Gloves of the Tesco variety....

Mark312 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Karma :

Passed a (presumeably elderly) rider on a Honda C90, doing 45 on the M61, wearing Tesco carrier bags instead of gloves!

Am I missing something?

I know Charley Boorman wore a black bin liner to keep warm on the early morning stages of the Dakar rally, but that was over a lot of safety gear!

Carrier bags?? Confused

Wtf?
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Jamie S · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Karma :

haha thats just stupid,

if you see him again get a pic !! would be a laugh

i_am_tim · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Karma :

45 on a motorway? surely that must break some kind of traffic law, impeding the flow of traffic or something?
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olionel · Brolly Dolly Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Karma :

might be wearin em on top of his gloves.. to keep the wind out... duno if itll work... I dont know, couldve been a crazyman on a bike, just thought "I know what Ill do, Ill wear some bags on my hands, and see if it gets posted on BCF "... could be anything mate... couldve been a dog on a bike, or a monkey... or a fish... god knows... (sorry Im getting tired and chatting sh*t)
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DaveH · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Karma :

If they take so long for the polymers to break down and degrade, maybe they think they'll stop sliding before that happens! Shocked

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TheDonUK · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Karma :

Funny shit though...

You'd like to think it was over his gloves... but who knows? Maybe the germans are somehow behind it... Thinking

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

sandino · Scooby Slapper Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Karma :

Some people wear plastic bags either inside our outside their gloves for the waterproof aspects i think.

Jamie S · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Karma :

why not just get water prrof gloves in the first place Rolling Eyes

sandino · Scooby Slapper Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Karma :

tokarev · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Karma :

I heard that gloves of the Sainsbury's variety are much more impact resistant.

I overheard a group of bikers chatting at Boxhill saying that their mate, Dave, crashed his GSXR 600 at 156 miles per hour and slid along the ground on his hands. The only thing that saved his life was the Sainsbury's bags he was wearing at the time.

natv4 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Karma :

depending on the conditions, there is not much that beats a carrier bag at wind deflection. I've used them before to keep warm.

A lot of gloves are simply not up to the task anyway, so carrier bags may be better than some peoples current pair.
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