Can anyone recommend any crash protective biking shorts, or any other crash potection gear they use to help prepare for those inevitable crash/es.

I got back on this "protective gear" kick after almost losing it yesterday on the Crescent trail - C&O to Bethesda, a nicely paved trail, very fast in places and as soon as i started enjoying the scenery a bit too much, i went off the trail onto the gravel/dirt siding, and thankfully remembered an important saying, "don't try to ajust to quickly, just ride it out, that's how most of the crashes happen" but remembered that immediately after trying to adjust and really had a scare for a few seconds, a passing biker said "you ok man?", so it must have looked pretty intense, happened too quick to remember what i did exactly, whew, but now i'm on the crash protection kick again!

I found this on the web after reading about them in the MTB forum:
http://www.bikemania.biz/ProductDeta...INO%5FCS%5F400

I am really happy to find these shorts and will definitely buy them as soon as i can be sure that there is padding for the outside edge of the thigh area where i got pretty scrapped up last time i wiped out!

After the last crash, wher i cracked a rib, man that's a strange feeling/ healing process, i went to Dick's sporting goods - Fairfax Va and got some pretty good wrist and elbow protectors, use on every ride, they're really for roller bladers but work good for road or mountain biking, cost about $50. Since then i've been looking for some knee pad protectors after slamming my knee into a rock at Fountain Head MTB park in Fairfax, but havn't found any that are comfortable to use, the roller blader version is too restrictive and mainly for standing up straight anyway, but if you've had any experience with a good knee protector i'd sure like to hear about that as well

Good riding all
BobK