{"id":5521,"date":"2015-02-13T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T09:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/?p=5521"},"modified":"2015-02-19T09:48:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T07:48:18","slug":"how-on-earth-did-we-survive-our-youths-throwbackthursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/index.php\/how-on-earth-did-we-survive-our-youths-throwbackthursday\/","title":{"rendered":"How on earth did we survive our youths?! #ThrowBackThursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Conrad<\/a><\/p>\n

“What do you mean protective gear?<\/em>!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its about 1987,\u00a0 I’m 14 years old. On a bored out two stroke YZ 125,\u00a0 I tore through dongas, thorn bushes, streams and my home made MX course- wearing nothing but worn out Nike Pegasus, PT short, T shirt and Open helmet & goggles. And a “This is awesome!”<\/strong> grin.<\/p>\n

Not sure how I made it safely to (sort of) adulthood.\u00a0 As I near parenthood, I’ve heard people talk about “babies bounce”, but in hind sight, if I can help it- rather safe than sorry. Or as we modern bike riders say: “Dont dress for the ride, dress for the fall…”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A life time later- my dad and I crossing rivers (but not tearing through dongas and thorn bushes) on our Adventure bikes. Dressed ATGATT. All The Gear- All The Time.<\/p>\n

\"Gert<\/a><\/p>\n

ATGATT close up. I’ve moved to newer gear and a newer bike in the meantime but here’s the run down:<\/p>\n

Helmet (Specialized Downhill helmet with vents for bushveld heat). Oakley Goggles. LEATT neck brace. Chest & shoulder protectors. Elbow guards (nowadays I wear the all in 1) Specialized gloves. Padded, ventilated riding pants. the best knee braces on the market. (The $600 is fully worth it) Boots.<\/p>\n

Spot the bicycle tube…<\/p>\n

\"conrad<\/a><\/p>\n

How did you survive your youth?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“What do you mean protective gear?!” Its about 1987,\u00a0 I’m 14 years old. On a bored out two stroke YZ 125,\u00a0 I tore through dongas, thorn bushes, streams and my home made MX course- wearing nothing but worn out Nike Pegasus, PT short, T shirt and Open helmet & goggles. And a “This is awesome!” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1625,6],"tags":[1641,1643,1749,1754,471,1642,687,778,1640,1638,1639],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n