07-06-2016, 12:49 AM
The only way most people seem to learn what is "appropriate" is by incurring an injury where some piece of gear would have reduced or prevented it. I ground a knee down wearing jeans in 1983 and pretty much never rode without leather pants after that. I started paying attention to riding gear thereafter and evaluated it based on how well it looked like it would protect my vulnerable points, elbows, shoulders, knees, head, hands.
Gigi admits she didn't wear the right gear, and learned a lesson. Even when Reg Pridmore is at the controls things can happen. I also was a passenger behind Reg, at the racetrack many years ago. It was terrifying how fast he entered turns, more frightening than any roller coaster or amusement park ride I've ever been on. Fortunately he didn't crash. My lap times did pick up after that, though.
We can all hope or believe nothing is going to happen, but most likely someday something is going to happen. Just a little fall in a parking lot or gas station can be life-altering, or something to shrug off, depending on the gear.
Gigi admits she didn't wear the right gear, and learned a lesson. Even when Reg Pridmore is at the controls things can happen. I also was a passenger behind Reg, at the racetrack many years ago. It was terrifying how fast he entered turns, more frightening than any roller coaster or amusement park ride I've ever been on. Fortunately he didn't crash. My lap times did pick up after that, though.
We can all hope or believe nothing is going to happen, but most likely someday something is going to happen. Just a little fall in a parking lot or gas station can be life-altering, or something to shrug off, depending on the gear.