wet weather jacket

[craig]

, got soaked this morning riding into city guess the old jacket has finally given up the ghost as it wasn't even raining that heavily...more spray from cars. buys flanelette shirt $4.99 (played bogan all day) so as to be comfortable at work..lucky coles south melbourne is an early opener (remembers the days of early opening pubs eons ago ).so grihst of story is shoot down to peter stevens at lunch.

trys on several fabric jackets stays away from exxxxy dainese. dry rider nordic pro fits best in the 30 min i have to buy (doesn't rain on way home could have waited and shopped later...pfffttt )so fit much snugger than old jacket...bloody hot with liner in never worn liners in other jackets tho.(except wet days in air flow jacket )..mmm..do not ride in hills when snowing like some of you crazy f...s, will remove.. uncomfortable at neck on way home...we'll see, on that point as get accustomed to fit of jacket.. NOW I NEED IT TO PISS DOWN SO I CAN TEST IT OUT

[6maniac]

NOW I NEED IT TO PISS DOWN SO I CAN TEST IT OUT

Got a friend ? Oh , and a hose !!!!

[craig]

have three kids ( sorry young adults) who who would be more than happy to hose their old man down who needs friends ...wife would probably join in

[6maniac]

Awaiting gear report sometime soon !

[aardvark]

I used to think that I had to spend good money on wet weather gear to stay try. Turns out you don't have to.

After racking up thousands of kilometers riding in the rain - sometimes fo 8+ hours a day in the absolute pissing rain, I can safely say that there are options that will keep you try.

Work supplies us with our leathers and our "fisherman style" wet weather gear. You know the stuff, looks kind of like this:

The leathers go underneath and the XL PVC wet weather jacket and pants go over the top. If it's a really cold day AND raining I'll wear: thermals, shirt, polar fleece jumper, leather jacket then the PVC gear. Keeps me warm and dry. If I fall off, I'm not too concerned about the lack of protection from the PVC stuff because I have my leathers on underneath.

The jackets we are supplied have neoprene inserts in the ends of the sleeve, to soak up and rain that might get through, and a velcro fastener to fasten the sleeve around the outside of the glove and the wrist. The pants have the same velcro strap at the bottom of the leg to tighten them around your boots.

No other jacket I've owned has worked as well.

[6maniac]

Used the same gear years ago - always leaked in the crotch - add Silastic - good for another 2-3 months !!

[craig]

used to sail off shore competiveley (system 7 ,then gortex)and fish professionally in W.A ( various welded pvc formats) years ago and actually never found any gear that was totally water proof!!...and yes glued and heat sealed pvc is great...but still leaks..my rivet trousers do a fantastic job
inexpensive and if a bit short sitting on bike ie: bent knees boot top exposed oh shit wet feet. the old victory jacket had honestly passed its used by date...i do prefer to ride to commute but it can be an option...so hopefully this jacket will keep me drier than the poor cast aside.. and yes it did cost a few more dollars than i intended but fuck me if i'd bought a "d " jacket you tell me at your disscounted prices

[craig]

oh is there a possibility your wet gear is state funded aarty???


oops CLOWN !...you already stated gear is supplied

[craig]

so if i ......"TRY and TRY and TRY and TRY I MIGHT stay dry ..............................

[penno]

I paid a $100 for a Motodry all in one wet weather set and I can honestly say that it is probably the best $100 I've ever spent on bike gear. Never leaks (and I've ridden in it for hours of rain) and cuts out the wind. Bit sweaty in summer but not as bad as I expected.

[craig]

appologies aardy if posts are a bit well blunt was a tad under the influence at the time ....