Compression Socks
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White Dog
Running Like a Top
NC
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Compression Socks
Give me your opinion of compression socks--good, bad, indifferent, but only if you have worn them. I'm leaning seriously towards adding them to my riding attire to avoid blood clots.
2014 Standard, PS2 Shield, Corbin seat, luggage rack, Givi tail box.
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06-07-2017 06:25 PM |
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Stichill
Road Warrior
Northern Kentucky, USA
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RE: Compression Socks
How long do you ride between stops to get off the bike?
2012 Honda CBR250RA Candy Ruby Red/Silver
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06-07-2017 07:20 PM |
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White Dog
Running Like a Top
NC
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RE: Compression Socks
(06-07-2017 07:20 PM)Stichill Wrote: How long do you ride between stops to get off the bike?
I'm not so sure the length of time is the sole criteria, as much as how agressive a ride I do. I have recently been riding more curvy roads than ever and even though my body shifts around, the legs tended to remain in a stationery crook. However, to answer your question direct, I'd say 1-2 hours between stops, admittedly longer riding than before this spring.
2014 Standard, PS2 Shield, Corbin seat, luggage rack, Givi tail box.
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06-08-2017 05:12 AM |
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ClassicVW
High Mileage
New Jersey, USA
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RE: Compression Socks
1-2 hours isn't really all that long unless you're just gassing up and then immediately going for another 2 hours, but it can't hurt anything if you wear them.
--George
[i]"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day that you find out why" [/i]-- Mark Twain
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06-08-2017 05:24 AM |
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The ferret
Forum Moderator
Ohio
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RE: Compression Socks
I wear some motorcycle specific socks sometimes..they are even marked right and left lol, but not sure I feel any benefit from them. I do a lot of long stints in the saddle like the 5500 miles in 11 day trip which ended up being 10-12 hours a day for a week and a half straight, or the recent ride to and from from Ark which the return trip was 698 miles in 1 day of 12 hours straight except for gas stops. I do lots of 8-9 hour rides. Maybe I should start worrying about clots...or get better socks lol.
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Defender of the Realm
2014 DLX (the pleasure horse)
2021 NC750X DCT (Angry Bird)
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06-08-2017 05:35 AM |
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jakeknob
New To The Forum
US
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Joined: Jun 2017
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Compression Socks
Like classicvw said, you're probably ok but it can't hurt. I wear compression socks every day to stand all day and walk around working as a nurse (not for clot protection but blood return) and we like to put them on patients who tend to lay around all day (clot protection). They're cheap on the internet, $20-30 a pair. I like 15-30mmhg compression.
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06-08-2017 10:04 AM |
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White Dog
Running Like a Top
NC
Posts: 429
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RE: Compression Socks
(06-08-2017 05:35 AM)The ferret Wrote: I wear some motorcycle specific socks sometimes..they are even marked right and left lol, but not sure I feel any benefit from them. I do a lot of long stints in the saddle like the 5500 miles in 11 day trip which ended up being 10-12 hours a day for a week and a half straight, or the recent ride to and from from Ark which the return trip was 698 miles in 1 day of 12 hours straight except for gas stops. I do lots of 8-9 hour rides. Maybe I should start worrying about clots...or get better socks lol.
Or, change your avatar to "Mister Iron Butt"
2014 Standard, PS2 Shield, Corbin seat, luggage rack, Givi tail box.
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06-08-2017 03:03 PM |
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EmptySea
Lives On Two Wheels
Chicagoland, USA
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RE: Compression Socks
Maybe I should add compression socks to my ironbutt wardrobe. I'll have to think about that.
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