Well made but not quite right

Familiarity:

I've put it through the wringer

Fit:

True to size

Size Bought

Small

Height

5` 7"

Weight

120 lbs

I wanted to love the Elevate Elbow Guard just as much as I love the Elevate Knee Guard. Five stars for high quality construction and great padding. But unlike the Knee Guard, the Elbow Guard has material, not a cutout, inside the elbow where it bends, which bunches and restricts bending movement. Loses a star for that design. Even worse, there are no grippers on the elastic! Loses another star and causes a lot of swearing to come out of my mouth as the guards slip down one or the other arm while I’m navigating the bike park. I am a solid size small in all other Pearl Izumi arm/leg warmers and in the Elevate knee guards but this size small isn’t quite right. Since I’ve already used the elbow guards a bunch of times I am keeping them, but please Pearl Izumi come out with a v2.0 that fixes these deficiencies.

Chris M B