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Mounting biking with protective gear??


quinton

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What is Mounting biking??? How similar is this to mountain biking, or a new sport. So you wear protective clothing whilst mounting your bike in case you fall off ??

 

Thanks for the highlight.

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If you ride a trailbike or an all mountain bike and want to aggressively ride(rail the berms, do the jumps, at speed) tecnical singletrack (that counts almost all of Tokai in my book)then you should be wearing at least a XC helmet, full finger gloves, elbow pads and knee pads. It will feel weird the first time you try it, but will feel great the first time you walk away from a crash because of it. If you care to look around, you will notice that more and more adventurous riders are armouring up, so stop feeling self concious about it, you will be part of a new crowd before you know it.

 

For sure! Thanks.

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DH:

Full face - always

Neck Brace - always

Full Finger gloves - always

Knee Guards - always

Elbow pads - sometimes

Pressure suite (chest/back) - sometimes

 

Aggressive Trail:

Half helmet - always

Full Finger gloves - always

Knee guards - always

Elbow pads - sometimes

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