I have a bad habit of smashing my knee cap into my handlebars

[gsp1179]

Specifically the mechanism that you use to keep the bars in place.

I always plow my left knee into it when going off of big shit, and I'm tired of constantly doing it...so does anyone have any ideas as to how I could soften it (short of buying some knee pads)? I was thinking of tearing off a piece of tempur-pedic foam and fastening it on there but that will look retarded.

If not, recommend me a high quality set of knee pads.

 

[Red Redemption7]

bolt your ttube

Edit:
http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=4708821225384126492&hl=en-AU

 

[me1]

thats what i did, works perfect. you could be more stylish and put a crssbar pad from you bike if you have one. and ryan, awsome avy thing

 

[gil_]

boly ur t tube and all ur probs will go away

 

[Matt Dibble]

no they won't

im currently out from riding for a couple days. idk why but the past liek 2 days ive hit my knee off my bars sooo fucking hard its so bad. my knee is swollen so huge haha. everyone grosses out when they see it because theres just like a huge fluid buildup in it. and this is off rad bars... 1 piece. lol

 

[jake ferraro]

id just rip of some foam or tempurpedic stuff like you said. or try squeszing a scooter brip on it if it would work.

 

[goinbig55]

u should lock ur t tube and for knee pads i wear pro tech

 

[Atticu$182]

Haha i have this foam ball thing i got off a pogo stick on mine. Its sooo good.

 

[yamamsmells]

KNEE PADS

 

[James Scown]

One piece bars/BMX seat clamp/bolted t-tube

 

[loganhoe]

Land better? thats really all you can do, you'll always hit hit your knees haha, you cant aviod, come on dibbs is a bad ass and he hits his knee's haha, but really figure out differnt ways to land an it might help

 

[danielwarwick]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AHD7--otpNc

Look at my bars in that video, I wrapped like PVC pipe foam shit around it and taped it all up, that was so good. I don't have it anymore though.

 

[TJK]

when you land just move your knees away from the bars?

 

[Tyler Boner]

mine r boilted and lately been hitting my knees hard,haha.

i was flipping a 1 and a half foot spine,
i'd done it plenty of times before, and under hucked and landed on my front wheel 1 footed and smashed it sooo hard,haha.

then that was swollen for a few days, it went away and then i FUCKED it on a scooter fakie combo,

i did it twice more that day so my knee is super sore and everything it sucks,

gonna start wearing my pads again