highlight for those too damn lazy to read: La Nina forming in the pacific = rainier than fucking hell up here during the winter.
havea nice day ; P
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:01 am
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Great, my current rain gear consists of just swapping out pants and putting on a new shirt.
I do <3 the rain though, so I guess I'll have to get some synthetic rain riding gear as thick wool coats would take too long to dry. (or I could hit the army surplus and just get a tonne of wool coats)
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I come from a people who build houses out of peat and weave clothing from the hair of their sexual partners.
I am equipped with:
- Fenders
- Wool
To wit, I say: I am prepared. This "little girl" is nothing. I rode every day in november and december last year.
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ripper wrote:
I come from a people who build houses out of peat and weave clothing from the hair of their sexual partners.
I am equipped with:
- Fenders
- Wool
To wit, I say: I am prepared. This "little girl" is nothing. I rode every day in november and december last year.
amen. Bring the wet! Before it is wool-season, I'm looking into getting a pair of fall-weather tights; running shorts and lycra is getting cold in the morning.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:38 am
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I am completely serious when I say that my favorite riding is in the rain. Commuting, .83ing, just fuckin' about, it's all better when you're wet and cold.
But mere bucolic musings... anyway, my knee's been actin' up so methinks Trev and them fancy weatherists are onto something.
mine, too! huzzah for early arthritis.
i mean, shit.
srsly, stopping in for a pint or 3 at some cozy, warm, hole in the wall drinkatorium just seems better and more deserved after riding through the cold and wet than it does in the summer time.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:10 am
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I don't mind the rain so much as the fact that Seattle drivers become even more ass-hatted when it's wet.
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yuk. I like riding in the sun, I can see farther and enjoy scenery,
Richard posted this before and I made a ghetto version of these all last winter... they worked great I am buying a set for commuting this fall.
I suspect they wont do much for trikes, but I will loan you my ghetto chaps to try out Trev.
HOLY SHIT, they actually make those?!?! I'm getting some. I've been dreaming of such a thing, wondering if I can't just get something that would cover me where I get wet. Bike chaps, Yes!!!
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:57 am
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HOLY SHIT, they actually make those?!?! I'm getting some. I've been dreaming of such a thing, wondering if I can't just get something that would cover me where I get wet. Bike chaps, Yes!!!
Yes! I've envisioned this exact product, waterproof bike chaps, for the past few winters. So glad they actually exist.
Anywhere local we can get these? The website says wallingford bikes in LA is the only place to order in the states. Perhaps an online order to save shipping is in store?
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:00 am
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kalen wrote:
Anywhere local we can get these? The website says wallingford bikes in LA is the only place to order in the states. Perhaps an online order to save shipping is in store?
try some scavenged material from the OR dumpster, and duct tape or nylon straps.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:05 am
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langston wrote:
try some scavenged material from the OR dumpster, and duct tape or nylon straps.
And then you could look like this guy:
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:07 am
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Pointythree sewing party?
I'm all a flutter!
I've got an old beater sewing machine that's worked it's way through a ton of nylon and Cordura. I also have a serger that I recently acquired and need to learn how to use.
Seattle Fabric's not cheap but it would probably still be much cheaper than buying them.
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my boss wanted me to test the validity of the Farmers Almanac this year...which I have done...and for weather forcasting it's near useless. You'd have better luck counting corn in your crap.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:09 am
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kalen wrote:
Yes! I've envisioned this exact product, waterproof bike chaps, for the past few winters. So glad they actually exist.
Anywhere local we can get these? The website says wallingford bikes in LA is the only place to order in the states. Perhaps an online order to save shipping is in store?
I got some of these from clever cycles in portland. They are a little expensive, like $55 bucks, but they are pretty nice. They are made from rubberized nylon and elastic straps, and are actually pretty light and compact.
Or you can go the Langston method and make them yourself.
I am sure that clever will ship, and if you find out the price, I might be able to buy them for you the next time I'm in Poorland, which should be soon.
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langston
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:10 am
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Foo wrote:
Pointythree sewing party?
I'm all a flutter!
I've got an old beater sewing machine that's worked it's way through a ton of nylon and Cordura. I also have a serger that I recently acquired and need to learn how to use.
Seattle Fabric's not cheap but it would probably still be much cheaper than buying them.
just buying some decent strap materials from there would be great, OR dumpster has some seriously waterproof rafting material usually available in their dumpster... I just chucked enough for a couple projects when I moved too. Doh!
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Foo wrote:
Pointythree sewing party?
I'm hip to it. I have a really nice Husqvarna I could bring and two recently dreamed up sewing projects.
When? Where?
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john wrote:
I suspect they wont do much for trikes, but I will loan you my ghetto chaps to try out Trev.
thanks John, but I don't expect they'd do much good at my angle. truly, if I were concerned i'd just get a damn faring for the trike and totally geek out.
as is my 3/4 pants from Potrland Cyclewear are really rain resistant...couple that with wool tights and i'm good.
however, nothing will save me when I ride thru what looks like a inch deep puddle that actually turns out to be like 10 inches and swamps me solid. good times
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ro
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:28 am
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Rainlegs
I have been using them since rainy spring. They are good for the casual rain, heavy rain I rely on my rain pants.
One nice thing about the rainlegs is the stiffiner they put at the knees to keep them from flapping up, also act like little heaters on my knees,nice.
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TrikerTrev wrote:
however, nothing will save me when I ride thru what looks like a inch deep puddle that actually turns out to be like 10 inches and swamps me solid. good times
you need to mount some pontoons!
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:52 am
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Just a friendly reminder - the time of year when the rains start and the clocks change is about when a lot of broken clavicles and mangled bikes appear. Drivers freak when it's suddenly rainy and dark, and cyclists forget that those steel plates on the road are so slippery when wet. I vote for fewer early rain season crashes this year.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:13 pm
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I think the good news is that La Nina means less ice down here in the lowlands. That's one thing I don't miss about last year: black ice in the morning for months.
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TrikerTrev
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:15 pm
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MikeOD wrote:
Just a friendly reminder - the time of year when the rains start and the clocks change is about when a lot of broken clavicles and mangled bikes appear. Drivers freak when it's suddenly rainy and dark, and cyclists forget that those steel plates on the road are so slippery when wet. I vote for fewer early rain season crashes this year.
...AND LIGHTS!!!
'causae riding in the dark without 'em is teh smartestest idea EVAR!
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zuvembi
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:19 pm
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gsbarnes wrote:
I think the good news is that La Nina means less ice down here in the lowlands. That's one thing I don't miss about last year: black ice in the morning for months.
True true. I nailed my hip and had a 11 inch long bruise on it. Although that was an early night freeze instead of early morning.
I did have lots of sketchy moments sliding on unexpected ice in the mornings, but I don't think I crashed then.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:58 pm
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rob wrote:
srsly, stopping in for a pint or 3 at some cozy, warm, hole in the wall drinkatorium just seems better and more deserved after riding through the cold and wet than it does in the summer time.
I couldn't agree more. HOWEVER, it's a little depressing when it rains that first week in October and you know it's gonna be there for 8 fucking months.
Just got back from riding my bike to Venice, CA. And I couldn't believe the irony, but I have never seen so many people riding their bikes around than in Los Fucking Angeles. Amazing but true. Not just at the beach, but folks just going places on the many many bike lanes in the flat roads and sunny weather in their flip flops, high heels, chuck taylors with no helmets, no funny pants, no funny shirts. Just people riding bikes. In Los Angeles. Amazing what you can find in your own country. I'm done smacking my head against the wall each time I hear about yet the next person who flies to Amsterdam to see some folks riding bikes. Flying across the planet, burning hundreds of gallons of jet fuel to see people saving 1/8 gallon of gas to buy their milk is NOT GREEN.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:22 pm
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Foo wrote:
Pointythree sewing party?
Seattle Fabric's not cheap but it would probably still be much cheaper than buying them.
I ghetto'd some by just cutting some rubberized pants into chaps... and I waaaas going to do the whole makeityourself soyoucanbecool thing... but then I priced out how much it would cost and realized that they still wouldn't roll up into a cool belt... so I just went to the brit site and had them shipped overseas.
I've used my ghettolegs in seething downpoors and they have been great, I hate rainpants in downpoors. However, I wear shorts 366 days a year, so I can see how they might not be good in bad rain.
Ro, have you tried rainlegs and gaiters? I think that might be a win/win as you get water protection, but also air circulation.
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A good place to get rain gear, if you want to look like a space alien, is REI on sale. You can also hit some of the second hand stores and see if they have last years' stuff.
Probably a better way to deal with the rain is to accept you're gonna get wet, and wear clothes which will keep you warm when you're wet, and then be ready to change. It does not really get cold enough that you need super warm and dry gear, but you will need to have something which will breathe and be warm when damp, at least. Like a light jacket and a merino wool shirt.
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MikeOD
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:00 am
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Second Ascent usually has some bikey rain gear on sale.
zuvembi
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:06 am
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Thanks for reminding me. I've been meaning to add Dutch Bike co. Seattle to the map.
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A good place to get rain gear, if you want to look like a space alien, is REI on sale. You can also hit some of the second hand stores and see if they have last years' stuff.
Eh, I don't mind looking like a low-flying UFO in the winter. Not that I necessarily believe it helps avoid all accidents (though I'm sure it doesn't hurt), but it does give some moral high ground.
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