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Shinigami · 06-12-2008, 08:23 AM

As I have mentioned elsewhere here, like many of you, I never roll on the bike without ATGATT, even across a parking lot.

Last night for a run to the store it was full Vansons top and bottom, Puma Desmos, Taichi gloves, Arai lid.

So I'm packing the groceries I've just picked up into my Boblbee Meg Aero (which doubles as a CE back protectior) in the parking lot of the local grocery, and about to put my helmet on, when this typical-looking soccer mom with a kid in tow walks up.

"I just wanted to thank you!" she says.

"For what?" I answer

"For setting such a good example of what a serious biker is supposed to look like for my five year old here!"

As I reflected on that comment I realized- every day this kid is staring out of a car window, and here in SLC he typically sees 7 underequipped (or completely UN equipped) riders for every 10 riders he sees- a population that has been growing like kudzu in a Georgia swamp here because of crazy gas prices.

Squids here are doing a lot to damage our image, not to mention themselves. Stories about the sinister dangers of "bullet bikes" (my how I loathe that term) abound in local media lately as a rash of these new untrained and unequipped riders meet with predictable results.

I told soccer-mom, "Hope he remembers- and thanks for teaching him the difference!"

06-12-2008, 08:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Shinigami Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Last Online: 10-12-2009 01:52 AM My Ride: 03VFR800FI, 08CBR600RR View my Photo Gallery Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Interesting ATGATT reaction As I have mentioned elsewhere here, like many of you, I never roll on the bike without ATGATT, even across a parking lot. Last night for a run to the store it was full Vansons top and bottom, Puma Desmos, Taichi gloves, Arai lid. So I'm packing the groceries I've just picked up into my Boblbee Meg Aero (which doubles as a CE back protectior) in the parking lot of the local grocery, and about to put my helmet on, when this typical-looking soccer mom with a kid in tow walks up. "I just wanted to thank you!" she says. "For what?" I answer "For setting such a good example of what a serious biker is supposed to look like for my five year old here!" As I reflected on that comment I realized- every day this kid is staring out of a car window, and here in SLC he typically sees 7 underequipped (or completely UN equipped) riders for every 10 riders he sees- a population that has been growing like kudzu in a Georgia swamp here because of crazy gas prices. Squids here are doing a lot to damage our image, not to mention themselves. Stories about the sinister dangers of "bullet bikes" (my how I loathe that term) abound in local media lately as a rash of these new untrained and unequipped riders meet with predictable results. I told soccer-mom, "Hope he remembers- and thanks for teaching him the difference!"