Here's proof that you should ALWAYS WEAR YOUR GEAR!!!

[issanni]

These pictures are pretty graphic, some of them that is. Shows him in the hospital with road rash and the healing process, etc.

This guy crashed going around 100mph.......read his story:


http://www.cmyoung.com/bikewreck.html



WEAR YOUR GEAR!!!!!!!!!

[Mrs. ~T~]

is he from houston? he looks super fimiliar

[AggieGixxer]

Where's that guy writing the paper about wearing gear?

[issanni]

is he from houston? he looks super fimiliar


nope "My name is Chris Young and I live in Auburn, Alabama"

[Mrs. ~T~]

oh i forgot to read... but the pics kept me very intrested!

[DanteLee]

it still wont matter riders will be squidish whether you show em this shyte or not

[Azylum]

good find. even if it only persuaded one rider to wear their gear, then its done some good.

[Spanish Fly]

hmmm i ride in jeans.....

[flypunk]

I ride in jeans, gloves, boots, and not always my jacket when I am commuting and keeping it in the 35 mph or less.

If I am gettin on highway its full gear, cuz 80-90mph is pretty much traffic flow around here, and it would be a bitch to go down in jeans at those speeds.

I rode a lot when I was a kid and roadrash was a standard back then, somehow I dont remember it being fun, and I dont heal as fast now.

[RACER X]

35 mph can cause ALOT of road rash.

[bdmpastx]

35 mph can cause ALOT of road rash.
Amen to that...
Has anyone ever crashed on a bicycle or a skateboard. If so, the damage done there was typically under 10mph. And we all know how much that $hit hurts.

[RACER X]

thats where i got all my road rash.........bicycles.......damm tights!

[BigComfy]

ouch. yeap gear is good. MSF?

[Sassy Chassis]

Owwweee. That just makes me want to put my leathers on ALL THE TIME.

I'm really sad he killed that beautiful yellow Tiller :eh:

[sbfuller]

my little cousin just got a bike, he's in 7th grade, so for a science experiment wanted to test riding gear. He dropped a 30 pound sandbag onto a T-shirt, then denim, then leather from an old jacket, doing 35 miles per hour. It took 2 seconds with the tshirt to see sand coming from the bag. It took 6 seconds for the denim. The leather lasted for 2 miles then they sped up to 60 for 2 more miles and never saw any sand... leather works!!

[Vandals]

i went down in jeans, luckilly i rolled and somehow my cell fone saved my thigh from getting bad roadrash.. My leather jacket did its job:icon_thum

[hectikillusions]

Damn...I am in the process of gettin a cycle, right now lookin around, seeing what is out there and tryin to get all the knowledge....BUT shiiii......things of this nature is what spooks the hell outta me, sometimes makes me think twice, it sure opens my eyez but if its my time to go, well then it wuz nice knowin all of you, but there aint ganna be a day that you will find me with out my gear....i wanna thank you guys on how you make it so clear that it is foolish to have the leathers, lids, etc. just sit at home rather than were they belong!! Thanx for all the advice and if i come across you in the near future and im missin somethin make sure you send my ass back home....cuz i know you aint ganna want no squid messin up the night...gatta get it right the first time!!!

[B-Dub]

fuk'd my left palm up doin about 10-15mph turning out of a stop sign. hit some sand on the street at night and lowsided. my natural reaction was to brace myself with my hand. had boots, lid, jacket, but no gloves.

it was prolly the size of a 1/2 dollar on my palm and 3 layers of skin was ripped off. it effin HURT and took about a month to scab over. it wasnt a lot of rash but i have never rode w/out gloves now even if i feel like being squidish.

im glad it happened because im hard headed and probably would of learned my lesson going a little faster

"some people will only learn after it happens"

[Moody]

Anybody who wants to see some nice scars from not wearing gear let me know. We can meet up for lunch with a buddy of mine.

[Moody]

Amen to that...
Has anyone ever crashed on a bicycle or a skateboard. If so, the damage done there was typically under 10mph. And we all know how much that $hit hurts.
:nod:

I have scars that are to the bone from skateboarding. Not to mention I have been knocked clean out just cruizing on a skateboard.

[Bricksta]

thanks for posting that.

[dudewhrsmybike]

Bump for the squids. Good thread IMO. People will do as they please but they really should wear proper riding gear.

[bigzona]

I wear a helmet and everything else is leather except for the pants......JEANS.

I've had two low-sides, they shredded both times :banghead::banghead:

I would really hate to wear leather pants for street riding, but thats the only option.

+1000000000000000000000 on gear, it saved my ass.

[dudewhrsmybike]

I wear a helmet and everything else is leather except for the pants......JEANS.

I've had two low-sides, they shredded both times :banghead::banghead:

I would really hate to wear leather pants for street riding, but thats the only option.

+1000000000000000000000 on gear, it saved my ass.

Actually you can get some slider shorts and knee+shin guards. Won't be as effective as leather pants but hey its better than just jeans :thumb:

[witchdoctor575]

pansies... wear your damn gear.

[txgsxrbob]

Well look at the pic's from the STUNT wars fromlast weekend ....some had no helments on????????????????????????? Stunt show ? wear gear if you want to ?????????????? I for some reason have a problem w/ people who choose not to wear a helmet. why i have no idea.....well yea i do . was not a pleasent sight .....my .02

[issanni]

thread back from the dead..... ;)

[OMEGA]

very informative but still alot of people dont learn until they go down for themselves:angry7:

[Ulric]

fah jsut look at my thread and decide if the gear helped or not. :-)