Tough question, Lies. During my touring career I searched, unsuccessfully, for a good water proof jacket that worked above 65 degrees. I finally decided I would rather get soaked from the outside in than from the inside out. Wool jersey, wool shorts, an attitude of gratitude.
Michael On Monday, August 11, 2014 12:37:08 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: > > Hi Friends, it's been pretty dry in the Twin Cities, but this morning was > wet. In St. Paul where I work. Not so much in Minneapolis where I wake > up. Needless to say I was under-prepared and was a bit of a wet kitten > when I arrived after about a half hour on the wet side. As a felt the slow > creep of water under the arches of my feet and observed my cotton duck > shorts turn from light brown to speckled to completely dark brown, a > totally nutty idea came to me! > > Do you think that if it weren't very cold and if one were wearing black > wool boxer briefs and a wool undershirt (as this one often if not always > does), one could just slip off their shorts and shirt, tuck them into a > saddle bag, and ride along in the rain without drawing attention to > oneself? We've often taken this approach to lake swimming when the > opportunity arises, and it works quite well. Wool skivvies really seem to > dry in a heartbeat if you're wearing them and pretty much look like either > a 1920's bathing suit or a bike shorts and a jersey... > > How's this strategy strike you for when you DON'T have any rain gear with > you ? Might there be a gender difference for this approach (I can say as a > 55 year old woman who's still a bit wild, I might just try it)? How about > other ideas? > > inquisitively yours, > Riv Chica "ever the high road" Warrior > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
