Riding with shorts
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From: Wesley Chapel Fl.
My thoughts exactly!!!!!!!!!! Your one lucky guy! Your asking for it!
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From: TEXAS
I just wanted the guy from Texas to know that it is often over 100f in Nebraska JUST LIKE TexASS ....DOH !.. ...........and i still wear jeans and boots .
Because as i said i am short and would get burned every single time i ride without them .
If your foolish enough and abnormally tall
feel free to wear your flip flops and shorts .. ha ha ha ha ha
After all all about freedom and fun .
It's a nice cool 90f today .
Because as i said i am short and would get burned every single time i ride without them .
If your foolish enough and abnormally tall
feel free to wear your flip flops and shorts .. ha ha ha ha ha After all all about freedom and fun .
It's a nice cool 90f today .
And no one said anything about flip flops since you felt the urge to correct me.
Last edited by JIMSFBL; Jun 17, 2012 at 04:38 PM.
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I don't ride with shorts. One, my legs are too short. As far as jeans not helping, it is another layer. One more layer that won't be taken off the leg. And then there is the debris problem from cars and trucks throwing up pieces of gravel or something off their tires, or off the pavement. Been hit a few times by it. Stung a little, but jeans stopped it.
I ride in parades occasionally and and the last one I was in was rather long. Though I was wearing jeans, I still had 2nd degree burns on my legs. Would have hated to know what I would have gotten with shorts. Dumb thing was that I took off my chaps because it was getting warm out. I have an '08 Ultra and it gets a bit too hot for shorts, especially in traffic.
I ride in parades occasionally and and the last one I was in was rather long. Though I was wearing jeans, I still had 2nd degree burns on my legs. Would have hated to know what I would have gotten with shorts. Dumb thing was that I took off my chaps because it was getting warm out. I have an '08 Ultra and it gets a bit too hot for shorts, especially in traffic.
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From: Connecticut
Riding in shorts?
No thanks.
I don't even like riding in -jeans-, having been knocked off the bike a couple of times (once by a deer, another time by a kid that pulled out in front of me).
My regular ridin' wear is a set of Motoport "Canyon" pants, textile-based with knee/leg and butt pads. Not nearly as sophisticated as some of the pants you can get, but better than jeans.
I wish they still made them, mine are so old the mesh lining inside is getting frayed!
No thanks.
I don't even like riding in -jeans-, having been knocked off the bike a couple of times (once by a deer, another time by a kid that pulled out in front of me).
My regular ridin' wear is a set of Motoport "Canyon" pants, textile-based with knee/leg and butt pads. Not nearly as sophisticated as some of the pants you can get, but better than jeans.
I wish they still made them, mine are so old the mesh lining inside is getting frayed!
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From: NW Arkansas
Originally Posted by Verbal View Post
I love the smell of burning flesh in the morning..... or something like that!
I love the smell of burning flesh in the morning..... or something like that!
I don't wear shorts anytime! Legs are too white and skinny! But in three more years I'll be old enough to wear black socks with shorts!!!! Maybe then......
Last edited by mike5511; Jun 18, 2012 at 01:09 AM.
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From: Glendale, AZ
A friend of mine is a fire fighter with Scottsdale FD. He sent me some pics a few years back (I'll try to find them) of a guy on a rocket that went down in 110° temps wearing t-shirt, shorts, and tennis shoes.
The firemen had to spray water on the pavement to cool it down enough so they could unstick him, as he was stuck like a fried egg to the roadway. Buddy almost puked taking the shots as the dude's skin was literally being ripped off this body as they peeled him off the roadway and loaded him on the gurney. Hate to say it, but the dude looked like part of a skinned elk. You could see his muscles, bones and various cartilage all up and down his body from where he had contacted the hot pavement.
I couldn't even begin to think how painful that would have been. Not only the road rash, but the 3rd degree burns to boot. I'm sure the dude spent several months in the hospital.
You guys that like to wear shorts while riding... be my guest. I like to try to keep my skin if at all possible, and will always dress appropriately in my astronaut suit to hopefully do so... even in 110° temps.
The firemen had to spray water on the pavement to cool it down enough so they could unstick him, as he was stuck like a fried egg to the roadway. Buddy almost puked taking the shots as the dude's skin was literally being ripped off this body as they peeled him off the roadway and loaded him on the gurney. Hate to say it, but the dude looked like part of a skinned elk. You could see his muscles, bones and various cartilage all up and down his body from where he had contacted the hot pavement.
I couldn't even begin to think how painful that would have been. Not only the road rash, but the 3rd degree burns to boot. I'm sure the dude spent several months in the hospital.
You guys that like to wear shorts while riding... be my guest. I like to try to keep my skin if at all possible, and will always dress appropriately in my astronaut suit to hopefully do so... even in 110° temps.
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From: Florida
IMO you have to be a complete moron. YES, this applies to all that do. A week ago I was riding with a buddy and had a bee apparently wedge between my inner upper thigh and seat. Decided to insert stinger. This may have been a God send as I was going ape **** scratching, jumping up and down, whatever I could to alleviate the pain. Came around a corner slower than normal and came within 5 feet of hitting 2 deer. Divine intervention is my thought and getting stung but regardless, if you wear shorts, IMO you are an idiot. May as well wear flip flops as well. MORONS!!!!! I believe there is a consultation group called Idiots Are US that such riders should join. Bone Heads....
Wow really