Hardcore Biker
Who out there wears their full gear every time they get on the bike? Proper rides are different and no brainers but things like running down to the shops? And yes, I'm aware that its your own body on the line so the decision is yours at the end of the day..
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Jacket, gloves, helmet, jeans, boots. Only bother with pants on out of town trips.
Jam and tarts....
I wear full gear 99% of the time, I do occasionally stroll up the road in jacket/jeans on the 250/300/failure. Always wear full gear on the 600 though (but the majority of my riding is country roads, I barely ever go to towns except for petrol/coffee)
For the record, I've come a cropper at 160k in jacket/jeans once. It hurt.
Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
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Saturday morning, I was at my bike gearing up, back protector/knee sliders attached/elbow armour back in/radar detector on and at the ready, iPod set and plugs in/dark visor changed to clear..
Anne asked '' where ya going''?
''To get some milk......why''?
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Notice she didn't ask what you were doing! She already knew that though aye.
OP You said it, it;s your life but for me every trip is a gear on one these days, the only times I've not done so, something bad has happened.
New gear, easy, new arms, leg,s or heads, ah not so easy aye.
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Suffers from peterpan syndrome
+1
ATGATT = All The Gear ALL THE TIME
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On either dirt or road its ATGATT for me.
I have have had the unfortunate pleasure of gravel rash, I would hate to know what it's like from coming off a bike.
SH1 rider
Depends what you mean by gravel rash. ATGATT wont always protect you from bruises, scratches and abrasions or even burns. Will make it a lot less. Generally I am in favour of ATGATT but lately I have wondered if we take it too far. Shorts, t-shirt and jandals is just plain stupid but with some CBDs now have 30k speed limits, and we all stick to the speed limithow much more does ATGATT protect you over a strong pair of jeans, a strong jacket and a helmet at 30 - 50k?
Should have quoted Maha's milk run as it is that post I am thinking about whilst asking the above, see below.
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All gear always.
If you can't be fucked putting all the gear on at the time then you're not in the right head-space to be going for a ride.
Jeans do not count.
But hey, I'm going to worry about me - do what you like.
L-Plate Rider
It's funny, I do most of my urban travelling on my pushbike. Generally in shirt and shorts, or jacket and jeans if its chilly. On the way to work I regularly hit 60 kph on my road bike, downhill. The only protective gear I have is my polystyrene hat, gloves and sunglasses.
Despite the lack of mirrors, lights, powerful brakes, and reduced ability to keep up with traffic, I feel I can ride more defensively on my bicycle than the moto. The agility of a bicycle is unmatched.
When I am mountain biking, I generally wear t-shirt and shorts. If the tracks are more down than up, I will throw on knee, elbow and wrist guards - no fullface helmet though.
But riding to work on my motorcycle, I gear up fully. Being a noob, it makes sense - I am far more confident controlling my pushbike than my motorcycle. With a motor, there is always the potential to accelerate to an unsafe speed. Plus a motorcycle falling on top of me will hurt far more than the pedallie.
Maybe when summer moto commuting, I will wear less gear. At highway speeds, there is no question.
I guess ATGATT is an attitude thing. "Motorcycles are dangerous" is generally considered true. "Bicycles are dangerous", not so much.
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What the fuck has putting on gear got to do with your head-space. Your head-space affects how you ride, being confident enough of your safe riding style not to bother with full gear suggests either stupid invulnerability or confidence in ones ability. I'd hope for most of us not crashing in the first place is far more important than mitigating damage if you do (not that they are exclusive of course). What we ride in, and what we ride are far less important than how we ride.
Gear isn't magic dude, it provides a level of protection relative to impact speed/direction, and slide distance/surface. I wouldn't be surprised if jeans at 50k offers the same practical level of protection that riding pants at 100k does.
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
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Yeh you often see those tour de france guys not falling over, and in the unlikely event one does, they never take out those really agile guys following behind
Lighter may make it feel more agile, but in reality you have about 50 square mm of hard rubber connecting you to the road, and can neither stop or turn harder than a real bike. Perhaps do some rider training to ensure you are using your real bike properly.
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
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On a motorbike you normally have better wheels, tyres, brakes, suspension and chassis than a push bike, which makes a motorbike much safer at a given speed than a push bike. That of course depends on the motorbike as well, as an extra long wheelbase chopper won't handle as well as something much smaller and ligher.
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yeah you're totally right as chicks dig scars
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