I'm like Garth--if it's raining when I'm out, I'll ride home in the rain, but if I'm home, I'll go for a walk. If it's to rain during the business day, I'll time my commute between the rain; again, I'll walk if it's heavy rain. If I get caught, I have this and like it very much for walking and for shorter bike rides. I did go up a height size recommendations because I wanted to be more covered.: https://cleverhood.com/products/rover-rain-cape?variant=40416268124365 . they also have it in solid colors. I got a belt vs your weight idea to help with the flapping in the back, but your weight idea probably works better.
I'm looking around for foot coverings, and am considering splats. However, I did find that there are a number of silicon booties that go over your shoes that look OK. The complaints I see about the ones without zippers are they can be difficult to get on. I'll probably be buying a pair with a zipper. They can be had for ~$20. On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 4:47:18 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > I should have said that I want a rain ensemble (bike + clothing) that > decants me in presentable form at church or restaurant or store. And oh my, > oh yes, fenders, please; nothing more horrible than -- it's not the > *water* kicked up by the wheels that is so annoying, it's the *mud and > grit.* > > > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 2:36 PM Garth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't ride a lot in the rain. If I'm out and rains it rains, if I'm >> home and it's raining good I likely will either wait or go for a walk. Back >> in the 80's I had some Bellweather pants and jacket that were just mildly >> rain resistant but I never died from ever getting wet. I've been wearing >> various hooded windbreakers since. I've wanted to get a packable rain >> jacket, but I never met one that I wanted to buy. Not a cycling rain >> jacket, I hate cycling specific jackets, just a all purpose rain jacket I >> can wear all year long, be very lightweight and packable to the size of a >> 29 oz. can of tomatoes, or so. It also had to have a trim fit and a well >> fitting hood that covers my chin and cinches around my face if I want. It >> had to be able to pass body heat vapor well too not only during rain but >> also when dry. This year I finally saw something that looked interesting, a >> Montbell Rain Trekker made with seam taped Gore Infinium Windstopper >> fabric. It supposedly was waterproof enough and pass enough body vapor not >> to die from heat exhaustion without the need for other ventilation, so I >> tried it. I've put it to the test real good, getting hammered by some >> sustained downpours in the 50's and 60's and worn it on a dry cloudy turned >> sunny day in the low to mid 60's. I was pleasantly surprised it did well as >> both, so good enough to carry with me in my bag, and weighs a mere 7 ounces >> in the large. >> >> I do have a couple of pair of Sportful Norain Fiandre Pro bib shorts that >> are quite water resistant from the DWR surface treatment and it really does >> keep shorts from getting soaked, and they're lightly fleeced inside so >> don't get that chilling effect that slick poly/lycra does. >> >> I like natural plastic clothing for bike riding as like everything else >> there's really fine fabrics and there's really crappy fabrics. >> >> Other that, I enjoy the outdoors and if it rains start singing just >> because I can. One bike has fenders and one doesn't. I can't say it much >> matters either way to me, well no, I really prefer a plain ol' road bike >> w/o fenders. >> >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a2d2479a-5e80-43e8-a275-394b7b3e618en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a2d2479a-5e80-43e8-a275-394b7b3e618en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ceeb6912-4974-4bec-8d39-cf7dd1c484e0n%40googlegroups.com.
