Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-24 Thread jimD
+1 on the marmot dry clime -JimD On Oct 22, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Zack wrote: > if it is specific to riding (i.e. you are planning on wearing it while you > ride!) i have a marmot dri clime jacket that is awesome. it is my go-to cold > weather jacket. i wore mine all through vermont winters. th

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-23 Thread Ron Mc
Deac of Dalriata. Hence the Pictish grin. On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 7:03:55 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Och! = Scots for Ahh/O/Wow!. Very different from Ouch! Grin. > > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" g

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-22 Thread Hugh Smitham
Just a wee bit o' confusion :-) Best, ~Hugh On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > Och! = Scots for Ahh/O/Wow!. Very different from Ouch! Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:41:27 PM UTC-6, hsmitham wrote: > >> No Ouch. Oh it amu

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-22 Thread Deacon Patrick
Och! = Scots for Ahh/O/Wow!. Very different from Ouch! Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:41:27 PM UTC-6, hsmitham wrote: > > No Ouch. Oh it amused me. Yeah all these slaps on the wrist amount to > literally a pittance compared to the massive profits-Not so mu

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-22 Thread Hugh Smitham
No Ouch. Oh it amused me. Yeah all these slaps on the wrist amount to literally a pittance compared to the massive profits-Not so much a grin. Best, ~Hugh On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > Och, Hugh! Any bank that has to pay out $1B in Libor charges deserves a > bit

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-22 Thread Deacon Patrick
Och, Hugh! Any bank that has to pay out $1B in Libor charges deserves a bit of ribbing for it's name translating poorly, especially on a hard brain day when I'm lamely attempting to amuse myself. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:21:45 PM UTC-6, hsmitham wrote: > > Dear

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-22 Thread Curtis McKenzie
Patrick, You made my day with your response. I will grin all the way home. Ride Safe, Curtis On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > Hugh, > > Find a bear. Shoot the bear. Skin the bear. Cook the bear. Eat the bear. > Wear the bear. Plenty warm! > > Sleeping bag: the first

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-22 Thread Hugh Smitham
Dear Deacon, We here in California like bears not necessarily to wear :-) As much as I like the very best I can't justify taking advantage of a Dutch Banks poor name translation here in the Colony very wide GRIN...your advice with regards to the sleeping bag is sound advice, I did recently wear m

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-22 Thread Deacon Patrick
Hugh, Find a bear. Shoot the bear. Skin the bear. Cook the bear. Eat the bear. Wear the bear. Plenty warm! Sleeping bag: the first step is to sleep in the clothes you have if you get cold. That can give you an extra 20+ degrees and you're carrying them anyway. Still need more, look into the va

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-22 Thread Hugh Smitham
I suppose I should have clarified that the jacket would be worn around the camp site exclusively post ride...I usually don't need many layers here in SoCal while riding but once I stop moving I cool down quickly ( as in the case of the last ride at 6200' approximate elevation), I would never consid

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-21 Thread Anne Paulson
I advise the down. I just got one of those down sweaters, a Patagonia one. Spendy, but the first time I put it on, I thought, down sweater, where have you been all my life? On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:21 PM, hsmitham wrote: > Need the collective wisdom of the Bunch here. > > Need to update my S240

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-21 Thread hsmitham
I figured so but you also said your warm blooded for lack of a better scientific term. ~Hugh On Monday, October 21, 2013 8:49:16 PM UTC-7, Curtis wrote: > > I vote for the PrimaLoft. > > On Monday, October 21, 2013, hsmitham wrote: > >> Need the collective wisdom of the Bunch here. >> >> Need t

Re: [RBW] Advice on choosing a warm coat. Slight topic drift.

2013-10-21 Thread Curtis McKenzie
I vote for the PrimaLoft. On Monday, October 21, 2013, hsmitham wrote: > Need the collective wisdom of the Bunch here. > > Need to update my S240 wardrobe as I plan on doing more high altitude > camping...which of these do I go with? > > This one is PrimaLoft synthetic insulation but apparently d