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Biking guard vs sleeve

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HomerPimpin
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for the people who mountain bike, what’s the difference and is one better than the other? from what i can see and assume, sleeves are just padding over the joint area and guards seem to have a bit of hard covering over the padding, is that right?
3 years ago
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Abomber22
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Review of 14 products

https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/topics/biking/best-mountain-bike-knee-pads
HomerPimpinfor the people who mountain bike, what’s the difference and is one better than the other? from what i can see and assume, sleeves are just padding over the joint area and guards seem to have a bit of hard covering over the padding, is that right?
3 years ago
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switchlip2
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Guards are firmer and stronger on impact while sleeves are super low profile and easy to forget you have them on when ur riding
3 years ago
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tri_photo
Posts: 1530 - Karma: 7,195
I've had some pretty decent wrecks, but I've never had a wreck where I wished I had one or the other on. I typically ride in short sleeve jerseys or shirts. The one thing I think everyone should where is kneepads.
3 years ago
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skierman
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oh my fucking god, jut break your neck so you don't have to make these shitty threads anymore.

**This post was edited on Jun 12th 2022 at 8:37:52pm
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HomerPimpin
Posts: 104 - Karma: 970
skiermanoh my fucking god, jut break your neck so you don't have to make these shitty threads anymore.

**This post was edited on Jun 12th 2022 at 8:37:52pm


knowing you even exist as a person makes me want to kill myself an infinite amount of times
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