I gave up trying to wear elbow pads like 12 years ago because of those issues.
But on the flip side I don’t care very much because for whatever reason I never hit my elbows when I fall.
Now falling on and breaking shoulders is something that happens to me a lot.
But on the flip side I don’t care very much because for whatever reason I never hit my elbows when I fall.
Now falling on and breaking shoulders is something that happens to me a lot.
So I'm not rad enough and don't ride park enough to warrant a chest & neck protector, but I think the industry needs to find a better way to do elbow pads. Every time I've worn them, they either are so loose there's no way they'd do anything more than a jersey in a crash, or so tight that I would start to get arm pump within 30 seconds or so. So, even though I know intuitively that I'm almost as likely to hit my elbows as my knees in a crash (hell, more likely than my face, and I wear a full face sometimes), I never wear elbow pads.