Proper wet weather gear listed.

[lxddle]

My rain gear consists of heavy rubber dish washing type over-gloves over textile liners and rubber over boots from the Farm Bureau with a one-button wrap closure. Both are cheap and last forever. Actually the Combat Touring Boots from Aerostich, well polished and with seams treated twice a year keep the feet plenty dry. These coupled with a BMW Santiago suit with goretex liner do the job. Adding a little fleece to the mix and LL Bean synthetic long underwear round out the kit.

I road 7 hours in a DRIVING rain storm with temps in the low to mid 40's on Hwy 1 from Carmel to San Luis Obispo last February while working a bicycle race. At the end of the day I had a little dampness in the boots and around my neck. Same kit got me from South Carolina to central Virginia (7 hours) last April in similar conditions. The nice thing about this is that if you have a good pair of Gortex boots or the Combat Touring boots coupled with the Santiago or the BMW Ralley 2 Pro suit your "rain gear" can consist of a pair of rubber over gloves...period. This makes it very easy to pack.

[Trex]

lxddle - sounds like you did the Tour of California. Run into my buddy Ed Daily?

[Jeff Williams]

lxddle,
how did you like our little neck of the woods?

[BumbleBeemer36]

I have my father's Rukka rain suit (1 piece) in day-glo green and it has always been perfectly dry. The only thing is that my dad bought it when it was uh....bigger and its getting ragged by the zipper so I'd like to get another one. Looking at Rukka's site it seems they make everything BUT their old one-piece rainsuit. Anyone know a source?

[bradzdotcom]

there's some great setups in this thread.
best i've come up with so far in rain down to about 45 degrees:
one-piece rain suit, overboots plus leg gauntlets.
a scuba apple warmer for the neck.
haven't found a great solution for gloves. the waterproof ones i've tried get heavy as they get wet and my fingers get cold. best solution i've had so far is scuba gloves under 1+ size larger touring gloves. at least when the fingers get wet, they seem to stay warmer.

and lest we not forget that with rain often comes lightning. cars make great faraday cages.
bikes do not. you can/will get fried. veteran members of this board don't have to think back too far to remember the last guy we lost to lightning.

[lxddle]

Trex,

I do know Ed very well. We have worked races together for several years. He is a great guy to work with and we'll be headed to Calif. in February.

LX

[lxddle]

Originally Posted by Jeff Williams

lxddle,
how did you like our little neck of the woods?

Jeff,

I love it out your way. Beautiful mountains and wonderful roads but if I have to do another one of those death marches down Hwy 1 like we did last year I'm going to reconsider my view.

Here is a picture taken by my shooter that day. This was when it was comparatively nice.

LX

[PFFOG]

Frogg Toggs, Nuff said.

[EZ-RIDER]

BMW rainsuit one piece lined runs a measly $89 dollars.
Better then a two piece suit and ez to get on and off