What gear do you wear??

zero_dgz · 06-26-2024, 01:04 PM

I wear full textile riding gear all the time, both jacket and pants.

For winter and the shoulder seasons I have a combo of the Alpinestars Halo jacket and the Rev'It Sands H20 pants. For summer I have a matched set of Sedici Marco mesh jacket and pants.

On the street I have a pair of TCX Hero boots, and when adventure riding or going exclusively off road I wear motocross boots. My current Bilt motocross boots are kind of crap and I will probably replace them with some O'Neal or Aplinestars ones later this season. When riding off road, most of the violence seems to be inflicted on your feet and shins. So don't compromise there.

For street and adventure trips I use a Bell Qualifier helmet, and purely off road I have a Bell MX-9 (not the Adventure one, the motocross one) and a pair of Blur goggles.

"Hot" be damned, my gear has probably saved my bacon more than once. I also have several bikes that are not Chinese bikes and are significantly heavier and faster. Tipping over with your 275 pound Chinabike at 25 MPH in the mud is one thing, but say wiping out at 85 on asphalt and subsequently getting run over by your own 515+ pound Honda Shadow is another. So far all of my major get-offs have been on dirt but you never know what'll happen.

If you have bullshit gear you will find out at the precise moment when you contact the ground, which is not coincidentally the same moment you don't want it to be.

06-26-2024, 01:04 PM	#1
zero_dgz Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 261	I wear full textile riding gear all the time, both jacket and pants. For winter and the shoulder seasons I have a combo of the Alpinestars Halo jacket and the Rev'It Sands H20 pants. For summer I have a matched set of Sedici Marco mesh jacket and pants. On the street I have a pair of TCX Hero boots, and when adventure riding or going exclusively off road I wear motocross boots. My current Bilt motocross boots are kind of crap and I will probably replace them with some O'Neal or Aplinestars ones later this season. When riding off road, most of the violence seems to be inflicted on your feet and shins. So don't compromise there. For street and adventure trips I use a Bell Qualifier helmet, and purely off road I have a Bell MX-9 (not the Adventure one, the motocross one) and a pair of Blur goggles. "Hot" be damned, my gear has probably saved my bacon more than once. I also have several bikes that are not Chinese bikes and are significantly heavier and faster. Tipping over with your 275 pound Chinabike at 25 MPH in the mud is one thing, but say wiping out at 85 on asphalt and subsequently getting run over by your own 515+ pound Honda Shadow is another. So far all of my major get-offs have been on dirt but you never know what'll happen. If you have bullshit gear you will find out at the precise moment when you contact the ground, which is not coincidentally the same moment you don't want it to be.
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