Why you should wear decent biking gear
 

Be warned, it's not for the squimish.......


http://www.carpe-tdm.net/tdm/library...bloodymess.asp

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Not pretty, but makes me feel better for spending lots of money on my gear! :shock:

Gulp :shock: :shock:

'Not for the sqeamish' is an understatement....

Agreed - Nasty and a good reminder to make sure you always go out with your kit on.

Desh

Yeah, pretty bad. Not even the worst that's floating about online.
Definitely makes you remember to put all of the gear on everytime.

I feeel a bit ill now..

Thanks Steve, I'm now having trouble finishing my glass of Baileys.

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yuck that has given me goosebumps :shock:

I did say "not for the squimish...." I'm just glad I was wearing my gear when I come off the other week. Makes you think doesn't it ?....

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I think I'll be riding a bit slower tomorrow morning.
My ol' pappy (nineteen seventy something H***a 500-4 and Vespa 150 - stop sniggering at the back) lectured me as a kid, he said when getting on a bike, block all else from your mind, then try to picture your mangled self under the wheel of a truck. It takes away some of the joy of riding and brings you down to earth - but only figuratively.
He's never fallen off yet (well not that he's admitted to, and no visible scars). So maybe there's something to this. Riding in this promised land (that is, promised diesel spills, slick manhole covers and 'the wrong kind of leaves on the road'), I just hope I can keep my bike right side up.
Cheers
Mark.

good post dude. Nice to be reminded every now and then

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Note to self:::

go buy kitten her trousers, gho buy kitten her trousers, go buy kitten her trousers.......and some boots.

Not looking

Ouch...

I NEVER go out without full kit on anyway... despite how nice it might be not to on a hot summer's day.

I could defo do with some better kit tho, I only bought what I could afford at the time (leathers, boots & gloves all came to about £350, lid £97)... If my current kit is ok it's tough to justify getting better kit and getting myself into more debt on top of how screwed i am already...

Thoughts?

There's a thread in Idle Banter about Cissbury Leathers selling Arlen Ness one-piece suits for just under £200. If you need leathers then you'd be silly not to look...................

:-# Don't really know what to say to that. :shock:

I wouldn't buy Arlen Ness leathers again.... Well not at least untill they sort the zips out. ****e design that causes the fob to break. 100% of people I know with Arlen Ness leathers have suffered the same problem.

They're probably great in every other respect, but the "build quality" is nott what I would expect.

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Ouch.... Great example along with bigapes pics of why you should wear decent kit....... :shock:

Glad I was when i had my little accident

Its a tricky one,

if you buy cheaper kit it will do the same job but might not last as long say 2 yrs ot one minor accident/ slide down the road.but will need replacing after 2 + yrs,

Whereas if you buy decent kit, might last you 4 years + and a couple of slides, and only need replacing after4 + yrs,

Its down to how much you can justify, in an ideal world we woudl all be wearing super dooper leathers / fabrics, but at the end of the day if its about saving your ass in an accident, providing ur comfotable in it and with the level of protection it offers thats all that really matters, and remember if they get trashed, woudl you rather trash £250 quids worth of gear or 700 squids,

Out of interest, my jacjet (bufalo) fabric with ce armor & back protector (ce not foam) was 150 quid, trousers padded not ce armour £80 (ixon)(ce upgrade avalable at & £60), (ixon) gloves £40 and helmet Roof £245

Now excluding the helmet thats just under 300 quid, the gloves were replaced after an accident that wrote them off! but rather the £40 than my hands!
Its all lasted very well and iv had 1 minor and 1 moderate offs.
Helmet was also replaced after the second off by her so ill exclude that cost as the origional helmet was 150 squids,

I bout all this when i was 16, being nieve and young i put it all on the loan for my first bike, as i wasnt willing to put a price on my safety!
sensible? dont know, But iv never regreted it!...yet
Like i said, i feel its down to how you feel with the gear you have!

Alex

I heard Nick has got a sponsorship deal.

He goes 'round making people fall off so they go out and buy decent (expensive) gear! :lol:

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£200???!!!

I got my leathers from a dealer on ebay selling off at the end of this season for £150 + £15p&p. I'm glad i waited now coz two months prior he was selling for £250.

They ARE a good set and an excellent fit. Cheap to replace too.

Yep - I am a walking example!

I ain'nt looking, i'm real sqiumish :oops:

Pint glass - Tommy Walsh stylee?

Oh gross, some very graphic reminders of what can happen.

Any protection is better than none but that is inversley proportional to the size of an off you have 20mph verses 120mph.



Ride safe.

I had a very useful chat with a great guy on the Knox stand at the NEC. His advice to me was that for general road use, the Stowaway is an ideal solution since the most likely cause of injury will be impact, and while it doesn't quite match the "higher spec" protectors for impact absorbtion, in real life it'll be more than adequate, and being a soft design it doesn't give the problems Lee refers to with injury due to riding up. It is also better than the hard types in practice for non-sports bikes where you sit up more and can get problems with the base being pushed up by the bike seat.

Their other types (2000, Ricochet etc) are better for track use where abrasion/burns are the biggest issues with high speed slides, and some incorporate stainless steel fibres to conduct heat away.

Having said that, he used both the Stowaway and Ricochet on the road.

He also advised me that a new Stowaway is due out in Feb next year with better straps and a cooler lining.

Hopping, don't you mean? :wink: :D

I've noticed that zips on most leathers are poor...

My first set was MQP and costin the region of 400 quid. The zip went on the trousrs within a couple of years.

When I started doing a long commute everyday I changed for Dianese. 600 for the leathers, 50(ish) for the back protector. The zips are just as poor - had both the trouser to jacket zip replaced and the zip on the front of the jacket, but they are very comfortable and feel like thick, high quality leather. Never had a problem with the back protector rising up when riding, the trousers and jacket seem to hold it in place okay.

As others have said these are a really good reason to make sure you're always in your gear (I am anyway). Although it does make you wonder about our collective level of common sense - we see pictures like this and still get on the bike...

Stu

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That's a good reminder to keep on waring my gear, even when I don't really don't want to.

I've started wearing my 661 pressure suit which I have for off-roading more than road work. But it is really comfortable and has better protection than my jacket ever did. The back protector is the acticulated plate variety so flexes well.

Bit hot mind compared to my knox stowaway.