Are you Wearing Knee Braces when riding your dirt bike?? 

I wear Pods since I had an MCL injury and months of physical therapy. They've saved me several times since and never move up or down while riding. Best money I've spent on gear by far.

I bought Stoko supportive pants for skiing and loved how much they supported my knees while not being a big bulky brace. I started wearing the pants riding bike this year and have loved them while riding the bike as well. Definitely worth looking into in my opinion. I have dislocated my left knee many times and love the stability the Stokos provide

I was wearing POD k4s when I tore my PCL. Had I not been wearing them my knee would have been completely blown up.

Custom braces will not slide down if you fasten them properly. Leatt knee brace shorts work great to keep them in place.

Used to.. Really nice astars braces. I switched to tp199 pads and havent looked back. Just feels right!

Hi Kyle. Thanks. I always enjoy thoughtful conversation, as included in this video. I got into woods riding/harescrambles this year. Been riding motorcycles just about all my life, so at 61 years old I thought it would be a good idea to be well-protected. I've never had knee problems, so why start now? 🤪 I bought Pods K4 knee braces and so far, I don't even know they're there. Yes, not really certain how much they may help in a crash (had a few now), but I figure better safe than sorry. Contrarily, I don't wear a neck brace. That's my story. Thanks again.

There is no evidence that knee brace does anything. They only really help early on post surgery to help reduce over or under extension. Studies have shown evidence that wearing brace impedes recovery time. This is coming from a person who has torn an ACL from riding. I stopped wearing my brace after 2 weeks, and now i have a full range of motion, being able to do full squat and even run after 1.5 months. Alot of torn ACL comes from accumulation of damage + traumatic injury

Liking the Alpinestars knee brace, low profile and know for sure it saved me a few times getting foot caught in ruts (felt the brace flex and absorb)

I used to wear knee braces to prevent injuries. Most of my riding friends got injuries before protection.

Wow! What a trail!

TP-199 Not the big knee braces.

I'm not. Like @kosmoman54 said, the Travis TP-199 knee pads are very good. BTW, are you riding my 300xc-w?

I love my knee brace, I tore my Acl about six months ago. I ride with my brace on the outside of my pants and it never slides down or is uncomfortable that way. It’s called the fusion xt

I wear custom CTi 2 knee braces

Custom CTI or Donjoy knee braces are a scam and that's the problem with this perspective. The "they are perfectly fitted to my knee" is garbage, since the only customized parts are the length above and below your knee cap (Maybe DonJoy measures around the knee cap?). After my ACL injury mistakenly feel into the same trap and purchased custom CTI braces and they were the most uncomfortable and worst fitting braces. The carbon fiber would dig into my thigh and shin and the braces constantly moved. There are many off the shelf aftermarket braces that are far more comfortable. I have both the POD K4's and Mobius X8's and both are far superior in fit and comfort to the POS CTI's I had. I have a close riding buddy that uses EVS WEB and he swears by them as well. TIP: For the best fitment, wear a full length "pant style" thin base layer and not the sock or knee brace specific sleeves. The sock or knee brace sleeves slide down, whereas the pant style keeps the brace from sliding down since the pant is fixed via your waistband. This setup also breathes very well and keeps you cool by wicking away the sweat from your skin.

Have you ever done a video on what you do for strength conditioning? I still wear my asterisk carbon braces but agree that losing 20 lbs and working out gives me way more confidence than wearing braces.

I wear knee pads over my pants, just old hard plastic skateboard or soft tactical pads. Never tried actual braces b/c they're way too spendy. I'm 59 now and don't jump much. Trying to learn to ride with tactical gear on; my goal is to be able to fly off a jump while accurately firing a hand gun. ;)

Yes I tore my right ACL in 84’

I have the Slay co knee pads.

My knees hyperextend several degrees all on their onesome (jumped out of airplanes in the army and other abuses) So am really leaning towards wearing impact protection knee braces correctively. But Jesus they are expensive. Am going to try talking to my doctor at the BA and see if I can get a prescription for leatt’s

I wear knee & shin guards - not braces, comfortable and give protection from hitting branches or rocks and falling and you have full movement ….but not twisting, but I wear them every ride I feel self conscious without my body armour on !

I wear pods, my knees hurt less wearing them after rides, vs not wearing them.

I either wear braces or pads all the time. POD braces are awesome and TP199 pads are fantastic. If your brace is moving around that much you have some bad braces LOL. I have brace sleeves and can ride for hours and they don't move. Leg strength has absolutely nothing to do with it. What dumb advice saying that is the prevention. They absolutely provide additional protection if getting run over or in a crash. In a set of TP199's you can't even tell they are on.

I stick with simple knee pads. The data on braces is way too mixed to justify their cost and restriction. You can reduce injury risk by strengthening your joints. If you want stronger ligaments, tendons, and bones, you need to add some heavier weightlifting to your program.

WHO doesn’t?!