06-17-2014, 10:57 AM
So, I ride in the worst heat anyone who doesn't live in the desert has ever experienced. I still ride with a full face helmet, and quite frankly, just don't understand how one 1) Rides without a full face helmet on a bike without a windshield (I can't breathe with 70mph air hitting me in the face) or 2) Can ride in hot, I mean REALLY hot (115+) weather without a helmet, jacket and gloves; that hot air on the skin is AWFUL.
Anyway, I heard a story of a guy a few decades ago who, wearing an open face helmet, stopped at a red light, put his left boot down into some oily slop, dropped the bike, and basically curbed himself on the curb to his left. Needed a new jaw. At zero miles per hour. Never would have happened with a full face helmet.
Of course, you do whatever pleases you, I just can't make logical sense of some of the choices people make.
Anyway, I heard a story of a guy a few decades ago who, wearing an open face helmet, stopped at a red light, put his left boot down into some oily slop, dropped the bike, and basically curbed himself on the curb to his left. Needed a new jaw. At zero miles per hour. Never would have happened with a full face helmet.
Of course, you do whatever pleases you, I just can't make logical sense of some of the choices people make.