All The Gear All The Time.
http://www.vimeo.com/22897515
www.rockthegear.org
Be smart, be safe.
All The Gear All The Time.
http://www.vimeo.com/22897515
www.rockthegear.org
Be smart, be safe.
be smart and safe indeed but im not gonna feel bad for someone who was dumb enough to think a helmet was all they needed.
120mph with no gear. how the hell do you make it out of that? damnit. I've been rocking the shorts this season, but I think its time to get back into all the gear...
except I'm sure there was some guy telling her it would be fine, he's an expert, nothings going to happen... yadda yadda yadda...Originally Posted by grim
I mean, you have a point but I can't blame her for being naive.
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Glad you got that out rather than saying the other things you've been considering recently.And incase you were wondering, you're going to hell.
excellent post! 99.9 percent of the time i am dressed with all my gear. on the 4th i rode around in jeans instead of my riding pants beacuse of the heat, man was it nice to have an air conditioned ride but i just think about shit like this and it doesnt sound fun in the least! sweet R6 BTW!
There's always Kevlar reinforced jeans.
i definately need some of them shits!
Example from A*:
http://www.solomotoparts.com/product...cat=369&page=1
I'd like to get a couple of pairs myself. I've seen jeans wear through the knees incredibly fast. I hope I roll...
+10
be nice if they made riding pants in FATASS size! My only choice is leather frickin chaps. out looking like an obese village person riding a football.
I saw this a few years ago... I think they refer to her as the queen bee or something.... Anyways, girl's got skillz. No fear...
Whatever happened to ridetodie.com? That stuff was crazy!
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I don't think the point of her video was to gain sympathy from anybody. I'm glad she's still into riding, much less spreading a message.
But I can empathize with her, I slid down the highway after about an 80mph getoff, with only jeans on. I'm lucky as shit that I slid, as opposed to rolling and getting ragdolled, but yup, Jeans last about.................................. that long. I still have some nice burn marks on my ass down onto the top of my legs from that.
Now granted I'm not ATGATT, far from... But I sure as shit won't be pulling wheelies in jeans any time soon!
Last edited by ~Barn~; Mon Jul 18th, 2011 at 09:31 PM.
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Denim and Nylon riding pants/jackets are cheaper initially.
But consider this: Those are one-time deals (meaning they probably won't survive more then 1 slide) A full leather suit offers the best protection and can stand up to multiple slides making them cheaper.
For the ladies:
http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=1899
SportBikeTrack gear occasionally has some killer deals, that's where my got my A'stars suit from.
In my opinion, if you buy a bike (and lack the gear) you need to factor in $1500-2000 for a full set up of gear. I know a lot of younger rides blow their money on the bike and then they can only afford a $150 ICON helmet and sweat shirts.
Last edited by Clovis; Mon Jul 18th, 2011 at 09:35 PM.
For those of you who wear jeans, 661 makes knee/shin guards that I wear under my kevlar jeans. $15 can save you a LOT of hassle with busted knees.
For Adam and I we've found that after riding the pace in full leathers you feel unsafe as hell when you go back to riding in jeans and ankle boots. I won't do canyons or track without the suit anymore, but around town doing errands or going to class I'll be in jeans and ankle boots. I won't go two blocks down the street without my helmet, jacket, and gloves though.
Pansy...
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Or these: http://www.dragginjeans.com/ProductI...ductid=DLINERS
I wear them along with Icon Field Armor under jeans on the days I don't wear leathers.
bendavis - they make them for fat asses too.
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That's awesome, thanks for the link.
someone once told me that Cordura was the best material...then I found this.
"For the Drag Test, samples were stitched to a bag that held a 75-pound
sandbag inside a milk crate, then dragged behind a pickup truck..."
New, 100% Cotton Denim Jeans ----------------------- 3' 10"
Senior Balistic Nylon ----------------------------------- 3' 10"
Leather, Lightweight, Nude Finish, 2.25 oz/sq. ft. --- 4' 3"
Leather, Fashion Weight, 1.75 oz/sq ft. ------------- 4' 4"
Two-year-old 100% Cotton Denim Jeans ------------ 4' 5"
Cordura Nylon Type 440 ----------------------------- 18' 3"
Kevlar 29 Aramid Fiber, Style 713 ------------------ 22' 1"
Leather, Competition Weight, 3 oz/sq. ft. -------- 86' 0"
"For the Taber Test, the specimen was mounted on a rotating platform and
scuffed by two rubber-emery grinding wheels." The numbers represent the
number of revolutions until the fabric totally fails. A vacuum clears
debris.
Two-year-old 100% Cotton Denim Jeans 168
New 100% Cotton Denim Jeans 225
Kevlar 29 Aramid Fiber, Style 713 506
Cordura Nylon, Type 440 559
Leather, Lightweight, Nude Finish, 2.25 oz./sq. ft. 564
Leather, Fashion Weight, 1.75 oz./sq. ft. 750
Senior Ballistic Nylon 817
Leather, Competition Weight, 3 oz./sq. ft. 2600
taken from an excerpt from "Abrasion test" from "Cycle" Magazine issue Sept 1988
Last edited by Zenshu; Fri Jul 22nd, 2011 at 04:07 PM.
Well the nice thing about leather is you can generally salvage it. Most of the textiles melt or tear and that's it.
I've hit the same side twice, with the same leather 2-piece suit. It's still suitable to wear.
Considering this test is over 20 years old it is meaningless today other than the jeans or fashion leather. The technology of todays riding textiles is so far ahead of what they had 20 years ago there is no comparison. I am not saying you should go racing in a textile or if you ride canyons like the track, but for normal street riding a modern textile will give you protection. Maybe not as much as leather, but enough for 95% of street wrecks.
Any idea if anyone has done an updated version of this test? I have been searching but this one keeps popping up all over
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