Zephyr
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Outstanding ATGATT: highly visible, completely armor/padding top to bottom is my first priority. I once slid down the road on my back when my 1970 English bike with rigid foot pegs lifted my rear wheel off the pavement. I've gone hands down first on dirt bikes. Gear isn't the place to save money. It's worth going into debt as far I'm concerned. I hate hospitals. Rehab in Brownwood is combined with a nursing home. I intend to avoid all three places if possible.
I found the hard way in the heat of the summer that I needed jeans under my riding pants for insulation. While wearing shorts the radiator heat from my Tenere burned my left leg. I still had three hundred miles to go.
Commuting 15 miles in the summer I will use mesh since I start sweating almost immediately. But I'm always riding with high vis yellow ATGATT. As far as I'm concerned. the motorcyclists I see riding with no helmet, T-shirts and flip flops haven't gone down yet. I hope they don't but that asphalt or someone's car sure can damage their heads or limbs. A grasshopper at seventy could put their eye out.
Last July I rode through the panhandle to Gunnison. I used my winter gear because it was going to be cold on the high passes and it's waterproof. I went through four heavy rainstorms in Colorado, New Mexico, and Amarillo. Stopping to put a rain suit on isn't always possible in heavy traffic or narrow mountain roads. I found that by opening the cuffs completely I got a stream of air up the sleeves that was cooling. I drank water whenever possible through the tube of my camelback. It was refilled with ice and water at most gas stops.
I take a lot of guff from local riders. "Aren't you hot, or, don't you sweat a lot." That's the reason for my rant .
I found the hard way in the heat of the summer that I needed jeans under my riding pants for insulation. While wearing shorts the radiator heat from my Tenere burned my left leg. I still had three hundred miles to go.
Commuting 15 miles in the summer I will use mesh since I start sweating almost immediately. But I'm always riding with high vis yellow ATGATT. As far as I'm concerned. the motorcyclists I see riding with no helmet, T-shirts and flip flops haven't gone down yet. I hope they don't but that asphalt or someone's car sure can damage their heads or limbs. A grasshopper at seventy could put their eye out.
Last July I rode through the panhandle to Gunnison. I used my winter gear because it was going to be cold on the high passes and it's waterproof. I went through four heavy rainstorms in Colorado, New Mexico, and Amarillo. Stopping to put a rain suit on isn't always possible in heavy traffic or narrow mountain roads. I found that by opening the cuffs completely I got a stream of air up the sleeves that was cooling. I drank water whenever possible through the tube of my camelback. It was refilled with ice and water at most gas stops.
I take a lot of guff from local riders. "Aren't you hot, or, don't you sweat a lot." That's the reason for my rant .