Wow... Freaked out to ride at home now

[terbang]

Not that I would encourage people to not wear appropriate riding gear. But, apart from your helmet, riding gear is really only there to save your skin. It will not stop posts going up your arse or protect you from impacting a car at high speed. It's your riding skills, both mental and physical, that will protect you from those..!

[jim.cox]

I'm too scared to go to bed. Do you know how many people DIE in those things?

And dont go playing bowls

Most dangerous sport in the country

More people die playing bowls than rugby don't you know :)

[Lissa]

Wow.. some distrubing pictures on that site.. glad I saw it though.. Yea protective clothing is a must.. going to stop wearing just my draggin jeans from now on Think i will look for a better helmet now too.

[peter]

Not going to stop me from getting into biking. But will definatly make me look for some good gear!

Some pretty messed up pictures, ie; the bottom one.

[terbang]

More people die playing bowls than rugby don't you know

Why is that? Because they have to be nearly dead to wanna play bowls or something..?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I'm too scared to go to bed. Do you know how many people DIE in those things?

I just too scared to do anything... full stop... Im a big nana now

[KLOWN]

man that is some serious shit.It's ALMOST enough to make you want to stop riding. I can't believe how many people don't wear safety gear, not even a helmet!

[TygerTung]

Not that I would encourage people to not wear appropriate riding gear. But, apart from your helmet, riding gear is really only there to save your skin. It will not stop posts going up your arse or protect you from impacting a car at high speed. It's your riding skills, both mental and physical, that will protect you from those..!

I disagree, armour in ya gear will have quite a positive effect on damaging your body, and aparently quite a few bikers will die of blood loss after surviving the initial accident due to not wearing leathers/corduras etc.