Protective Gear

[Heidi1]

I agree to a point, the only thing I have control over when I'm on the bike, is me and (to a degree) the bike. If you are relying on a helmet and a few bits of leather to keep you safe, you are doing it wrong. I practise what I do and I think it through (too much) so I can be in control inside the helmet. I wear the gear not for me, but for the cage drivers around me over whom I have no control. I wear it because kids run out on a road chasing a ball and I'll hit anything before I'll hit a kid. I'll wear it because roos tend to be fairly unpredictable and sometimes there is a bit of oil right in the apex of a corner where you didn't expect it. I wear it for the unpredictable moments.