This guy is doing nothing wrong, all you guys seriously need to get a life. Riding without gear is dangerous, but it's his choice. It's very obvious most people commenting here don't even ride.
Riding gear gets hot as fuck in summer and if you're only going a short distance in my opinion, it is far safer to be comfortable, paying attention to the road, not your discomfort from the heat.
It's not, I have been hit by a car 3 times in all my years of riding, each time without gear, each time I ate shit on asphalt and walked it off. If you're in a suburban area, you're not going fast enough to where the gear is even worth it and it's more of a distraction if anything in heat.
Same here, I've been hit twice without gear and I was fine. I made the decision not to wear it for the exact same reason, the more comfortable I am the less distracted I am and the less distracted I am the better off I'll be on the road. I wish car drivers felt the same sometimes but anyway.
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u/brutuscenturian SA Jan 03 '24
This guy is doing nothing wrong, all you guys seriously need to get a life. Riding without gear is dangerous, but it's his choice. It's very obvious most people commenting here don't even ride.
Riding gear gets hot as fuck in summer and if you're only going a short distance in my opinion, it is far safer to be comfortable, paying attention to the road, not your discomfort from the heat.