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Old 19-07-13, 08:37 AM   #1
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Default Extreme road rash - Wear your protective clothing!

Not sure if this has been posted before but I think its definately worth a read/reread if you have seen it before, especially in this heat.

http://fzronline.com/wiki/doku.php?i...lesson_learned
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Old 19-07-13, 09:21 AM   #2
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Aye, I posted that on my Facebook wall earlier in the week. Brutal stuff.

It was also mentioned on the Essex Bikers FB group with one particular fellow piping up with "Who are you to tell other people what to wear when they ride?" which was generally countered with "The guy who pays for their moronic carcass to be scraped up and looked after in hospital, that's who." No sympathy for people who ride around in tees and shorts like they're special snowflakes.
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Old 19-07-13, 09:24 AM   #3
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I would have replied on the same lines.....its our taxes that pay for peoples acts of stupidity. I think there is a ounce of "it wont happen to me" and a sprinkle of "I'm a safe rider" too.

To be honest, I felt sorry for her (and still do a bit to be fair) until I found out she was a biker too. She should have known better!

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Old 19-07-13, 09:26 AM   #4
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You have to allow Darwins theory to take its course.
I have lost two friends because of the "I'm invincible " mind set.
You have to accept you can't save every one.
Yes its hard but it's life .
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Old 19-07-13, 09:42 AM   #5
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Default Re: Extreme road rash - Wear your protective clothing!

Owch, bet she won't do that again. Didn't read it all, those pictures speak for themselves.
Good post, thanks for sharing.
Just as I had started to wear jeans instead of my textiles. Think i'll put them back on and suffer.
At least sweating at the lights is only temporary. That looks like it took ages to heal.
Wearing shorts and a T is pretty fooked up.
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Old 19-07-13, 09:46 AM   #6
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Just as I had started to wear jeans instead of my textiles. Think i'll put them back on and suffer.
You and me both. Everything went back on this morning. If you get chance, read it. It really wakes you up to what can happen. She talks about what the crash felt like and the whole road to recovery. Really interesting reading
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Just as I had started to wear jeans instead of my textiles. Think i'll put them back on and suffer.
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Of to the shops for some Dragin jeans
https://www.dragginjeans.net/Mens/Vi...-products.html
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Old 19-07-13, 09:58 AM   #8
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Definately be getting some for next summer!!
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My leathers have been OK so far in these temps but 75% of my ride to work and back is at 60-70mph which helps.

Deffo looking at some kevlar camo combats soon though!
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I've got a mesh jacket & Hood kevlar jeans that get used atthis time of year as my commute is 15 miles of London rush-hour gridlock and airflow is not exactly significant.

What you wear should be appropriate, but London especially has a high percentage of people wearing very little, and generally travelling at some pace. Fingers crossed they all get away with it.

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