A question of dress
Having read Bike magazine for many years I assumed there was an unwritten law about riding kit: to ride an adventure bike you have to wear desert style textiles, peaked helmet and strapped boots while a sports bike requires racing leathers with a hump, reinforced gloves and full face helmet. And so on. Yesterday, in a sudden attack of mid life crisis, I rode my adventure bike in leathers. Nothing bad happened. Encouraged, I then rode a sportsbike in camo textiles and, again, it was fine. Liberating almost. My question is this: can I ride my classic bike without my open face helmet, goggles and flying jacket, or is this taking things too far? What might happen? Roger Martin, email