ATGATT - How true this is!

**vindy500** · 11th August 2009, 23:01

atgatt != jeans

**craneman** · 18th August 2009, 21:56

er sorry,
but ive been riding for 40 years and never herd of ATgttt What is it?

**craneman** · 18th August 2009, 22:01

Ok- jeans are Good but leathers with armour is better ,and heres me thinking technoligy has left me behind.

**newbould** · 18th August 2009, 22:14

Originally Posted by craneman

er sorry,
but ive been riding for 40 years and never herd of ATgttt What is it?

All The Gear All The Time

ATGATT

**cooper_man** · 19th August 2009, 00:17

Good to see people adopting this principle. I am a FIRM believer of ATGATT but mainly because I was once bitten twice shy!

Back in march I threw on my jacket and helmet but no gloves or protective trousers for a 10 min spin up to my folks house, I came off on a slow corner at about 25mph and wripped my legs and hands to pieces, I also broke a rib with the impact of my elbow going into my chest!

Needless to say I am always suited and booted now!

**BiK3RChiK** · 19th August 2009, 06:28

I've heard that most accidents happen within 5km of home...

Now, you want to wear what to go 'just around the corner'?

**nothingflash** · 26th August 2009, 22:24

Originally Posted by ReigN

Hey all, just a simple thread on why the above is so true as I found out yesterday. Not looking for sympathy etc but just letting to acknowledge how important ATGATT is...

(If you don't wanna read the dribble please proceed straight to the GOOD PART where the point of my post is, Churr)

As a major newbie biker I try and read up as much info on the safety aspects of riding, do's and dont's and so forth however never really thinking it'd happen to me...WRONG! Yesterday morning on my work to work, with gorgeous weather, dry roads and 2 weeks into riding and commuting, I managed to find myself cut-off/up by a stationary truck and ended up suiciding on Victoria St. Basically, story goes, coming down College Hill Rd and connecting onto Victoria St, 2 cars on the left waiting to move off from the lights, 7+ in the right lane waiting to turn into franklin rd, the middle lane was clear so I proceeded to roll through at 50k-60km thinking what a sweet run (normally busy down this stretch in the CBD) almost get to the lights when the stationary truck waiting for the green arrow, in the right lane must've got impatient as he just swerved out to change lanes only to swipe/hit me as I was riding through the same lane! WTF I thought...instinct got me on the horn, trying to pull left and next minute (insert onomaetopeias here >>> %!#*&@*#<<< ) lying on the ground next to my bike sliding a little way! Fuck this, sump had cracked I think as I was trying to lift bike up and off the street out of traffics way only to find ankle was screwed...arggh...passer-byers managed to give a hand lifting my lady onto the footpath luckily and away from traffic. Truck dude stopped and was apologetic as he didn't see me

was going to make him eat my helmet

but seeing as we were both ok and noone was seriously hurt I felt sorry for him. Swapped details etc and bike is home in a not-so-ridable state and now the waiting game for his insurance company to fix my bike!

The GOOD PART:

Closer inspection of my gear found that only my jacket and small backpack had scuff marks on them from sliding on the road. Oil on boots and pants were ok and helmet still in tact as I must've slid on my left side. All in all was riding around in jeans(my only non-protective clothing) before-hand whilst waiting for my pants to come in the mail and when I did finally get them I managed to superman off my bike the very next day!!! It goes without saying peeps but ATGATT is so important, I see some of these "cool" cats riding around town with their mean kicks on, suede jackets and shit thinking I wanna wear my "cool" gears whilst riding too...BULLSHIT, so glad I had all my riding gears on and heeded to the survival skills tips page of this forum...so basically, to the all helpful people/threads up in here I'd like to say...THANK YOU, otherwise I don't think I'd be here to say otherwise

End.

Good thread mate!

**quickbuck** · 29th August 2009, 01:21

Originally Posted by BiK3RChiK

I've heard that most accidents happen within 5km of home...

Now, you want to wear what to go 'just around the corner'?

Yup,
Worst crash of my life (and it almost ended it) was 1.2km from home... Out to get icecream "Just around the corner"... only to return after 5 days in hospital!

**slofox** · 29th August 2009, 07:34

Originally Posted by BiK3RChiK

I've heard that most accidents happen within 5km of home...

I heard that too...so I moved...

**gwigs** · 29th August 2009, 14:31

Originally Posted by slofox

I heard that too...so I moved...

Nice one Slofox.....

**modboy** · 8th September 2009, 09:54

ah, the irony, I've done 90k down the Ngauranga Gorge on my Condor Barrachi, dressed in lycra - sexc as. If you come of you're basically black current jam.

I sometimes ride the scooter (Vespa) dressed down. And worse case I wear heavyish jeans on the Thruxton, but normally it's full gloves, my triumph acton riding pants and Mobig jacket. Helmet obviously and I don't have riding boots, but I wear some quite robust columbia tramping style boots. Only prob with them is they have this tread which annoys me a little on the footpegs. End up shuffling my feet round a bit.

ATGATT is the way to go if you wanna keep your skin on. However, can't deny the freedom of riding in a pair of jeans. I guess it's a personal decision - one that carrys a degree of risk.

**kunoichi** · 8th September 2009, 10:29

Just a quick thought, what is YOUR specific reason for not following ATGATT?

When i had my cordurals, i found the pants were far too uncomfortable, the joint just under the crotch was made too low and when i straddled my bike the ends rose up and placed the protection in the wrong places (i had decided to buy my gear before i bought my bike, and wasnt' smart enough to straddle a bike to test it out...tho i was at cycletreads, so no bikes about for me to have a go! LOL) Anyways, that was the biggest reason why i didn't wear my pants before but always wore every other protective gear, unless i was going for a long ride.

Now i have leathers, and they feel so comfortable and light, that i don't even think twice about not putting them on before i ride out! I don't think laziness is a good enough excuse, it's a 2 minute job chuck your gear on. But if you think that gear is generally uncomfortable (like i thought all gear was when i wore my cordurals) then perhaps you don't have the right gear.

**Taz** · 8th September 2009, 10:35

Originally Posted by BiK3RChiK

I've heard that most accidents happen within 5km of home...

I'm going to push my bike once I get within 5KM from home or when leaving home. Should I build in a buffer? Maybe start pushing at 5.5km?

**vifferman** · 8th September 2009, 11:04

What's the nearest to home someone's had a TarmacIncident? I had one once turning into my driveway.

Was basically practically stopped, so it wasn't a major, but I was very glad for hip, elbow and shoulder armour.
Probably the worst accident I've had was about 5km from home, wearing jeans, leather jacket, open-faced helmet, no gloves, and uh... jandals.

T-boned a car at about 65km/h, and somersaulted over the roof. Surprisingly little damage to me, but the bike was pretty fucked.