indykrap Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Hi all, Saw this post in another thread and it got me thinking - I really don't understand thigh rises! On 3/3/2020 at 8:29 PM, DL42 said: the 33 " -34 warrior thigh rise is 8" stock when added to thee plus stock size of 1.5" its 9.5 " which is 1/2" less then Brians in the same stock size 33/34" with no plus sizing.. 8" vs 10", so a brian's 33+1 is same thighrise warrior 33" +3". Does anyone have a good grasp (much like @DL42 does!) how the different brands compare for thigh rises? Had no idea it would be that drastic between brands. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichMan Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 As I understand it, unless you go custom, you get what you get. What seems to differ for each brand is how they measure the ankle to knee area. For example, In a Vaughn, I've worn a 36+1, CCM runs taller so I should wear a 35+1 and apparently Brian's has their own system which could place me in a 34+1. It is confusing I agree. I got my hands on some Bauer Reactor at 36+1 which I thought would be spot on, but they are a tad too tall at the knee giving me a bad landing spot in my b-fly and lots of extra thigh rise that I could go without. In Warriors, my measurements say I should be a 36+1 as per their guide but in stores, I clearly would better fit a 35+1. I do wish there was an industry standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raucebyalien Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 There are a few factors in play in terms of total height, but from my own experience of moving from Vaughn -> Reebok -> Brians between 2011 - 2015 was that they were all fairly 'true' in terms of the shin sizing. I.E. my 33" base size Brians have a 1" lower knee block that my 34" base Reebok P4's did. However, there a number of other things to consider: - Companies that have a bindingless top on their pad (Brians for example) measure as a bigger thigh rise as the + size stops at the actual edge of the pad rather than at the edge of the binding. - Pads with a stiffer ankle break (CCM P1s) will have a taller overall feel - Pads with more breaks / pre-curve in general won't feel as tall From my own experience in the 33"-34" range, Brians +1.5 was probably equivalent to a Reebok and Vaughn +2, maybe even a bit bigger. Learnt to live with my +1.5 but wish I'd only gone for a +1, in fact I believe Brians used to dissuade people from ordering anything over a +2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCarGuy Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 I don’t know if this has been answered yet but it appears that CCM and Warrior use the same thigh rise sizing. I’m currently borrowing some 33+1 CCM Eflex 4.9s and the thigh rise is almost exactly an inch shorter than my 34+1.5 Warrior G4 pads. Generally from what I understand thigh rise sizing goes up .5 every time you move up a size (34+1 has the same thigh rise as 33+1.5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadzilla32 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 41 minutes ago, ThatCarGuy said: I don’t know if this has been answered yet but it appears that CCM and Warrior use the same thigh rise sizing. I’m currently borrowing some 33+1 CCM Eflex 4.9s and the thigh rise is almost exactly an inch shorter than my 34+1.5 Warrior G4 pads. Generally from what I understand thigh rise sizing goes up .5 every time you move up a size (34+1 has the same thigh rise as 33+1.5) Are warrior and CCM shin areas different though changing the thigh rises? I wear 34’s and tried on 34 warriors and fit them but my old 34 Reebok’s had me landing almost off the stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCarGuy Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Quadzilla32 said: Are warrior and CCM shin areas different though changing the thigh rises? I wear 34’s and tried on 34 warriors and fit them but my old 34 Reebok’s had me landing almost off the stack. The shin is most certainly different. I fit the same in a 33 Eflex as I do in a 34 G4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flip 14 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 I'm just old school, but now days there seems to be more pad above the knee than below the knee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCarGuy Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 @flip 14 shhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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