Riding in shorts
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From: SIRPip on 5 Jun 2010 14:54 Speedgazebo MOTP #1 wrote: > I have to add a footnote to the original post, I did actually suffer > an injury I wouldn't have if I was properly dressed. I burnt my leg on > the bloody exhaust pipe when I got off it at home. Leather costs money. Skin heals for free. Chicks dig scars. -- SIRPip : B12
From: Kevin Stone on 5 Jun 2010 15:05 > So, is it actually safer to ride in almost nothing, > because because of the awareness consequences of things going wrong I know I drive quicker in a car with ABS, if this counts? -- Kev
From: Speedgazebo MOTP #1 on 5 Jun 2010 15:08 On 5 June, 20:05, "Kevin Stone" <newsacco...(a)hotpop.com> wrote: > > So, is it actually safer to ride in almost nothing, > > because because of the awareness consequences of things going wrong > > I know I drive quicker in a car with ABS, if this counts? That's what I mean, if you had a bloody great spike on the steering wheel it would make you take care, wouldn't it ? -- Speedgazebo
From: ian field on 5 Jun 2010 15:25 "Speedgazebo MOTP #1" <nickaird(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:e134a920-901d-4d86-ae23-7d572aefdaec(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >I have just got back from a short ride, apart from my helmet I was > only wearing a tee shirt, short and trainers. I am sure that some here > will get all smug and think that this is irresponsible, dangerous and > stupid because it's so dangerous. The fact is that I often ride like > that when it's hot because I enjoy it. > I didn't crash and got home alive and well, obviously, had I had an > accident I would be well and truly fucked, I know that, and I decided > to take that risk and rode reasonably cautiously as a result. If I had > been in "proper" gear I probably would have taken more chances and > ridden faster. So, is it actually safer to ride in almost nothing, > because because of the awareness consequences of things going wrong, > or in loads of armour and stuff with a sense of invulnerability ? > I recon that statistically riders have far more accidents and offs in > leathers etc. than in shorts, I can't find any stats to support this, > but I wouldn't mind betting it's true. > > Oh yeah, Is riding in shorts and tee shirts called squibing? You just want people to see your bell-end hanging out the leg of your shorts.
From: Pip Luscher on 5 Jun 2010 15:30
On 5 Jun 2010 18:54:33 GMT, "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Speedgazebo MOTP #1 wrote: > >> I have to add a footnote to the original post, I did actually suffer >> an injury I wouldn't have if I was properly dressed. I burnt my leg on >> the bloody exhaust pipe when I got off it at home. > >Leather costs money. > >Skin heals for free. > >Chicks dig scars. <subject change> What's with the SIRPip? Is this a kind of SIRPop? -- -Pip |