People are gonna do what they want to do, but if you're asking, I have to say don't wear anything but all the protective gear you can wear on a bike.

It's been a year since my crash, and I still have rash marks on my right knee where my pants got ground away at only 30mph. The left knee was going all over the place because that leg was broken when the guy hit me. (No fault of my own...he was coming towards me and turned left into me at a light.)

I was wearing a Joe Rocket jacket, gloves, and had a helmet on, so nothing above my waist got a scratch (other than internal injuries from the impact), so I know that stuff works. If I'd have had chaps or riding pants on, the only thing I'd have to recover from were the broken bones from the impact...rather than those PLUS the road rash burns.

They saved my leg, and I'm walking again, finally, on my own steam. I was back shopping for bikes again while still on crutches, though.. Next time, however, I'll have some form of rash protection full body...regardless of how "uncool" it looks.

I know it sounds like a cool thing to do, wearing a kilt on a bike, but I wouldn't advise it. I have plenty of scars that show when I'm kilted now...even though I had pants on...something I have to deal with from now on. But I can't imagine if I'd been bare-legged what it'd look like. There comes a point when looking cool crosses that line into something very dangerous. The famous red-neck last words comes to mind, "Hey y'all, watch this!"