It can happen when you least expect it! "the pro´s doesn´t were them" so what? They can ride, you dont :) IMHO protection couldn´t be a bad thing. If you can afford and it feels good - use it... A customer came in today and we chat for a few minutes. He had a crash a week ago. The transportation from the woods to his house, on the tarmac. The chain came off when he putted pressure on and he went over the bars and got knocked out. Yes I know it sounds funny ( I think so aswell:D) but as I started my text here....it happens when you least expect it. So the person that´s so arrogant and think that it will never happend to him, to bad...guess it´s you that will spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair.... To sum it up - I where a Leatt brace....