[mr. softie]

Myself, I wear armor. I didn't used to. Before the days of mesh you had a choice in hot weather. Roast in leather or take your chances. I used to ride in a tee and jeans. Then I hit a round stone with my front tire at 55+ on some twisties. My 500 lb bike went flying one way and I went sliding 100 feet across the ROUGH blacktop before I wound up on the grass on the side of the road. Talk about a burning sensation! I left a skin skid mark. My hands, arms, back, legs, knees all were deeply abraded and bleeding. I had tried to roll and move about so as to keep from wearing down to the bone in any one spot. All the wounds had bits of stone embedded in them. My daughters who are 27 and 30 now still remember me screaming as the wounds were scrubbed.



This happened on a beautiful clear day with no traffic on a road I had ridden hundreds of times. I was in the hospital and then recovering for months at home. I still have scars 25 years later. The only thing that saved my face was my full face helmet. My tee and jeans were in ribbons. Now with mesh, I can wear armor and be cool at the same time. If I even think of riding without ATGATT I remember what it feels like to have a 40 grit sanding disk run over my skin... and I put it on, and enjoy the ride.