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Anyone on here have any insight with how these braces are? Now that we have to have ACL repair.. guess its time I should invest in a set. A friend said he just got a set and they were nice but hasn't used them long enough to give a real review yet.
http://www.mobiusbraces.com/
http://www.mobiusbraces.com/
The full front protection is awesome.
Brace is very low profile.
Ill get back to you with more time in them and not on my phone
Anyway, they have held up good. They were a little weird at first but when switching to a new brace that's to be expected. They do run small, I had to send the first pair back for the next size up. The asterisk was good but I hated the cti because it always slipped down and I constantly had to take it off and put it back on. I have minor issues with the left one only sliding down a little during the day but not nearly as bad as the cti. The dial for the cable is starting to get hard to turn and release tension. Not sure if it just needs some wd40 or something. All in all I'd say it's a good product, holding up good so far.
My one complaint is because of the knee cap that my pants kept getting caught it in mid ride and my leg was stuck in the position where it was caught. It was really annoying for awhile because I was always trying to pull my pant out of it mid race. Then it hit me! I put knee brace sleeves over top of them and no more problems with snagging.
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I had asterisk for 5 years and never experienced pain in my knee after any accident.
I know all accidents are different, but I think mobius are not as good as asterisk in preventing knee rotation.
As far as confort they are great.
(I hope you understood my poor english )
The only thing i'm skeptical of is the lack of ventilation? Doesn't it get really hot when there is no ventilation at all?
His torn ACL came from foot peg deep ruts at Freestone at the Regional. Caught his toe, ripped his leg off but he did not crash.
Funny thing, his surgeon is saying most if not all knee braces will never prevent all injuries,(Duh) saying most people can do without them but mentally, they feel better wearing them.
I like to think I will take my chances with getting him a set now. He has never worn any, does not like the bulky feel of ones he tried.
Has anyone (especially with big calves) tried asterisk cell (2010 vintage) and also tried Leatt or Mobius?
If you do go the mobius route. If he uses hook it put in for a sponsorship through them. I never upload anything or use it but all my races get automatically uploaded so my score goes up without me even doing anything. They sent me a sponsorship and it was 200$ less then I got them for. Wish they would have sent me that when I was in the market to buy them
See there is another problem for Lane. Finding the right fit. When he was born, he was double bi lateral club foot. If it wasn't for the Shriner's Hospital, he would have been in a wheel chair all his life, his feet were sooo bad.
Well, due to his feet/legs not being right, his legs, his calves, are slim. His thigh area is normal and large but that thin calf causes me concern with fitment from any brace out there.
Very low side ( against the bike profile). Extremely lightweight
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I would say they are more comfortable than the Asterisks and have had a couple of minor get offs. One of them bruised the inside of my knee, but no other damage. I did have partial MCL tears with the Asterisks, but never any major injury.
Oh wait, I used to wear them skiing and broke my femur, but that was likely the big rock I planted my leg on!
As mentioned above, one very huge issue with the braces is the design of the patella cup being on the inside. It is unique for sure, but needs more R&D.
Regardless of the pants I've worn, they will cram themselves into the joint opening when you go from bent knee to standing, which leaves you without the ability to straighten your leg. This is a pretty major issue especially during a race. It seems like I constantly have to pull my pants out of the brace during a moto which is terrible for so many reasons.
Also, now after a year the continuous cable has frayed on both braces. At first I did not notice them being overly hot, until I wore a set of POD's and then went back to the Mobius. And I can tell you they are horrible at ventilation.
I contacted Mobius about my issue of the pants getting stuck, and they were very good to me and had me send them back so they could put a longer revised patella cup in. That fixed the issue only temporarily though, as the elastic that controls the placement of the cup stretched out, and now I'm left with the same issue.
ALL in all, I will give them credit for a truly unique brace and their excellent customer service, but they do need to make revisions to the knee cup, just add some holes in it for ventilation, further R&D on the cable system, and then it is a 5-star product.
The cables did fray but they sent me new cables free of charge to fix them.
They are extremely hot. I agree with that 100%.
I had a set of custom CTI's after tearing my ACL at age 16 and they seemed like good braces until I got this set. After wearing the Mobius the CTI's just feel extremely unprotected.
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