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Readers’ Choice: Your Favorite Protective Gear, Plus the Second Most Protected Body Part

The 5 most popular knee guards for mountain biking, plus top picks for elbow pads and shin guards.

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Dainese Scarabeo Body Armor Grows with Your Kid

If my recent trip to Whistler taught me anything, it’s that kids today are shredding harder than ever. The future of mountain biking is looking bright. To make sure those little rippers become big rippers, they’re going to need some armor. That’s where Dainese’s new Scarabeo line comes in. The Scarabeo (Italian for beetle) line …

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Review: G-Form Pro-X Knee Pads Crash Tested

G-Form was one of the first companies to really push soft body armor as a viable alternative to the classic, storm trooper-style hard plastic protection. And now, years later, almost every protection brand also offers a similar style of soft, low profile armor in the same vein as G-Form. But that hasn’t kept G-Form from consistent …

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G-Form Pro-X Elbow Pads Review

G-Form is renowned for their low profile, comfortable soft body armor, and the Pro-X line is one step in their ongoing evolution. The Pro-X Elbow Pads from G-Form contain all the same tech as the Pro-X Knee Pads, such as the the impact-absorbing RPT™ cells.   As I noted in my knee pad review, I’m generally not a …

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You Need to Wear Body Armor: The History of Mountain Biking Injuries

Smashed kneecaps, broken forearms, skull fractures, gnarly, full-thickness lacerations and sutures. (“Woah, that’s my muscle fascia!”)  Sound familiar?  Is that because you’re one of the statistics? If general participation in extreme and adventure sports required a blanket contract, this clause would most surely exist: “Ride at your own risk.”  A certain and expected amount of …

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