Why do you care what he was wearing? Its his pain and agony if he drops it, not yours. I personally could care less what everyone is wearing on their bikes, its their bike, their life and no concern of mine. Your calling someone a "squid" just because their not wearing what you think they should? Really?
Because that's what they're called. Someone not wearing gear on a bike is a squid. I wouldn't even say they aren't wearing what he thinks they should... They aren't wearing what most riders think they should. People on bikes with short sleeves and shorts get huge frowns from me. It's people like that, that wipe out and go to the ER with terrible wounds and burns on their arms and legs that tell stories of why that happened to them, and then other people get the horrible notion that if you ride I bike, you end up like that.
Sure they're the ones that are hurt if they make a mistake. I just don't wanna be the guy riding with them when they go down and are covered in bacon wounds on their arms and legs when they should have gotten back up and been pissed that it's the bike that's hurt
Idk, I'm just pretty passionate about proper gear. I have a newbie friend that at first refused to wear a helmet and such. Then it was pants, then it was gloves, ect. Now he's got almost better gear than me, and thanks me all the time. It's a lot easier to rip up the twisties when you're fully geared.
Then again, I do realize that wearing full gear isn't as cool looking to the ladies as being in shorts with a backwards hat. I'm pretty sure it's way cooler looking than a guy with bacon strips up his arms and legs because he was a fool and it was a little too hot out to wear jeans.
**** squids. The only ones I know are 18 year olds with their first bikes, tools, douchebags, and lawyers that ride around on their Harley's to get a tan. Wouldn't catch me riding with any of them.
Ride hard, but ride safe!
