If you're pushing yourself to the limit then you need pads you can depend on, that offer excellent protection without being too restrictive. POC's Joint VPD Air Elbow pads meet those demands in a lightweight package.

The Joint VPD Air Elbow pads have been developed for riders who want maximum flexibility, excellent ventilation and fantastic freedom of movement so that you can forget about them and concentrate on enjoying your riding. Only when you take a stack will you appreciate the VPD protection as it absorbs the impact, leaving you to dust yourself off and get riding again. The Joint VPD Air Elbow pads are a light-duty elbow pad featuring a Crash Retention Strap (CRS) and neoprene anti-slip to ensure a comfortable fit, even in rough riding conditions.

Visco-Elastic Polymer Dough

VPD is used throughout POC's body armour range to offer extreme impact absorption, allowing a lightweight and comfortable approach to cycling protection. VPD's flexible nature means that it will shape to your body, creating an unparalleled fit that is truly customised. The material hardens during impact, so the flexibility doesn't come at the cost of protection.

VPD is able to maintain a high absorption level whereas other protection garments may see effectiveness drop after every knock. This means that POC's body armour gives you long-lasting effectiveness for consistent protection so it doesn't let you down when you need it most. Delivering anatomical and ergonomic fit means a fantastic level of comfort that results in a huge amount of free movement that more rigid materials can't offer. VPD also offers great ventilation to keep you cool and comfortable when you're riding hard.

About the POC brand

POC is a Swedish company, built on a strong mission; to do everything we can to possibly save lives and to reduce consequences of accidents, for gravity sports athletes, by developing and renewing what personal protection is all about. POC has in many ways already set a new standard when it comes to technical solutions, construction, material combinations and engineering, with patented solutions, to increase the degree of protection. POC works in a cross scientific way, from the office at Nacka gatan 4, in Stockholm. The organization involves competences from different fields, such as engineers, material specialists, industrial and graphic designers, neurologists and back specialists. Stockholm is an important centre for some of Europe’s leading research and development experts in the areas of safety, medicine, health care, advanced product development and testing. It's our mission to do everything we can to develop protective gear that can save lives and reduce the severity of injuries. All our products have been tested by top world gravity sport athletes and then further refined to perfection. Our athlete friends love to go flat out but without suffering cuts, bruises and headaches, or in the worst cases, risking back or brain damage as a result of crashes that sadly happens to even the best athletes. The end result is a line of lightweight, high performance gear that offers the ultimate protection against injury thanks to superior impact absorption and penetration resistance. When developing a product at POC, we do it in the spirit of doing the best. We never compromise in choosing materials or construction, and we never compromise safety, quality or performance.