cheap. Now for the good part. I took the knee armor out of my Icon ARC riding pants and tried it under Mueller 426 Elastic Knee Supports. It seems to be working. It's winter here and I haven't tried it riding yet, but wearing it around the house for several hours has worked great. I don't even notice I have it on. I happened to use the XL support, but measure around your knee and the armor and purchase a support based on that measurement. A side benefit of the armor from my Icon pants is that the Velcro used by Icon to hold them in place in their pants works to hold them in place in the knee support. I'm not sure it is needed, but it would be easy to add some Velcro to whatever armor you would use. Cost: -> Elastic knee supports - Less than $10 for two -> CE approved knee armor - Came with my Icon pants, but you can buy a pair for $20 -> Velcro, (If you decide it is needed) - $5 or less Chances are, you can use several different styles/brands of knee armor. I can say that the Icon seems to fit quite good for me. I think I can wear them under about any pants including Kevlar jeans which is my intent. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
