Much like wider tires, more supple tires, steel bikes, higher handlebars, and longer chain stays, ventile changes how I think about and use rainwear and clothing in general on any given ride.
It's a wind shirt, insulating layer (more so if it's cotton analogy), and waterproof. So pack size is far less a factor than with a synthetic garment because it can be effectively and comfortably worn far more often. On long day rides, I no longer take anything but my jacket. Yes, the jacket takes up more room. I'm fine with that. Remember, though that I ride in the Colorado Rockies, where we can get all four seasons in an hour, regardless of what the forecast called for. Redefining waterproof, for the better. Ventile is waterproof BECAUSE it gets wet and this swells the fibers and prevents more water from getting in. It also stiffens the garment. I'm always surprised how quickly it dries (vs. a cotton shirt, for example) after a rain. But on cool, high humidity days, it can stay wet on the outside for a long time. This is actually the garment working properly. I stay dry on the inside, regardless of activity -- or more accurately I rapidly become dry if my activity level was such that I was sweating a lot. But the layering under matters. I find far greater range of comfort wearing fishnet base layer shirt. All that is to say, Tony, I have no idea how to answer your question, because ventile is an entirely different way of addressing an outer garment. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 5:57:43 AM UTC-6, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > I'm curious if the ventile products do better in packing or dry time. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
