Clothing recommendation.

[Guest]

This morning, my 20 mile commute (including a 6 or 7 mile stretch at 60 mph), the weather was shocking, heavy rain for the full duration.

I had my Rev-It textile jacket, Rev-It textile trousers and £30 Blytz leather boots off Ebay! And not a trickle of water got in anywhere!

Happy days!

[nman1]

Well done that man, your boots sound a site better than mine, they`re still drying out at home from Sunday morning.

Good kit counts for a lot.

[Guest]

Well done that man, your boots sound a site better than mine, they`re still drying out at home from Sunday morning.

Good kit counts for a lot.

 

It certainly makes the wet rides more bearable!

The boots look ok, there's certainly a fair bit of support and padding.

[houltmac]

I had a training course in London today and I was expecting the worst. I packed spare trainers, T-shirt, jeans and socks just in case I got soaked on the way there. I didn't, thankfully and I was warm as can be too.

On the way back I was dry until the last 20 miles. Typical. I got drenched, but only had wet gloves (they are summer gloves and the liner gloves were dry), wet ankles (spray went up the trousers and soaked the bottom 1/2 inch of jean (I wore a pair under my padded trousers) and wet feet (I wear trainers still since I can't get on with the boots I bought at all).

Everything I had comes highly recommended:

Alpinestars T-RC 1 Air-Flo Jacket

Alpinestars Street Cargo Pants

Alpinestars SP-X Gloves (don't think that's right but they are the closest I can find)

Liner gloves (generic, 89p)

Oxford bike socks

Knox Six Pack Rucksack (Kept everything dry)

TomTom Rider 2 (got me there, found fuel and McDonalds)

Buffs (I wore two and was super warm. Also had a cheap balaclava for my nose/chin)

All great kit. Now all I need is a decent pair of boots that feel okay to ride in.

[Guest philgale]

something like this will do the trick, and tuck your gloves into your sleeves that stops water dripping down into your hands

http://www.raceleathers.co.uk/images/spada/eco-oversuit.jpg

[houltmac]

I have a full wet set, but risked not wearing it for saving 45 minutes on my journey to pick it up from my brothers (where I left it). Fool! Still, my non-waterproof stuff kept me dry other than my feet so I wonder if it was worth the cash for the other stuff.