Snowboarding - bike kit any good?

[ophic]

Cool. I'm gonna give it a go then hire sommat if it proves to be unsuitable. I reckon it should be fine - its proper touring kit, which has recently been in an off so already needing some repairs so i'm not too bothered about a few more scrapes.

Can't see the arms and legs being too short - they're designed to sit on a bike with arms and legs bent. Surely that means they're longer than normal?

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Kinvig

skateboarding wrist guards

I have to say this is probably a wise investment if you fall alot, I didnt have mine on when I took my tumble, it was only a little tumble to, but I went down on my wrist and bent it in a funny way.

I havent been to work since 3rd of Jan, I've been in a cast for two weeks and then I had to have an operation to put a plate into my wrist to hold it all together... I dont know if the outcome would have been different if I had my wrist guards on...

[ophic]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I have to say this is probably a wise investment if you fall alot, I didnt have mine on when I took my tumble, it was only a little tumble to, but I went down on my wrist and bent it in a funny way.

I havent been to work since 3rd of Jan, I've been in a cast for two weeks and then I had to have an operation to put a plate into my wrist to hold it all together... I dont know if the outcome would have been different if I had my wrist guards on...

Got some of these too. Didn't break anything last time i went but fell over so much my wrists began to seriously hurt. Sometimes it hurt more getting up than falling over.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by ophic

Sometimes it hurt more getting up than falling over.

I remember that feeling, its so frustrating to keep falling all the time, stick with it and you'll find all of a sudden you click with it and you wont fall anymore.

[Shellywoozle]

Have you got a TK Maxx near you, we have and their snowboarding gear is £19.99 for trousers and not much more for the jacket !! Well worth the dosh and all named stuff.

[ophic]

Thanks Shellywoozle - i'm just a wee bit skint atm having spent all my money on the holiday! Hence trying to save money using my bike gear.

Fizz - i got pretty good in a week last time i went. Trouble is this was about 5 years ago so i might be back to square one.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by ophic

Fizz - i got pretty good in a week last time i went. Trouble is this was about 5 years ago so i might be back to square one.

I reckon you'll be OK, I hadnt been for a similar amount of time, took me a morning to get back into it, turned out I hadnt forgotten as much as I thought I had.

Up at Glenshee, you quite often see folk wearing their bike kit on the piste. I wear my 'Suzuki Racing' woolly hat with my skiing stuff and there are a lot of 'biker nods' going on, so go for it. You will probably meet some interesting people!

[JamesMio]

I've seen plenty of people at Glencoe wearing standard Council Issue luminous road sweeper waterproofs before - your bike gear, although it may be a bit clumpy and cumbersome will probably be Ok.

I'd second the suggestion of checking a local TK Maxx before you go though...

Oh yeah, if you are in the alps, then walkie talkies are feckin' handy. Last time I went we had eight of them. Made hooking up with your mates a doddle.