Shift Knee Guard

Great Pads, But They Run Small

Really happy with both the Chromag Shift Knee and Shift Elbow Guards, but I wanted to leave a review specifically to help others with sizing. For reference, I’m 6'2" / 188 cm and usually around 185 lbs / 84 kg, give or take about 5 lbs / 2.25 kg. I normally wear a Large in pretty much every knee and elbow pad I’ve owned. I followed Chromag’s sizing charts and my measurements put me in a Large for both. However, the Large was much tighter than expected. Felt like a normal Medium would. I ended up going with XL for both the knee and elbow guards, and they fit great. The XL basically fits the way I would normally expect a Large to fit from other brands. So if you’re deciding between sizes, I would definitely keep in mind that these run small and you may want to size up. The pads themselves feel great. They’re comfortable, low profile, flexible, and the RHEON protection gives them a nice balance between protection and mobility. One thing I would like to see in a future version is some additional foam padding around the perimeter of the main impact protector. A little extra padding around the sides of the knee and elbow would provide some additional coverage for impacts that don’t land directly on the main protector, without necessarily making the pads much bulkier. Normally, I would take one star off and give these ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because of the sizing issue. However, Chromag Customer Service was excellent and handled the situation extremely well, which brought the overall experience right back to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me. Great pads, great customer service. Just keep the sizing in mind.

Shift Knee Guards v2 are excellent

2nd pair, the first pair lasted 3 years with 3-4 rides per week of heavy abuse. This new batch of pads feature some much needed improvements; longer length now covers most of my shins to sock line, stronger elastic near top of knee. Interchangeable, gone are the Right and Left pads. Looking forward to putting some heavy miles on this new pair. Great styling and a great price, can't recommend enough!

Chromag Shift Knee Pads

Awesome low profile knee pads. Very easy to pedal in, and surprisingly robust protection!