Keeping cool on a bike?

Originally Posted by embee

Best bang for buck is some vented gloves, make a huge difference.

These I do have thankfully. I've got some Furygan summer gloves that are vented. They do work well. My hands are about the only part of me that doesn't sweat.

[carelesschucca]

I got myself a nice vented Triumph Falcon jacket for the trip to Spain that I've been wearing all the time in this summer. Its been brilliant and it was only £50 from world of Triumph.

[littleoldman2]

Just been on the World of Triumph site and it wont let you choose a size. I'll give them a call tomorrow. I've got Triumph textiles and they are terrific.

Sweating like the nuts at the moment. Dripping before I even get to the bike.

My jacket is an RST Adventure (Pro 2 I think) which has three layers. Once the inner warm layer and middle wind/waterproof layer are out it's fairly cool on the move. It's sort of sand coloured which helps and has vents all over. The arms are actually removable (they unzip like a 1980s ski jacket) but I, like you, value my skin too much to have tried it.

All that said, I still melt at traffic lights! I wear thin lounge wear type trousers to stop my legs sticking to my armoured trousers and a thin long sleeve T shirt for the same reason. You can pay proper money for wicking summer base layers and they won't work much better. Certainly, IMHO, not enough better to justify the extra cost.

I bought a Karrimor sports top from Sports Direct. It cost £6.00 I think and keeps me much cooler than when I was wearing a normal cotton t-shirt. I still sweat, but it wicks the damp away and drys really quick too.

And I'm wearing Kevlar lined jeans with pads at the knees and hips. Together with my RST textile jacket (with 6 vents open) , sports boots and vented gloves, I'm not too bad.

[JamesMio]

I finally gave in today and ordered up a mesh jacket. Yeah, it might only see 5-10 days use a year, but that just means it'll last me 10+ years (I hope!).

Will report back, but if it does the trick for a big sweaty lump like me, then there's hope for the rest of you.

[rictus01]

knox lycra armoured undershirt, teamed up with either a 55 BD or Denim jacket, Alpinestar octane gloves, either draggin combats or jeans, Army boots, Aria lid, works well as a combo.

[Dipper]

Spada mesh and leather jacket, Spada mesh trousers and and decent wicking base layers. All worked well in the 40 degree heat of Southern Europe last year.

Originally Posted by MisterTommyH

Don't stop.

Simples.

This.

And ride faster to increase the wind blast.