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Apache, That is exactly the response I was hoping to avoid. My words were certainly NOT directed at anyone specific. Please know that I respect your opinion and your right to wear or not wear what you like. That is exactly why I ended my little rant with "I don't want to criticize anyone here, and of course, it's your choice."
I also recognize that in your years on this earth, you certainly have more knowledge and experience than me. You're a soldier, and I respect that that takes some guts. You can preach to me about that because you have been there, you have seen first hand things I never hope to see. I am not smarter than you, but I have crashed, so I can tell you, from my experience, it f*cking hurts. And when I read things like, "my knees were uncovered when the little pieces of what I thought were gravel scraped against my skin, only to find out later that they were my actual kneecaps grinding against the pavement below them," it kinda makes me want to wear gear.
I don't want to tell any of you what to do because I don't like it when people tell me what to do. I don't expect any of you to listen to me anyway, I am giving advice. It's free. I've ignored lots of advice before. Some I wish I had not. You say you don't dress to have a wreck and you ride not to. Those are words I have heard before. "It'll never happen to me." That just sounds ignorant. It's naive because it speaks of something that has not happened yet, something you cannot know with any certainty. "It has happened to me." That is truth because it speaks from experience. I can say the later, and I hope you don't ever get to. So be safe friends, avoid the crash and you will never need gear in the first place. You can then go on saying "It'll never happen to me."
My motto is Be Prepared. I will still ride without gear sometimes, but if I find myself debating whether or not to wear it, I will opt for it and be happier that I did. When I ride with my girl, I insist she wears her helmet, shoes and my protective jacket because I care about her safety more than my own.
PS. Nylons? Really Serowbot?
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