See our recommendations below for choosing the right mountain bike protective gear to prevent mountain biking injuries. Wear your mountain bike protective gear to keep yourself and your family safe while you mountain bike this summer.
A properly certified and fitting mountain bike helmet is the most essential piece of mountain bike protective gear. A head injury is the most serious of mountain biking injuries, and a mountain bike helmet will help protect you from many types of impacts – rocks, stumps, your bike, other riders, etc. No matter what type of mountain biking you are doing, a good quality mountain bike helmet is a must. The risk of a serious and long-term mountain biking injury involving your head make buying and wearing a mountain bike helmet a “no brainer” – get one today, and wear it always.
A Set of Good Quality Mountain Bike Pads For Your Knees and Elbows
Although not life-altering, mountain biking injuries like scrapes and bruises on your knees and elbows are no fun. Several companies make very comfortable and lightweight mountain bike knee pads and mountain bike elbow pads, which are a great piece of mountain bike safety gear. SixSixOne, ProTec, and EVS all make excellent pads which will help protect your knees, shins, elbows, and forearms when you crash or scrape against a tree branch, rock, or other hard object. Pick up this piece of mountain bike protective gear for downhill mountain biking, single track riding, or more aggressive mountain biking vert or terrain park riding.
A Pair of Mountain Bike Gloves
From our perspective, the second most important piece of mountain bike protective gear is a good pair of mountain bike gloves. When you crash, your hands will lead the way as you naturally reach out to break your fall. As a result, your hands are at risk of nasty abrasions, cuts, and bruises from the dirt, rocks, or pavement. You can easily avoid these mountain biking injuries with a good pair of mountain bike gloves. Your hands are delicate and important to everyday life, so you need to protect them. A pair of mountain bike gloves is a valuable piece of mountain bike safety gear.
If your mountain bike riding goes beyond recreational single track or street riding, and you’re doing more aggressive downhill mountain biking, terrain park jumping, or faster and/or higher mountain bike riding, then you will want to consider mountain bike protective gear for the body to prevent mountain biking injuries. Improvements to mountain bike body protection have made upper body armor and mountain bike pants and shorts lighter weight, more comfortable, and a versatile piece of mountain bike safety gear. Leading brands like SixSixOne, Crash Pads, and EVS offer different features, including soft foam or hard shell protection, sleeve and sleeveless options, and different pad placement alternatives.
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