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I've been riding without gear

Look at it this way. Contrary to popular belief, chicks do NOT dig scars. How do I know this? I'm a chick. I have chick friends (and yes, ya bastids, they're ALL hawt!). We talk. NONE of us digs scars. And what's worse than scars? Big, ugly, nasty, melty pink sections of unnatural-looking skin where they maybe grafted something off your ass to put meat back that was ground off by the asphalt (which, on a day like today, could easily be 150 degrees)... and then cauterized by the extreme heat... which was then scrubbed clean with a stiff nylon brush...
I mean seriously, do you expect your girlfriend to nibble grafted ass skin? :barf
Think of your sex life, Var! ATGATT, baby, ATGATT!! :teeth

Get some textiles... hell, I have a textile jacket I'll give you if it will help. Get a neck chiller, and a Camelback. Proper summer gear can make a difference. I'd hate like hell to have to visit you in the hospital because you ended up getting rashed so bad you needed skin grafts. :(
 
9M61 said:
I'm not sitting here saying you don't need to wear gear, I'm just not subscribing to the OMG-YOU-ARENT-WEARING-GEAR-YOURE-GOING-TO-DIE theory.
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+1

On the other hand...I barely broke a sweat riding home yesterday and I wasn't even in my hot weather gear. Of course my 23 mile commute is 95%+ on the freeway...it's the sitting around at stop lights that's a killer.
 
Dunk your t-shirt in cold water before you gear up. A wet t shirt under your jacket feels like air conditioning. Freaking sweet...

I guess it's like a swamp cooler of sorts?
 
I don't wear gear when I grab some pizza down the street. I can't mack any fly honies when they can't see my ripped tri's and bi's. DUH.

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Well, even though the official barf response is something along the lines of "not wearing gear is a character flaw, similar to dementia and delinquency", I just don't see why it's a big deal.

You already know that you should wear gear. We all know this. If we choose not to wear gear, then that's purely a personal decision.
 
You don't need to wear gear. You only need to wear it (or wished you did) when you go down. Ride how you want and just understand the risks. Enjoyment can be had with or without gear.
 
I rode last night in my Tshirt and jeans.

I could care less what other people thought. I thought I looked pretty cool when I hoisted one up for the fans in the car next to me.
 
sixtytwo said:
Well, even though the official barf response is something along the lines of "not wearing gear is a character flaw, similar to dementia and delinquency", I just don't see why it's a big deal.

You already know that you should wear gear. We all know this. If we choose not to wear gear, then that's purely a personal decision.
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I think the typical BARF consensus on these lines will trend one way, say strictness of ATGATT, but then settles on a group of folks who take pride in going against the grain, ironically making that the majority opinion :laughing
 
I rode yesterday in a t-shirt and shorts. I didn't even wear gloves. It felt pretty damn good. :cool
 
stan23 said:
I rode last night in my Tshirt and jeans.

I could care less what other people thought. I thought I looked pretty cool when I hoisted one up for the fans in the car next to me.
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I saw that. And cringed. And then figured you knew what you were doing and laughed instead. :laughing
 
Traq said:
+1

On the other hand...I barely broke a sweat riding home yesterday and I wasn't even in my hot weather gear. Of course my 23 mile commute is 95%+ on the freeway...it's the sitting around at stop lights that's a killer.
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+1

I wasn't paying attention to the weather report before I left the house yesterday and thought it was going to be another cool day like we've been having. I didn't break much of a sweat until I got near my house where 580 really starts to jam up and lane-sharing is done a lot slower do to tighter shoulders thereby causing the cars to move over more towards their right side. Still, it wasn't the worst I've ever dealt with and I did it in a non-mesh jacket. :twofinger
 
OldFatGuy said:
I rode yesterday in a t-shirt and shorts. I didn't even wear gloves. It felt pretty damn good. :cool
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Ok, now THAT I can't support. Ride without a jacket, pants, boots, even a helmet...all fine.

But no gloves? No, that is absolutely unacceptable. The ability to wipe my own ass is too precious to risk.
 
ATGATT or don't ride. But then again I value playing the %'s in my favor as much as possible on a bike.
 
Have to ride up to Dry Creek today and was thinking of going down from the full armored leather jacket I wore yesterday, (not bad as long as you're moving), to my ancient vented but not armored leather jacket.

Sounds a lot better than a T-shirt so think I'll chance it.

The Draggin' Jeans with Bohn Armor underneath were not at all a heat problem for me yesterday so they should do fine today.

Ideally I should also have a vented and armored leather jacket...maybe I'll ask Santa for one.
 
Traq said:
Yea, and it helps that a hot day for you tops out around 60, doesn't it?
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Perforated leather, open vents on my helmet, and body armor unshirts seem to do the trick for me. Dude you wouldn't believe how crappy it is riding around here when it gets about 70...holy balls... :nerd
 
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