Interesting that you are in Canada. Whe I went to bike camp in Rossland, the Yanks were the only ones without armor. I started wearing elbow armor this summer due to a certain kind of launch I was doing on a regular basis.

anyway, all the Canadians have leg armor which they just strap to thier frames or thier camelbacks for the climbs, and they put it on for the DH/techncial sections. Sounds good too me... I"ve gotten a lot of scrapes this summer that could have easily been prevented.

While some of my friends tell me I'm going for the GI Jane look, I know I am not getting beat up like I used to either.

penny s