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Vegan Bikers Ride Too

by Steve
Monday, April 16, 2007

Aerostich Vegan Motorcycle GlovesIn the 2007 edition of Aerostich's "Rider Wearhouse Catalog", there is a feature on "Vegan Gloves".

These are gloves manufactured without any animal skins or animal products so that they're "vegan friendly".

I guess what caught my attention is that this is the first time I've seen a motorcycle product advertised as being "Vegan". After searching Google for more vegan motorcycle gear, I realize now the concept of veggie bikers has been around for awhile. I guess me and my meat-eating lifestyle has caused me to be ingnorant of this faction of "motorcycle enthusiasts".

The gloves themselves are nothing out of the ordinary. They're the same gloves you find in a lot of places. They're made with Kevlar, and I imagine other materials produced in a laboratory or grown from a bush. The only difference is the marketing approach.

If you wanna see something funny, Aerostich will sell you a bottle of leather smell to apply to you vegan riding gear. This way vegans can at least smell like they've caused the death of some cows.

There's even a web forum of vegan riders. I haven't found a vegan motorcycle club, though I imagine there's gotta be one around. I wonder if their patch shows a carrot riding a motorcycle?

So, will this mean my favorite biker bars will soon be adding tofu cheese and raspberry smoothies to their menus? Well if it's going to happen somewhere, it'll happen here in Southern California first. My bet is on the Rock Store. I'll keep my eyes open.

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3 Comments:

  • hmmm, tofu cheese that doesn't cause a baby cow to be ripped from the side of its mother one week after being born to be auctioned off to veal farms where it will spend the rest of its short miserable life in a confinement reeking of accumulated urine and feces and death and with nary the spare square inch for even turning around before it's sent to the slaughter. if someone crammed your free-as-a-bird biker @$$ into conditions such as those just so they could enjoy a tasty slice of yellow american wonder how grateful you'd be to those of us choosing the aformentioned tofu cheese?? and by the way, far more common are soy- and veggie-cheese, @$$tard.

    By Blogger akp1107, at 9/28/2007 10:49:00 PM  

  • akp1107 why are you calling the guy names? he wrote a fairly unbiased article. he didn't even take any cheap shots for humor value, and he admitted to being ignorant. after a number of years i've learned that making veganism inviting to omnivores does much more for the animals than unwarranted aggression and name calling. veganism is awesome, and something to feel good about. we should encourage everyone to try it. p.s. i think i'm gonna buy these gloves.

    By Anonymous xveganvikingx, at 1/31/2008 08:03:00 PM  

  • No "cheap shots for humor value"? Are you serious? What do you think those comments about tofu cheese and raspberry smoothies were? Sheesh.

    By Anonymous Denise S., at 11/11/2008 10:08:00 PM  

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