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[QUOTE="Ol'89r, post: 1086602, member: 17212"] FBJ913. In answer to your question, I have a riding partner that wears the EVS braces. Compared to my Asterisk braces they seem to be similar. I haven't worn them myself but, comparing the two, they seem to be a little wider than my Asterisks. I had a set of the early EVS braces and didn't like them. They were much wider than the Asterisks and I was not able to grip the bike properly. The new EVS's are much improved. One thing to keep in mind is after sales service. Braces are something that wear. If you ride a lot you will need to have them repaired or rebuilt. Asterisk has excellent after sales service. Very quick turn-around time. For this alone I would pick the Asterisk brand. My friend doesn't ride enough to wear his EVS braces and has not had to return them for service so, I can't comment on EVS's after sale service but I can guarantee you won't be sorry with the Asterisks. As far as the need for wearing knee braces, I started riding back when we had no protective gear. We raced in 'T' shirts and jeans with lace-up linemans boots. The open faced Bell helmet was the best available in helmets. Over the years we started wearing leathers and gloves and the helmets became full faced. At Ascot park on the half mile, we would go collect cardboard boxes behind the concession stand and cut them up and stuff them down our leathers. At that time leathers had no padding. If you didn't stuff your leathers with cardboard, you would wind up with large black and blue spots and bruises where you would get peppered with clods and large nuts and bolts that were dug up by the riders in front of you. We also cut bleach bottles in half and hose clamped them to our handlebars to protect our hands from the flying flack. Early style hand guards. As the riding style changed with MX, so did the safety equipment. Helmets improved, chest protectors were invented, along came elbow guards and knee guards and eventually knee braces. I tried to keep up with the changes in protective gear and always had the latest, bestest stuff. Over forty years later, I'm still riding. I my own opinion it is because of safety equipment that I am still riding. I have fallen off of a motorcycle just about every way that you can at just about every speed from 5 mph to over 100 mph. When you can do that and get up and brush yourself off and get back into the race, you will thank your protective gear. I blew out my knee twice before the advent of knee braces. One time I was jumping a wash and wasn't very high in the air. I just landed wrong on my feet and wasted my knee. Since I started wearing knee braces I have fallen from a much higer altitude and landed on my feet without damage to the knees. Wearing the braces has given me much more confidence with jumping. I'm not a big air guy but if I were, there would be no question about wether or not to wear braces. I also wear them trail riding. We ride everything from tight single track to fast open desert and fireroads. I have found from experience that the knee braces also protect the sides of your legs and your calfs. When I look at all of the scars on my braces and the gashes in the knee cup and sides of the braces, it is easy to see how much they protect your legs not just your knees. Without them I feel ablsolutely nekid. Knee braces may not be for everyone and if you feel the danger of a broken femur is more important then damage to your knees then, don't wear them. I strongly recommend knee braces. If you find yourself 15 to 20 feet in the air without your motorcycle, you'll be glad you have them. :nod: Just my $ .02 Ol'89r "You can wrap my arse in bubble wrap and call me Bibendum as long as it keeps me riding." [/QUOTE]
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