atgatt +1

[vifferman]

Now here's a funny thing (or perhaps not): even though I'm a proponent and (mostly) an adherent to the "All The Gear, All The Time" philosophy, (yes, for those noobs who haven't heard of it, that's what 'ATGATT' means), I swore I would never wear fluoro safety gear, even if it was The Law.
But... pehaps because I like to try things out, or perhaps because even though the vifferbabe hadn't specifically asked me to wear it, this morning I clipped on the fluoro bib thingo that came with my new Macna leather jacket.

And guess what?
It didn't hurt!
Neither did it flap around, irritate me, or in any way misbehave. In fact, I even had some motorists move over for me, perhaps because the reptilian part of their brain reacted to the bright shininess and thought:
Of course - ALL bikey cops wear blue Shoei helmets and ride a blue VFR.

The only negative about the fluorovestythingo was the reflection off the instrument panel, which at times made me think my indicator indicator light was illuminated. As it was, but so was everything else in LURID! EYE-POPPING!! FLUORO YELLER!!

Oh wait - here's a nuther possible negative: if you have an accident, it will be much more noticeable, so you'd feel like a right pillock.

[jrandom]

Fluoro vests are awesome.

[ital916]

Fluoro vests are awesome.

Agreed I wear mine all the time..good of you to see the light. +1

[vifferman]

good of you to see the light. +1

I couldn't farkn miss it reflecting off my dash, even with my tinted visor!
Maybe the motorists who pulled over were in fact going, "AAAHHHHH! MY eyes! MY EYES!!!! I'm blind!!"

[007XX]

Oh FFS!!!! *you must spread around before giving it to Vifferman again* Bloody Poo thing, telling me who I can or cannot give sum goodness too...

Well done Sir!

[gijoe1313]

Mein eyes... the goggles... they do nothing! All good, glad to hear you are doing things differently and trying things on for size .. and colour!

[Crisis management]

You had a birthday recently Viffer?

This is a clear sign of ageing.....

[vifferman]

Fluoro vests are awesome.

Meh.
It doesn't provoke the slightest bit of awe in me.
But this one is clever (clips to the front of the jacket, and zips to the back), and as fluoro stuff goes, it's discreet. And discrete.
In an IN YOUR FACE!! kinda way.

But, give it two (2) weeks of commuting, and it'll be so begrimed by road spooge and zorst fumes that it'll look like that color [sic] in "American Graffit", to whit (to whoo): "A cross between piss yeller and puke green".

[Big Dave]

Or you fall off and it garrotes you.

[vifferman]

Or you fall off and it garrotes you.

That can't happen - it has only two narrow (~40mm) strips in the front, and a slightly bigger panel in the back. Like I said, fairly discreet.
There's no way I'm wearing some huge, flappy, fluoro rubbish bag over my shoulders. Even this is kinda scary, is only going to be worn during the danger fraught business of sharing the road with brain-dead commuters, and it's still under probation. But so far it gets a tentative thumbsup.

[Big Dave]

That can't happen - it has only two narrow (~40mm) strips in the front, and a slightly bigger panel in the back. Like I said, fairly discreet.
There's no way I'm wearing some huge, flappy, fluoro rubbish bag over my shoulders. Even this is kinda scary, is only going to be worn during the danger fraught business of sharing the road with brain-dead commuters, and it's still under probation. But so far it gets a tentative thumbsup.

Good.

A lot of injuries are caused by loose fitting gear.
On impact a floppy article of clothing stops dead and the body inside keeps moving - resulting in multiple fractures.
That leather isn't tight for sexy.

I see those old guys on cruisers with jeans, shoes, jacket and billowing orange safety vest...ei ei ei.

[Blue Velvet]

Got a pic?

[99TLS]

Got a pic?

you just want a larff dont you

[vifferman]

I see those old guys on cruisers with jeans, shoes, jacket and billowing orange safety vest...ei ei ei.

No f'n way I'd wear anything that wasn't comfortable and practical.
It's kinda marginal wearing anything that screams "LOOK AT ME!!", which is the sole function of the fluoro bib. If I can get past that (and if I get brownie points from the vifferbabe), I'll keep wearing it.

There was a thing somewhere (a thread on one of those Interdweeb forums or somesuch) about gear, that basically distilled it down to this: if your gear's good, you don't notice it or even think about it. If you find yourself thinking you're too hot/cold, or your gloves/boots/helmet/jacket/pants are tight/loose/bunched up/rubbing/whatever, then they're no good.
My only thoughts about my gear are that it feels nice that my jacket flows lots of cool air, and (when sitting in the sun in traffic on the way home), "my right leg is getting hot". The rest of the stuff I don't even notice.

[Squiggles]

i'll wear mine depending on the conditions and distance im riding. I find though, that while mine is a good fit, it unzips in the wind while riding and starts flapping a bit (and tries to scratch my tank!)