Yer spending too much time online dawg. :-POriginally Posted by YellowDog
One hell of a ride.
Yer spending too much time online dawg. :-P
"channellling the Pleideans"
Its too cold here most of the time to wear anything other than proper gear.
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eschew obsification...
like democracy ya mean?
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It's great for the "after sauna" effect, though.
When I was younger (oh so much younger than today).....after a hot bath, a quick trip around the block in shorts and sandshoes was a great refresher!
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to be fair, FULL gear including pants is not entirely suitable for slow speed summer commuting - you'll fatigue from heat exhaustion and dehydration before you've even got to the end of the driveway.
no excuse not to wear a jacket and gloves though
is not a trout
I have winter gear and summer gear.
In winter I wear DriRider pants with knee armour, full gauntlett-style gloves (with Rain Off over-gloves if it's wet or very cold) and a fully lined and armoured Spidi jacket.
For summer I have Draggin jeans, perforated summer gloves and an air-mesh jacket with extra vents and an optional zip-out liner (great if I stay out after dark... brrrr!)
The two things that don't change with the seasons are my helmet and boots. I would love to find a nice pair of vented summer boots - Sidi used to make the "Summer rose" with mesh panels but it seems they don't make them any more.
As for skimpy gear being attractive to men, I have three responses:
- I have seen badly gouged and scarred legs as a result of coming off a bike. Not attractive to anyone (including the owner of the legs).
- Well-cut bike gear tailored for a woman's figure is as attractive as anything! There is much more gear available for women these days, and some of it is just stunning! Imagine a red leather slim-fit jacket for winter riding, a powder-blue vented jacket for summer, sexy high leather boots and slim leather jeans.
- There are more important things in life than attracting men. Keeping your skin is one of them.
There is no such thing as bad weather; only inappropriate clothing!
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I haven't noticed any discernable difference between Summer and Winter in New Zealand so I wear the same gear all year round. I used to spend Winter in Scotland (-15 to about 5 degrees C) and Summer in Italy (up to about 42 degrees C)...the climate range here is tiny from about 10 in winter to 28 in summer.
I am unaware of any country where it is mandatory to wear anything other than a lid. I recall childhood days in Tuscany on the back of a CB750 four wearing shorts, T shirt and no lid. I believe there are still parts (if not all) of USA where you don't need to wear a helmet.
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No.
But please reply at length. I just love that accent. keep talking Pleeeeaaaase.
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Arrghhh so it shows I'm not kiwi?
Ooops shame on me!
Well I hope you won't hear from me now because of my accent (it is said anyway that, although my english is rather limited in vocabulary, I have good english -from england- accent)
I agree with you regarding Italy (and most of Spain and Portugal too),bikers tend not to wear full gear including helmets.....
So I wonder whether countries with hot weather and high temperatures are less keen on full protection...although weather in North Italy and North West of Portugal can be quite cool!
Here in France we do not have so high temperatures, except in the South but it is still possible to breath! So I don't understand people driving with flip flop and short sleeves tee.
And I do not agree,even for commuting I did (and do) wear full wear despite the traffic jam.
I really thing that those roads very close to the city are the most dangerous so you have to double,triple check and be over careful.
In NZ far more people are hurt and killed on backroads miles from anywhere.
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Marie, no we like your accent a lot.
It can get too hot here in full bike gear during the summer, unless you are on the highway constantly.
We hope you come. Lots of people will look after you and you will have lots of fun.
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mini meeeeeee
Talk as much as you like honey! The boys here will all have their jaws on the ground, salivating over that lovely accent (French, not pommy hahahaha) of yours!
As for gear, tempting though it is to ride with the minimum on a lovely summer say, as DangerousBastard said, our road surfaces are not very forgiving if you happen to get up close and personal with them unprotected.
I lahk to moove eet moove eet...
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Saw a complete retrard a wee while ago on one of those hot spring days wearing Shorts, singlet, and i couldnt believe it, but JANDALS!!!! oh but he was wearing gloves and a helmet.....what a complete f%#ktard I say! Those sort of people ruin it for those of us who are concerned with our own safety and the image of bikers in New Zealand. I think they should make it manditory to own good quality protective gear.
is not a trout
For the benefit of Mari, Jandals = Flip Flops
How do they ruin it for you? You've got the gear on you feel comfortable riding in. You did good.
Whinging about what other people wear = bad.
Lead by example and bask in the warm glow of smug self-satisfaction when you see others doing it wrong.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
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