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27-07-06, 11:35 AM
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500 yards 30mph max Lunch break ride - wear Leathers ?
OK here it goes.
I have an hour lunch break and ride to the Local gym. It's only 500 yards down the road and Speed limit is 30 MPH. Since it's 30+ Celsius I find myself riding there in shorts+tshirt....  If I'd ride there in leather gear - my work clothes would be drenched in sweat. I can't jog there as I need a full hour to lift weights also there's the way back to the office - I'd sweat again like a pig. So what are your thoughts on this ? |
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27-07-06, 11:37 AM
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400 yards? Walk, you lazy wotszit :P
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27-07-06, 11:38 AM
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Personally I'd walk. 400 yards hardly seems worth taking the bike.
Surly 10 minutes isn't going to make that much difference ? |
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27-07-06, 11:38 AM
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It'd take longer to get into gear, ride there, get out etc than it would to walk surely?
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27-07-06, 11:38 AM
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As above, walk.
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27-07-06, 11:38 AM
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If it was me I'd walk. but it's up to you to decide if it's worth the risk not us.
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27-07-06, 11:39 AM
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Its your skin!
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27-07-06, 11:40 AM
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Statistically (according to the TV ad) your more likely to have an accident on the roads you know/closest to a familiar place.....saying that I rode from here to Bromley the other night NOT wearing my leathers just too hot.....................
THE CHOICE IS YOURS!!! 
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27-07-06, 11:44 AM
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 7 replys already  I can't walk it. Takes 10 minutes each way. so that would only leave me 40 minutes gym time - (10 minutes shower) I normally wear my leathers all the time but since that heat & it's only a short ride @ 30mph max.... I decided not to. |
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27-07-06, 11:46 AM
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400 yards... ain't that only a little bit more then a lead up to a slip road... walk... or even jog. That way you ain't missing out on that exercise time.
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