OK what does work in the rain

"HELD" two piece denim lookalike suit with a el-cheapo set £10 of bike spastics out of the specials bin and I've never never been wet and as for keeping my hands dry pull in the first garage and get a pair of the disposable gloves from the pumps over the top of my own gloves

Both cheap and cheerful but they work so what the -------

ok I got a 50 quid cordura jacket from a dodgy stall at the BMF,

30 quid gore-tex trousers from another dodgy stall at the ali-pali show,

100-an-something Clubman classic-with-buckles boots from Alt-berg,

60 quid Hein Gericke gore-tex sports gloves from, yep, Hein Gericke

and a bloody great Arai on me head

Worn thru a bloody great lake in wales on the back of an F650 and nary a drop got thru,

"quality" cheap and nasty sweat shop gear

Originally Posted by Mervin

My buffalo winter gloves are fairly waterproof on short journeys.

Yes, that's not exactly waterproof then is it.


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Originally Posted by justmacsv650

"HELD" two piece denim lookalike suit with a el-cheapo set £10 of bike spastics out of the specials bin --

Originally Posted by justmacsv650

"HELD" two piece denim lookalike suit

The only think you have to remember Mac is that when you come to visit Soho wearing this, just make sure you're always standing with your back against a wall.


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for that sorta money just buy a cheap car surely lol. i mean biking is fun and in the wet i have no prob but when its chucking it down and you know its gonna chuck it down all day take the car?

Originally Posted by adam

for that sorta money just buy a cheap car surely lol. i mean biking is fun and in the wet i have no prob but when its chucking it down and you know its gonna chuck it down all day take the car?

some of us dont have a car

id happily settle for a ten pound waterproof suit from my local army and navy if the rain bothered me that much.

speaking of rain, i got caught out coming back from the south coast last nite,
was raining kittens and puppies all the way, had to do the whole journey at 40 cos i could barely see where i was going.

fair point cars are very cheap though - my last one was an E reg golf for £50 and now i have an N reg proton persona which was £75 lol

[northwind]

My cordura gear keeps me almost completely dry, not quite perfect after more than a couple of hours at speed but still very good. It needs reproofing now I think... Still not tried my HG Tribal oversuit, but it's got a good rep as well. For gloves, I've yet to find anything completely waterproof but the HG Pathans are pretty good.

The big advantage that cordura/goretex has over plastic is breathability... It doesn't matter how dry it keeps you from the outside if it fills up with sweat

Originally Posted by northwind

The big advantage that cordura/goretex has over plastic is breathability... It doesn't matter how dry it keeps you from the outside if it fills up with sweat

Theoretically true but I've yet to be drenched by a thin film of moisture (that certainly does build up in time) on the inside of the plastic as opposed to the deluge that seems to come through Gortex once it's been used a few times.

Each to their own I suppose...


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