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Shin protection

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So I embedded a pedal pin so badly into my shin bone the pin itself snapped. This was 3 weeks back. Rest of shin healed up fast but that pin hit went to then bone (and some). Taking a long time to heal out that thickness

 

Question , are there lightweight solutions . I don't really want full downhill shin pads or football etc. Something much lighter and suppler would work and be less intrusive

 

Any ideas ? My net searches come.ukboth increasingly full on army issue body armour type stuff

 

 

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How on earth did you get a pedal pin in your shin?!?!?

 

Slipped off pedal (poor shoes) and cranks span , foot on floor, pedal in shin !

 

Photo taken just now. Three weeks to the day. Rest of scraping and cuts long gone ...addb7a1b6b82d26a9c45761f6c7de95e.jpg

 

 

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;)

 

Hehe but nope, just don't get on with them especially on mtb

 

And seen enough people damage bits way worse due to being clipped in

 

 

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Ouch! You'll need a bit less than cricket wicket keeping pads - but decent footie shin pads should suffice/mitigate against recurrence as they are designed to at least keep out incoming studs.

 

http://www.rikoset.co.uk/design-lab/

 

It could be an expensive hobby as probably best to replace everytime you repeat accident.

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https://www.ergotec.de/en/products/pedale/sub/city-trekking-pedale/produkt/ep-1.html

 

Never slipped once since I mounted these, jandals, bare foot, waders, dress shoes... Before these years ago I had the bog standard MTB pedal and bloody shins.

 

Now you may not want to try those pedals off road :D I did have pedal strike a couple of times in corners on the 26" bike they are so huge :eek:

there tiny lol even my cb clip less peddles are bigger than that.:eek::eek:

Yeh, but I got teeny tiny feet, my growth energy went elsewhere.:rolleyes::p

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Not being a footballist of any kind I did not know shin pads have evolved to lightweight inside a sock

 

I shall try this, or something similar

 

https://www.prodirectsoccer.com/products/Nike-Mercurial-Lite-Shin-Guard-Accessories-Shinpads-SP2086010-Black-Volt-Black-135487.aspx?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9Zj6rOeK3gIV5zLTCh02sA4fEAkYECABEgKRW_D_BwE

 

 

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First ride out with new shoes , very happy and they were damn pricey but brilliant and appear built to last a long time

 

If a bit of ankle support is also you thing (like me ) these are the business

 

https://www.scotbycycles.co.uk/97/products/five-ten-freerider-high-mountain-biking-shoes--blackkhaki.aspx?currency=GBP&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI34nxn--S3gIVJbXtCh28PgRyEAQYAyABEgKTjPD_BwE

 

 

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