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So I dumped the 30 euros for a pair.
They suck Like...
Like...
Well ... me. Mostly unemployed, short and incredibly annoying!
1 mile in a moderate downpour today and they soaked right through.
much more effective to cut up a pair of $7 rain rubbers from army surplus into chaps. More ventilation, and you gain visibility as people are like:
"what the fuck does that idiot have on his legs.????"
anyway... just thought I would share my bad(pronounced naively stupid that brits could make something that worked) experience with y'all since I have been so excited about the rainlegs I was getting.
Back to the old yellow rubber shorts that the commutersquids look at me disgustedly when I wear them (wow...that had wierd grammar...methinks I am done.)
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Well, I guess I feel less guilty about just getting drunk at the last Stitch N' Bitch instead of copying the pair that showed up there.
Was it the design that blew or just the fabric?
john
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:43 pm
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The design is awsome, it covers exactly where all the rain hits.
However... the tension straps that hold them close to the leg, either cause wicking up the leg or result in perspiration...as my thighs were wet when I took them off, and I was only in the rain for about 30 minutes (about as long as anyone would want to keep Henry in a shower stall).
I have these chintxy rubberized nylon shorts that I was wearing that just look stupid as hell... I mean... commutersquids REALLY do look at me and sorta sneer... like... I stopped at 1st and Royale and they pulled up and I said Hi... and they looked me up and down and turned away... (the light changed before I could punch the guy)...
but they work... in last wendsdays mega downpour I was completely dry and I did the whole UW to white center commute... soaked my booties through... leaked my jacket.... but my shortsw were dry except for my butt crack... and that is my own sweat cause of the massive forest of hair I got between the glutes... so a less hairy butt would fair quite well with rainpant shorts
of course... the whole thing is fucked unless you are a shorts only person... but it hasn;t been cold enough to wear pants in Seattle for about 12 years... but that is an editorial opinion and does not necessarily represent the opinions of all of pointytwee...
anyway...
butt seriously...
I think design that was essentially based on that pattern but was made of heavy rubber and did not hold tight to the leg... would probably work pretty well.
I'm game to have a pants cutting party at some point after december 15th.
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jezusfuck...just get some wool tights to wear under whatever the fuck you ride around in and DEAL WITH THE RAIN!
no matter WHAT, you're either gonna get wet via rain or wet via perspiration.
it's only water for cripes-sake.
And John, you're that LAST person i'd expect to whine about being wet.
GAD i like using RANDOM capitals!
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surlykat
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:12 pm
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yeah this is why i've been wearing (god i hate to admit it)spandex leggings to ride in recently. they get wet, and then they get dry. it's a beautiful thing.
laura
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:55 pm
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surlykat wrote:
yeah this is why i've been wearing (god i hate to admit it)spandex leggings to ride in recently. they get wet, and then they get dry. it's a beautiful thing.
As do non-spandex prana climbing pants.
Aaron
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:09 pm
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Rain legs are for a more upright, 'bit slower pace than race-muting.
I suspect you sweated!
Todd, of Clever Cycles in PDX sells them and raves about them. They work, but you need to ride at a slower pace that you don't sweat massivly.
john
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:10 pm
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TrikerTrev wrote:
And John, you're that LAST person i'd expect to whine about being wet.
GAD i like using RANDOM capitals!
EDIT:
Regarding everything else...
I do like riding in Hail, snow, lightning, wind, dense fog et. al. I just hate rain. Just rain.
Yeahyeah, I have lived here really my entire life...
but...
I hate riding in the rain. It just sucks. I do it a lot... I used to do the tacoma commute in the rain... it sucks and anyone who says they like it is blowing smoke up your ass. Either that or they have no other thing to do the big dick monster truck thing... so they have to brag about how they love riding in the rain. It's bullshit.
I'ts hard on your chain, cassette, even bar tape doesn't do as well in the rain, it's unpleasant. Your brakes don't work as well. You can't see as far... people don't react as well when you spit on their driver side window. Nothing is as good as when it is dry... sorry... it just isn't.
and sitting on class when you inevitably are wet, just sucks.
I also just can't do the tights thing... I just have never really worn pants... if it got cold here I could do pants... but it just doesn;t get cold enough for pants.
Now... I am not really concerned when it rains... nor does it tend to affect my decision to ride... but I just am pretty matter of fact about not liking getting wet. It's gooey... kinda like when you don't wipe off all the KY after the colorectal exam... it's just gross.
In fact... I suspect the peeeps who really like to ride in the rain don't use the tissues after their exam... or... if they haven't tried it... they should try not wiping... I think the ride in the rain fans will find they have a similar experience...
(p.s. and... yes I am warming up for the new bbs system... where I am sure I will be blocked by numerous sensitive new age pointytwees with the new "block all posts by this member" button hence turning point83 into a very useful tool to announce/disseminate ride info to the general populace that is enjoyable and weeding out the people who can't handle their substances or are too chickenshit to wear eyeliner unless it is in a socially acceptable situation. I am soooo awaiting that "block all posts" button Derrick! I WANT IT NOW DERRICK!!!)
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Aaron wrote:
Rain legs are for a more upright, 'bit slower pace than race-muting.
I suspect you sweated!
Todd, of Clever Cycles in PDX sells them and raves about them. They work, but you need to ride at a slower pace that you don't sweat massivly.
No I don't think it was sweat. I was down in Zone 2 and was really just moving along on the flats up on pigeon hill, and I didn't put them on until I got up on to the top.
The raised humidity might have created a lack of sublimation off of my carharts, I will say that is possible Aaron. I'm not sure... but it felt like water wicking up the leg.
I would be more than interested in someone who likes to ride slow andd not sweat to try theem out, I am more than happy to loan them out.
I was mostly unimpressed that I received them and they were this thin nylon layer. I am probably going to make some knockoffs out of laminated gore-tex from seattle fabrics... and with how tight they pull at the thigh... that might create the vapor barrier that gore tex needs to vent.
I thought of that and I won;t discount that hypothesis... but I think they are too tight and the snapping up and down at the joint at a high cadence caused a sorta capillary pumping of the liquid to the edge of my carhartts and then it became a hydrophyillic conduit.
I like the concept, just not the materials.
$15 chopped rubber pants have worked better. you just have to remember to have them goe 3" past your knee.
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(p.s. and... yes I am warming up for the new bbs system... where I am sure I will be blocked by numerous sensitive new age pointytwees with the new "block all posts by this member" button hence turning point83 into a very useful tool to announce/disseminate ride info to the general populace that is enjoyable and weeding out the people who can't handle their substances or are too chickenshit to wear eyeliner unless it is in a socially acceptable situation. I am soooo awaiting that "block all posts" button Derrick! I WANT IT NOW DERRICK!!!)
Yes, but will the new bb have the TOS? I sure hope not!
john
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:26 pm
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Aaron wrote:
john wrote:
(p.s. and... yes I am warming up for the new bbs system... where I am sure I will be blocked by numerous sensitive new age pointytwees with the new "block all posts by this member" button hence turning point83 into a very useful tool to announce/disseminate ride info to the general populace that is enjoyable and weeding out the people who can't handle their substances or are too chickenshit to wear eyeliner unless it is in a socially acceptable situation. I am soooo awaiting that "block all posts" button Derrick! I WANT IT NOW DERRICK!!!)
Yes, but will the new bb have the TOS? I sure hope not!
I hope they keep it...
it is a good excercise for you to learn how to ignore people Aaron.
And it really outlines the .83 dynamic.
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laura wrote:
surlykat wrote:
yeah this is why i've been wearing (god i hate to admit it)spandex leggings to ride in recently. they get wet, and then they get dry. it's a beautiful thing.
As do non-spandex prana climbing pants.
as do polypro climbing tights, over lycra and under Nike running shorts. Except those get a bit chilly for me at 7am, so I've been wearing the long wool pants with lycra underneath. Great as long as it's under 55 out.
john
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:09 pm
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Langston (the guy that owes Ben Greening 75 dollars) wrote:
as do polypro climbing tights, over lycra and under Nike running shorts. Except those get a bit chilly for me at 7am, so I've been wearing the long wool pants with lycra underneath. Great as long as it's under 55 out.
You gonna get fired on all saints day or are ya gonna bail on the adventure?
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I don't know what you guys are talking about. I wore rubber non-breathable pants and jacket on my commute this morning. I was able to wear my regular jeans & t-shirt software developer uniform to work and arrived here BONE DRY.
Of course, I have a pussy-ass commute from North Lake Union to South Lake Union, so I don't really sweat under my rubber too much.
And if you really don't like getting wet, there's these things called cars.... Just kidding! As if!
Eric_s
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:00 pm
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I have to concur with the original post and rainlegs, but mostly because the rainlegs fit closely and so trap your perspiration. However, getting sweaty damp is better than getting rain damp, in my opinion.
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