[n4mwd]

No matter how much gear you get, there will always be somebody tell you you're going to die if you don't wear [insert expensive item here] all the time. I wear a helmet, jacket and gloves and sometimes racing pants. Only the gloves are leather. My helmet is good enough that I don't need earplugs.

Whatever you decide to get, only get stuff you will actually wear. Don't buy stuff that you find so uncomfortable that it stays in your closet.

As a side note, always remember that ATGATT does not make you invincible. And to point this out, I refer to two recent threads where two bikers got run over by a car. The kid in NY was wearing a helmet and was killed. The kid in Utah was without a helmet and survived. There were other factors, but ATGATT doesn't guarantee anything.