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Bobby Light Newbie Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 11 Location: North Charlotte Joined: 12/22/15	Hip protection/pads? I have a hip replacement 02/04/16 at 3:33pm	Print Post
	I had a total hip replacement done in october of last year due to AVN. It was a side effect of the steriods I had to take for lymphoma treatment. Anyway, all is well now and I am ready to ride. I was wondering if there is any kind of hip pads or something I could do to protect my hip in a fall. I am 21 and BMX/skateboarded everyday of my life from 13-17 so needless to say jumping and hucking are by far my favorite thing to do, nothing has changed and I know I am going to slam hard eventually. Please let me know the most protective pad option out there, if there is one. I don't care about comfort I just want to protect it as much as possible. Since work is slow and I am excited about my new leg: Hip replacements have come very far and I have a very new kind (anterior). They go in through the front and i was walking on it (without a cane when nobody was looking cause I'm a boss) within 12 hours. These new ones don't have the danger of easily dislocating out the back like the old ones. Of course, after 3 years of chemo and muscle loss I will have to control my urge to huck to flat. The more muscle I build around the hip will help protect it, so I have some work to do before I should hit the bike parks. Since I am so young, I got the unshatterable, 15-20 year plastic hip socket; instead of the permanant, shatterable ceramic. So it is going to wear out and need replacing eventually anyway so I'm going to give it hell! Life is too short.
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MTBman1127 Small Cog Offline Work Ride Drink Beer Posts: 469 Location: Concord Joined: 12/02/13	Re: Hip protection/pads? I have a hip replacement Reply #1 - 02/04/16 at 4:29pm	Print Post
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QueenCity Bicycles In The Loop Offline Fight for your right to Bike! Posts: 1524 Location: 128 E Park Ave SouthEnd Joined: 06/23/04	Re: Hip protection/pads? I have a hip replacement Reply #2 - 02/04/16 at 5:03pm	Print Post
	i have something similar in a 661 in an XL size. $30 msrp was $65
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Bobby Light Newbie Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 11 Location: North Charlotte Joined: 12/22/15	Re: Hip protection/pads? I have a hip replacement Reply #3 - 02/04/16 at 7:07pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the suggestions. I found a couple that look really heavy duty. Anyone have experience with BOHN adventure shorts or KNOX defender shorts? My main focus is having the most padding on the hip joint itself. Then I was thinking about affixing TF3 hard pads inside some baggies to wear over it. Thoughts? KNOX: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) BOHN: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Then put these in the shorts: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Im probably going to look pretty dumb, but being 21 my frontal lobe isn't done developing yet so I am hedging my bets on some reckless decisions lol

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BigBikeMike Project Board Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1593 Joined: 06/14/09	Re: Hip protection/pads? I have a hip replacement Reply #4 - 02/04/16 at 11:40pm	Print Post
	I guess I should get some padded shorts to protect my hips when I'm riding DH at Snowshoe being that I'm almost 66 Years old.

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sCvHeaVens Small Cog Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 447 Location: Charlotte, NC Joined: 02/12/15	Re: Hip protection/pads? I have a hip replacement Reply #5 - 02/05/16 at 12:45pm	Print Post
	QueenCity Bicycles wrote on 02/04/16 at 5:03pm: i have something similar in a 661 in an XL size. $30 msrp was $65 Is that one pair @ $30 or you doing a sale?

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