They're all NPCs. The people who put on the headsets aren't there. They put them on, the headsets scanned their brains and created exact replicas of their minds and created characters that are controlled by said replicas. The actual people who put on the headsets aren't there though, they're not even aware that there's a copy of them trapped in the Digital Circus.

It's why there's no escape. They're not actual people, they're simulations. There's no headset to take off. No real world to go back to. It's also why they "abstract." I mean why would that happen if they were real people? It makes no sense. Like, how would it manifest in the real world? No, "abstraction" happens because they're simulations and they glitch out because whatever machine is running them can't handle that kind of emotional breakdown.

>>28568530
He has some good points though. Janus is building bikes strait off a 1920's design and selling them to unsuspecting customers. Riders that are used to riding on motorcycles built with 100 years blood and engineering behind them. Nothing wrong with reproduction bikes but at least warn your customers.

>>28541620
Bike guy had 10 years to stop or swerve or something.

>>28477662
If you live in the USA you can get cheaper non CE rated riding jeans from places like Cycle Gear that will do good enough if you go down around town.

>Since I'm already wearing synthetic melt to your skin nothing, how much more dagerous would shorts be?
Did most riders not ride bicycles as kids or something? I distinctly remember when I was a kid picking out rocks from under my skin numerous times when I crashed my bicycle.