Knees protection

G-Form is new to Oz and well worth a look.

These are a light weight, highly flexible armour that uses a rate dependent foam rubber, similar to the d3o but much more flexible, lighter and heat shedding. We target trail riders with these and have had testers in places like Perth riding with them in mid summer to see how they go in the heat.

Firstly the material. x-poron is a rate dependent flexible material which basically firms on impact both slowing the impact and spreading the energy over a bigger surface area. see the bowling ball test here

http://youtu.be/aORwC68e15M

What G-form do is then mold the foam into their proprietary pad shape. The pad ridges are there to increase flexibility and allows close to full knee and elbow articulation, exactly what you need on your bike.

Finally, they couple it all with a compressive Lycra base layer that both compresses, but more importantly wicks moisture. This wicking effect provides a cooling effect as the rider uhmmmm rides. Unlike neoprene based armour which is an insulator and retains heat, even worse when wet, the lycra breaths and uses the moisture to cool you down exactly like skinz or other compression garments. Further the lycra is very soft and machine washable so if it does bunch behind your knee it doesn't cause any severe chaffing.

http://youtu.be/pdtcUM12HXo

Comes in a knee, shin, elbow pad, as well as crash shorts (thigh, hip, sit bone padding) and a compression shirt (shoulder, ribs and sternum pads).

I work at the distro Pushie Enterprises and can be found here
http://www.cycotic.com.au/brands/G%252dform.html, Blackman bicycles (Has stock), or in the CBD Atelier De Velo, Clarence street cycles and we've visited most stores in the northern beaches so they know who we are.

more info here http://pushie.com.au/

*edit upcoming review in Mountain Bike Australia, June issue