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- From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
- Subject: Re: Passenger Clothing (how fascist are YOU?)
- Message-ID: <Bxpq2t.78x@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
- Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
- References: <1992Nov12.085944.28530@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov12.145443.28915@news.columbia.edu> <BxMpCx.Ez4@news.iastate.edu> <1992Nov13.031330.16775@news.columbia.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 15:37:40 GMT
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- scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C Sears) writes:
- >In article <BxMpCx.Ez4@news.iastate.edu> tomes@iastate.edu () writes:
-
- > Seriously, I like to be able to take my helmet off, get change,
- > get money (if I had any) from the cash machine, etc. etc. without
- > having to take my gloves off
-
- While I don't claim I'd be able to make accurate change while wearing
- them, my Z Custom Deer Traks are a lot less clumsy than any other gloves
- I own, including a pair of Fox "summer gloves" that are paper-thin cow-
- hide. This is in spite of the fact that the deerskin they're made of is
- far thicker than my other gloves. Deerskin is sronger than cowhide, but
- it's also a lot softer & more flexible, and is comfortable over a wider
- range of temps.
-
- >>Yes, lightweight leather gloves work. When a student didn't do what I told
- >>him to during an exercise and dumped his bike, the glove was torn in 3 places
- >>but his hand wasn't even scratched.
-
- So his speed was probably 5-25 mph? How much protection would he have
- had at 60 mph?
- --
- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com BIX:blaine_g
- 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Favorite road signs:
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- My other motorcycle is a Quadracer Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
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