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From: CindiK on 25 Jun 2010 22:55 I was pretty much ATGAATT (All The Gear All The Time). People at work have watched me suit up to ride. They often say "that looks awful warm for this weather". So it got me thinking. Most of the time, I don't have a collision, lowside, or highside. Most of the time I don't need the gear. Now, a bike drop about a decade ago taught me that once I'm going down, I don't have time to go home and gear up. So what I needed to do was only wear the gear when I was going to need it. So first I decided "any time I'm sure I'm not going to need the gear, I won't wear it". That seemed like a good idea until I realized that the times I need the gear were times I could still get pretty hurt - even with the gear on. I thought about this for a long time. I broke out Excel and ran some "what ifs". I got a big dry-erase board and wrote some equations. I built some scale models in my garage. And I finally came to a brilliant conclusion: "Only ride when I'm sure I'm not going to have a collision or fall". With that decided, I realized I no longer needed protection. I've gone None Of The Gear Any Time (NOTGAT). So I have a few items available to sell because I no longer ride when there's any risk: Two HJC helmets: one black, one silver. 1 Aerostich Roadcrafter suit 1 lime yellow FirstGear Kilimanjaro jacket Two pairs first gear gloves Two pairs of boots 1997 Suzuki LS650 Savage 2010 Honda NT700V
From: sean_q_ on 26 Jun 2010 02:30 CindiK wrote: > "Only ride when I'm sure I'm not going to have a collision or fall". Works for me (so far). SQ - Squid, Poser, Wannabe and Bike-Trailerer
From: Bob Myers on 26 Jun 2010 04:18 CindiK wrote: > I was pretty much ATGAATT (All The Gear All The Time). > > People at work have watched me suit up to ride. They often say "that > looks awful warm for this weather". > > So it got me thinking. Gee, I thought your last attempt at trolling was a whole lot better; a little more subtle, ya know? Bob M.
From: CindiK on 26 Jun 2010 04:41 On Jun 26, 3:18 am, "Bob Myers" <nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > CindiK wrote: > > I was pretty much ATGAATT (All The Gear All The Time). > > > People at work have watched me suit up to ride. They often say "that > > looks awful warm for this weather". > > > So it got me thinking. > > Gee, I thought your last attempt at trolling was a whole lot > better; a little more subtle, ya know? > > Bob M. This wasn't so much a troll as a post in support of ATGATT with an ironic twist. I had a fun troll in 1997 about the first service for the Savage.
From: Andrew on 26 Jun 2010 11:22
"CindiK" <cindi.knox(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:46571b03-7d68-4830-b43c-2c43daaa47fe(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > I was pretty much ATGAATT (All The Gear All The Time). > > People at work have watched me suit up to ride. They often say "that > looks awful warm for this weather". > > So it got me thinking. > > Most of the time, I don't have a collision, lowside, or highside. > > Most of the time I don't need the gear. > > Now, a bike drop about a decade ago taught me that once I'm going > down, I don't have time to go home and gear up. So what I needed to do > was only wear the gear when I was going to need it. > > So first I decided "any time I'm sure I'm not going to need the gear, > I won't wear it". > > That seemed like a good idea until I realized that the times I need > the gear were times I could still get pretty hurt - even with the gear > on. > > I thought about this for a long time. > > I broke out Excel and ran some "what ifs". > > I got a big dry-erase board and wrote some equations. > > I built some scale models in my garage. > > And I finally came to a brilliant conclusion: > > "Only ride when I'm sure I'm not going to have a collision or fall". > > With that decided, I realized I no longer needed protection. I've gone > None Of The Gear Any Time (NOTGAT). > > So I have a few items available to sell because I no longer ride when > there's any risk: > > Two HJC helmets: one black, one silver. > 1 Aerostich Roadcrafter suit > 1 lime yellow FirstGear Kilimanjaro jacket > Two pairs first gear gloves > Two pairs of boots > 1997 Suzuki LS650 Savage > 2010 Honda NT700V How much for the AeroStitch? -- Andrew 00 Daytona 00 Speed Triple 05 Squiddo |