Squidly gearless riders

[frankieG]

i finally got my gear back from my mother on Saturday.  it was 30c here and i wore my black heavy jacket...and i paid for it.  by the time i got home i was exhausted, dehydrated and near the point of blacking out.  i turned the AC up drank 2l of water and went to bed at 530pm.  i stayed in bed until 7am the next morning and when i woke up i was still not feeling well and had a dehydration headache.  it took me all day sunday of drinking water and staying in to recover.  yesterday, Monday, i went out but this time i wore my yellow summer perforated armour jacket...no problems.  also i now have my wrist gloves and don't have to wear gauntlets all the time

[El motociclista]

i finally got my gear back from my mother on Saturday.  it was 30c here and i wore my black heavy jacket...and i paid for it.  by the time i got home i was exhausted, dehydrated and near the point of blacking out.  i turned the AC up drank 2l of water and went to bed at 530pm.  i stayed in bed until 7am the next morning and when i woke up i was still not feeling well and had a dehydration headache.  it took me all day sunday of drinking water and staying in to recover.  yesterday, Monday, i went out but this time i wore my yellow summer perforated armour jacket...no problems.  also i now have my wrist gloves and don't have to wear gauntlets all the time

Why didn't you have any water with you for your ride? I always carry water in a backpack when I take my bike out, even for relatively short rides or running errands, and especially if it's hot out. Hot weather's nothing to f*%k with.

Hope your feeling better.

[scottpA_GS]

I rode in my Textile Field Shear jacket, Helmet, Boots, Jeans and gloves over 200 miles this weekend in 95+F ..Funny thing about that jacket is it has MASSIVE vents in the front but fabric on the inside covers the hole I dont get it... anyway...

It was VERY HOT! My black shirt I had on was partialy white from salt in my sweat... I just drank lots of water   

I was the only one in a pack of about 20 bikes that even had a jacket on.... Most didnt have helmets, some didnt even wear a shirt I like the ones who have their wife on the back in a tiny strapless shirt and shorts and sandles.. there had been about 5 or so of them

they asked me "How can you ride with all that crap on" ... I said " I like my skin "



I will wear my gear no matter how hot it gets. If its too hot for gear its too hot to ride