SSR: unexpected benefits of riding gear

Cheshire · Post by **Cheshire** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:25 pm

Off the scoot: what kind of things have you really liked having gear for?

I had just ridden over to a friend's house to help them move some stuff around. Still had my riding pants on (I don't take 'em off unless I'm going to be off the scoot for at least an hour), and ended up having to be on my knees on concrete. LOVE that knee padding!!

Another incident: recently, a tickle fight broke out around me. I'm extremely ticklish...that armored jacket practically zipped itself! After that, it was much easier to fend off other people.

LisaLisa · Post by **LisaLisa** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:27 am

I wear my corazzo jacket to walk the dog at night.

r0sa · Post by **r0sa** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:12 am

i wear my helmet sometimes when riding my bicycle

broke · Post by **broke** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:50 am

I wore my FF shoveling snow off the sidewalk this winter... you can never be too safe!

DIPA · Post by **DIPA** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:08 pm

I wore the waterproof liner from my Joe Rocket jacket when I went snowboarding yesterday...worked awesome! I could've used those armored pants, my knees and butt are pretty bruised

Post by **polianarchy** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:51 pm

I wore one of my helmets for last year's Halloween costume. I was an astronaut!

Scooter Hoot · Post by **Scooter Hoot** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:07 pm

My insulated gloves are my general all around insulated gloves now - they just fit and work better than my old ski gloves. Not sure what really makes them all that different other than the scooter ones came from a motorcycle store ...

enzomatic · Post by **enzomatic** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:08 pm

Knife fights

lobsterman · Post by **lobsterman** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:38 pm

I wear my full face helmet around the house, you can never be too sure when the wife or kid might try and bash you in the head with something.

The kevlar armor in the jacket is nice too since I work downtown.

Post by **jmazza** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:04 pm

Unexpected benefits?

The chicks, of course.