SuperHans123
Formerly known as snertos999
Hello.
I ride a Kona Dew Hybrid for commuting and recreational purposes.
I live near the seafront in Swansea which is a great place right on the edge of the Gower Peninsula.
Trouble is we get rain, lots of it and winds.
I don't mind this. In fact, sometimes I prefer it as there are significantly less people about when the heavens open.
I have been on a quest for the last few years to find a solution to staying dry when out cycling, even in really bad rain.
Recently, I have bought some Shimano Clipped in pedals although they are only clipped in on one side.
My rationale for this is that you can only really wear waterproof shoe covers with clipped in pedals as my old platforms with studs would just gouge the material.
This way, I can wear my normal 5/10 trainers when it is dry and my Shimano clipped in compatible trainers and Altura Attack hefty shoe covers when it is raining...so that's the feet sorted!
Gloves..got some great Sealskinz and Pearl Izumis, easy.
For my legs, I have recently bought some Berghaus Paclite Gore-Tex overtrousers. These are great but I fear the saddle area will wear out after not many rides, so I need some advice on what to wear over the overtrousers in the saddle area so as to be A. Waterproof and B. Reasonably hard wearing. (I wear running tights underneath; these are fine)
On top, I have tried all the Alturas, Berghaus, Marmot Pre-Cip etc..all liars..you get wet if it is bad out there after not long.
Recently I found a company called Outdoor Research by way of an outdoor stuff review site which raved about their Foray Jacket.
Came out on top of this labs test:-
http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Rain-Jacket-Reviews
Duly paid £93 for it, walked the dog yesterday for 30 minutes in quite bad rain, came home, wet on the inside, even with Gore-Tex..liars again and no, it wasn't sweat, we weren't walking fast enough.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
I ride a Kona Dew Hybrid for commuting and recreational purposes.
I live near the seafront in Swansea which is a great place right on the edge of the Gower Peninsula.
Trouble is we get rain, lots of it and winds.
I don't mind this. In fact, sometimes I prefer it as there are significantly less people about when the heavens open.
I have been on a quest for the last few years to find a solution to staying dry when out cycling, even in really bad rain.
Recently, I have bought some Shimano Clipped in pedals although they are only clipped in on one side.
My rationale for this is that you can only really wear waterproof shoe covers with clipped in pedals as my old platforms with studs would just gouge the material.
This way, I can wear my normal 5/10 trainers when it is dry and my Shimano clipped in compatible trainers and Altura Attack hefty shoe covers when it is raining...so that's the feet sorted!
Gloves..got some great Sealskinz and Pearl Izumis, easy.
For my legs, I have recently bought some Berghaus Paclite Gore-Tex overtrousers. These are great but I fear the saddle area will wear out after not many rides, so I need some advice on what to wear over the overtrousers in the saddle area so as to be A. Waterproof and B. Reasonably hard wearing. (I wear running tights underneath; these are fine)
On top, I have tried all the Alturas, Berghaus, Marmot Pre-Cip etc..all liars..you get wet if it is bad out there after not long.
Recently I found a company called Outdoor Research by way of an outdoor stuff review site which raved about their Foray Jacket.
Came out on top of this labs test:-
http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Rain-Jacket-Reviews
Duly paid £93 for it, walked the dog yesterday for 30 minutes in quite bad rain, came home, wet on the inside, even with Gore-Tex..liars again and no, it wasn't sweat, we weren't walking fast enough.
Any advice greatly appreciated.