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john

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:59 pm

AAAARRRRRGGGGbllll pppphtt! Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 725 Location: In the lab.

Inevitably someone will actually want to buy these.

I bought them for 30 euros ($50 and climbing as our dollar crashes to a sad and tragic end), I'll sell them for $40 (or make me an offer). They've been used 3 times. methinks I tend to ride at a rate that results in persperation building up between my shoorts and the impermeable membrane. So if you ride slow... these are the ticket to keep you drier than a scared nun in a bangkok love nest.

In the meantime I thought I would kindly post instructions on my own personal rainlegs. These work. My legs are dry after riding up pigeon hill from the west seattle bridge in a downpour with my heart rate up past my lactate threshold. In fact, these are the only piece of raingear I own that work perfectly. Witnesses at ABR saw me come in from a downpour today and my shorts were drier than if it had not been raining.

Get some columbia rainpants from the surplus store in SODO.
$16

Have your wife cut them up.
(I will loan you the template)

make sure you have good venting with your aero tuck:

call Ben and Trevor and ask them to come over:

jokes andd bawdy humor aside.

Yeah, you look freegin wierd.. but they work flawlessly. Couple these with a bright pink shower cap over yer helmet and you are almost guarenteed to not get hit. People generally do not hit what they are staring at in disbelief/disgust.

You wanna be hip and anti squid... this will get sheer fear and laothing from any squid that gets within visual range. You will be the grande disgrace of the chillyhilly!

Or you can buy my rainlegs and opt to ride at a rate that precludes sweating.

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derrickito

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:12 pm

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i dont understand the rainlegs things.

if it's raining that bad, why not just use the rainpants how they were? or cut them to 3/4 length knickers and wear them over shorts?

Eric_s

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:58 pm

Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1691 Location: the dirty south

the ventillation is nice.

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HeadphoneMagnet

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:59 pm

Joined: 05 Oct 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Queeeeeeeeeeeeeen Anne (on loan from Dublin, Ireland)

i don't know about others, but my arse tends to get more wet than the fronts of my thighs. maybe i'm doing something wrong?

langston

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:01 pm

Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 5547 Location: Columbia City

HeadphoneMagnet wrote:

i don't know about others, but my arse tends to get more wet than the fronts of my thighs. maybe i'm doing something wrong?

to keep your arse dry, try full fenders, for a start.

john

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:14 pm

AAAARRRRRGGGGbllll pppphtt! Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 725 Location: In the lab.

dammit

I just tested... rainlegs are 156 grams.... my homebrew rainlegsXtreme! are 192 grams!

hmmm... drillium in raingear wont work.

People who need to save on weight can cut 36 grams buying my rainlegs over the homebrew solution!!!

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TrikerTrev

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:11 am

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 2303 Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!

heres as idea

just deal with the wet!

ya live in Seattle and ya ride a bike...uh, DUH!...your'e gonna get wet.

buck up little camper, theres pannier bags and dryers for your soggy shorts.

p.s.
that shot of john arse made me puke coffee in my mouth. thanks choadmuncher

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SeditiousCanary

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:02 am

sorry, can't make it! Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Fremont Troll

HeadphoneMagnet wrote:

i don't know about others, but my arse tends to get more wet than the fronts of my thighs. maybe i'm doing something wrong?

You aren't running full fender? Seems obvious to me. The clip-on ones and single bolt-on types are useless in Seattle. I rains all the time. The clip-on/bolt-on types are great for off road or keeping the mud stripe off, but don't really help keep you dry.

pete jr

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:10 am

Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 1930 Location: balls deepx

derrickito wrote:

if it's raining that bad, why not just use the rainpants how they were?

this way the poo comes right out. clearance!

Eric_s

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:29 am

Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1691 Location: the dirty south

SeditiousCanary wrote:

HeadphoneMagnet wrote:

i don't know about others, but my arse tends to get more wet than the fronts of my thighs. maybe i'm doing something wrong?

You aren't running full fender? The clip-on/bolt-on types are great for off road or keeping the mud stripe off, but don't really help keep you dry.

I disagree, the clip on ones keep cold water off your ass, which is nice. sure your legs get a soaking, but it's not like they're not going to get wet anyways.

dunno, I like my rainlegs for my short commute, they keep my pants dry. I like my clip on fenders, they're better than nothing. I guess I need to put my full fenders on, and then we can talk.

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john

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:44 am

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Eric_s wrote:

dunno, I like my rainlegs for my short commute, they keep my pants dry. I like my clip on fenders, they're better than nothing. I guess I need to put my full fenders on, and then we can talk.

I got the mountain bike raceblades, and use a flap... and on 25c tires they work like a fine... I only get wet when I am up over 20mph and spray is coming out the front. The schwalbes like to throw water forward.

You have the right tire raceblade combo andd they seem to work fine...

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snyd3282

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:16 am

could suck the fun out of a blowjob Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 588 Location: Ballard / Fremont

My gauge for my commute (short):

Light mist - who cares, no jacket, no rain pants
Heavy mist, light rain - just a jacket
Moderate rain, standing water - jacket and jogging pants that repel some water
Heavy rain, puddles - 18" tall rubber boots, jacket, rubberized or tyvek rain pants

Anything worse: Sandles, short and a t-shirt with a dry towel and spare set of clothes in a garbage bag in my backpack or ortleib panniers.

Snow = moderate rain + a sweater and full finger gloves.

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:17 pm

Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 317

My rainlegs are used for the shoulder seasons(spring/fall) or when touring in the summer(nice and light). When winter comes along I use my rain pants.
The most important rain gear is full (full) fenders with mud flap on front fender.
So I guess I like my rainlegs for what I need them to do, a little top of the leg dryness in light rain.
So there!

the dreaded ben

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:49 pm

Grumpy Greeb Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 5329 Location: flavor country

snap.

SeditiousCanary

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:56 pm

sorry, can't make it! Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Fremont Troll

Rain leg are to cyclists, what chaps are to gay men.

jeff

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:06 pm

SOC pussy Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 4501

SeditiousCanary wrote:

Rain leg are to cyclists, what chaps are to gay men.

Um? Essential attire?

No thanks. I'll stick with girl pants.

SeditiousCanary

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:12 pm

sorry, can't make it! Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Fremont Troll

jeff wrote:

Um? Essential attire?

An item of fetish clothing worn outside on weather appropriate days.

n_claw

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:23 pm

Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 517 Location: the only hill: Beacon

SeditiousCanary wrote:

jeff wrote:

Um? Essential attire?

An item of fetish clothing worn outside on weather appropriate days.

I would like to point out that fetish clothing, when worn on fetish appropriate days is absolutely FTW. Now fetish clothing when not worn on appropriate days (hey Ron! plastic pants, woo!) not FTW.

There may have been rainy days when I was a wee Nova-bot during which I may have biked in a vinyl mini-dress. *shrug*

Also? the sexist tone of the original post made me even angrier than I already was today. the next time I see one of you I'm going to gouge out your eyes with my "wife's scissors".

John wrote:

Have your wife cut them up.

<3, N*[/quote]

henry

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:25 pm

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Would someone please call my girlfriend and remind her that my jeans DO NOT go in the dryer?

Bitch always gets that wrong.

Thanks.

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john

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:38 pm

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n_claw wrote:

Also? the sexist tone of the original post made me even angrier than I already was today. the next time I see one of you I'm going to gouge out your eyes with my "wife's scissors".

how do you spell facectious? Facsistious, fast-yeeeshish...er....hrumm...

I was going to add some more comments to that pic that are apparent... but this forum is so fooking sensitive that I figured the joke would be lost. Christ this is the thinnest skinned bunch of "altrernatives" I have ever shot shit with.

so...

Sorry to offend ya toots, I was reading Intercourse and Letters from a War zone possibly before you were born... I tend to find lotsa things funny that aren't funny... nuclear holocaust, Ebola, school shootings, inbreeding, santa--anaclause...etc.etc. Catch me when I am serious and whe can have a serious debate... but ya gotta expect someoffensive things and I am not the Amy Vanderbilt or Leo Buscaglia that Lenny Bruce was... (Although I do agree that her text is the preeminent guide to etiquette (a word I really hope I spelt incorrectly.)).

Anyway... if you are taking me seriously about matters of the oppressed... then ya don't know me... so... sorry about that... the photo was actually staged specifically for the wife thing.

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n_claw

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:42 pm

Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 517 Location: the only hill: Beacon

john wrote:

n_claw wrote:

Also? the sexist tone of the original post made me even angrier than I already was today. the next time I see one of you I'm going to gouge out your eyes with my "wife's scissors".

honey, we're all about the sarcasm here. perhaps we haven't met?

Hi, i'm the OTHER 'angry hippy'.

The broad with the buzz-cut, the many-skirts, and the sarcasm.

FTW!

wakingjonas

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:46 pm

Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 62 Location: bitter lake

i have gathered that john's wife is Trapecia, and i'm just going to go out on a limb here and assume that someone who has the strength to do trapeze is surely a force to be reckoned with.

john

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:47 pm

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n_claw wrote:

john wrote:

n_claw wrote:

Also? the sexist tone of the original post made me even angrier than I already was today. the next time I see one of you I'm going to gouge out your eyes with my "wife's scissors".

honey, we're all about the sarcasm here. perhaps we haven't met?

Hi, i'm the OTHER 'angry hippy'.

The broad with the buzz-cut, the many-skirts, and the sarcasm.

for the win!

Kickin,

probably haven;t met... I'm in gradschool getting reamagemaximage..

but if yer an angry hipster.. then ya know whose in charge...

oiow

BENd-over... I'll drive...

oiow

at least yer not a cewreal killer.

snicker.

Oh hey....

buy my rainlegs.

They rock....

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n_claw

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:49 pm

Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 517 Location: the only hill: Beacon

fa-ce-tious

–adjective 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
2. amusing; humorous.
3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:50 pm

Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 179 Location: by that one arco am/pm

nygaard given your little comparison i really hope that you do not find those chaps arousing.

or do i.

i can't even tell anymore with this club

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lantius

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:50 pm

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i think what john's trying to say here is that he's "the wife".

Eric_s

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:56 pm

Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1691 Location: the dirty south

/me channels BtAH

I fucking hate all of you.

P.S. Chris, Rainlegs are not like your chaps, In that no one tries to insert a penis while you're wearing them (I hope)

P.P.S The macro for dick is hilarious. Just like your mom.

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john

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:57 pm

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lantius wrote:

i think what john's trying to say here is that he's "the wife".

wife...bitch..... depends if you are speaking in normal american or biker gang... of course... wife is a trully inappropriate term as I did not bring any landholding into the relationship... and since we know that marriage is simply a technique that the oppressive patriarchy has used to lock women into a position of currency... then we can say that I am not in fact "wife".

If you are aperson that has the sexist opinion that wife represents the passive aspect of the relationship then I may fall into certain aspects of that category regarding domestic chores...

however where terms of higher morale judgement are to be considered, I tend to take the reigns so to speak (since we talk about reigns here a lot).

Anyway... random tangents aside...

Lee when are you going to get me cash for my rainlegs?

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SeditiousCanary

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:13 pm

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J wrote:

nygaard given your little comparison i really hope that you do not find those chaps arousing.

I do not find either arousing as leather men and cyclists in raingear are not in my list of "gets me hot and bothered".

Dykish chicks with short hair are another story though...

Eric_s

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:25 pm

Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1691 Location: the dirty south

SeditiousCanary wrote:

J wrote:

nygaard given your little comparison i really hope that you do not find those chaps arousing.

I do not find either arousing as leather men and cyclists in raingear are not in my list of "gets me hot and bothered".

Dykish chicks with short hair are another story though...

I just had this frightening vision of Chris sitting in a room and crossing those two things off his list of "things which arouse me", and then putting lipstick on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SADRcGrIo7g

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:47 pm

Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 179 Location: by that one arco am/pm

SeditiousCanary wrote:

J wrote:

nygaard given your little comparison i really hope that you do not find those chaps arousing.

I do not find either arousing as leather men and cyclists in raingear are not in my list of "gets me hot and bothered".

Dykish chicks with short hair are another story though...

welll looks like it's time to bust out the ol' cher wig again

also, eric thanks for the link...me and my coworker...we lol'd

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jahara

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:28 pm

Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

john wrote:

lantius wrote:

i think what john's trying to say here is that he's "the wife".

I just figured that he had been banned from using scissors and had to "ask an adult to help" just like my friend's 4-year old.

john

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:32 pm

AAAARRRRRGGGGbllll pppphtt! Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 725 Location: In the lab.

jahara wrote:

john wrote:

lantius wrote:

i think what john's trying to say here is that he's "the wife".

I just figured that he had been banned from using scissors and had to "ask an adult to help" just like my friend's 4-year old.

Well.. yeah... there is that also...

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