Knee-brace advice

[Rupe]

Me old knees are playing me up.

I was just wondering if anyone has brought a set recently that have helped.

I don't have a big budget (as usual) so I won't be getting the top of the rang, just something to do the job.

Anyone had a look at the thor ones, they look quite cheap, (scott)?

[scott411]

knee braces will not make your knees feel any better, i wear pretty good cti's and i have still twisted my bad knee in them, they are mostly to stop hyper extension, (bending further than they are ment to)

the CTIs, asterix and evs are all pretty good but are all around the $1200-1400 set, and your knees will still hurt afterward if they do now as they do not tak eany weight off them,

the thor force knee guards are pretty good for protection, but not so much for bracing,

[Buddy L]

six six one are quite cheap check in at cycletreads, as they have a big range. but like scott said above if your knees hurt now then they are always going to hurt.
How do you ride mainly standing or sitting? Standing i hope.

[chop]

I have EVS Knee braces and theyre good a bit cheaper than the rest but my bad knee will still hurt after a hard ride.

[Rupe]

six six one are quite cheap check in at cycletreads, as they have a big range. but like scott said above if your knees hurt now then they are always going to hurt.
How do you ride mainly standing or sitting? Standing i hope.

Yeah stand most of the time.

I wear good knee pads at the moment to protect my knees, so maybe I'll try some of the tube sock type of support aswell.

Thanks

[Buddy L]

i wear under the knee guards, a pair of knee supports that the use in other sports to help with recovery, Eg keeps in the heat the help with healing. and also stops my guards rubbing and giving me a rash.

[Rupe]

i wear under the knee guards, a pair of knee supports that the use in other sports to help with recovery, Eg keeps in the heat the help with healing. and also stops my guards rubbing and giving me a rash.

Yeah think thats what I'll do. And it will stop the buggers giving me a rash to.

Cheers

[NordieBoy]

I like my Thor Force braces off TradeMe.
More support than knee pads/shin guards and a hell of a lot cheaper than the Asterisk/EVS/CTI/ETC.

[umka]

i bought some asterisk braces from the states. cost US$599 total got free shipping. at the current rate thats NZ$770 for a really good brace. dont know it thats within the budget.

[takitimu]

Yeah think thats what I'll do. And it will stop the buggers giving me a rash to.

Cheers

It's what I do as well, my left is the only one I'm worried about, but I have one on each knee & they seem to have stopped most twisting.
If the thor ones are the ones with really wide straps, almost brace style, they look interesting, I don't really like the Alpinestar ones I have now.