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Originally Posted by asd863
Anyone recommend a place to buy gear? For a beginner rider. Already have a helmet. Or any tips for buying gear?
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If price is not an issue go all out
Budget cant get everything at once style i would focus on these items first in the following order
1) BOOTS - spend the dough, check out smx series, any group ride you go on i guarentee you there will be riders wearing them, good boot at a good price
2) Kneepads/pants - Knee pads are good because of price and you can wear them under regular clothes, very helpful many times for me when you end up being on your knees working on a car or something
dat extra benefit.
Pants are of course more protective, but honestly the main benefit is hip protection, wearing knee pads im not too worried about road rash on my thighs and calves. Of course you can just buy those snowboard style hip protectors too instead of pants.
3) Gloves - Get protection from rocks and bugs that hit your hand. A bug being smashed in your hand is not only gross, but at high speeds fucking painful. These i wouldnt mind getting cheap ass ones.
4) Jacket - why is this fourth on the list??? how i figure, is that it only really protects your elbows and shoulders. I've heard from professional racers that sometimes when they crash, the only thing they really injure are their feet/foot area. plus, if you do end up injuring your elbows/shoulders, it's easier to recover since you can just stop using the injured upper limb. as opposed to your feet/knees, being on crutches is much more inconvenient than wearing a sling.
5) anything else!
