Dry bottoms

RWH
RWH Posts: 8
edited September 2009 in Road buying advice
The cold and wet season is arriving and I wonder if someone knows how to keep my bottom dry and warm in the rain.
The problem I am having is that the seat pad of my bibs is getting soaked and and after a while this is simply cold and soaking energy.
Normally I wear racing bibs and long bibs over this. If it is really cold I put a layer of thermal underwear between this. None of this stuff is waterproof.

Any suggestions?

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  • sods_law
    sods_law Posts: 161
    I assume you have mudguards fitted to stop your wheels spraying your back?
  • RWH
    RWH Posts: 8
    Nope. And they won't fit either. I have checked.
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    even the natty new crud roadracers?


    dry a different pair of racing bibs with a smaller pad or some really wicking ones, i've found that with properly wicking lycra when you get wet it isn't too much of an issue.
    Neeermad
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Without guards - you're gonna have problems. You could get one of those silly fin things that clips on your seatpost to keep the worse off it - but the new crudguards fit most bikes.
  • sods_law
    sods_law Posts: 161
    RWH wrote:
    Nope. And they won't fit either. I have checked.

    Look at the Crud Mudguards. They will fit. I have 4-5mm of space between brakes/frame and wheel, and they fit fine with no rubbing at all.
  • LittleB0b
    LittleB0b Posts: 416
    You can get waterproof MTB shorts. I have heard of folk wearing these over there regular shorts to keep the worst off.
    blog: bellevedere
  • yellow banana
    yellow banana Posts: 12
    That's a good idea. I had thought of buying a pair of those nylon overtrousers (Regatta or similar) and cutting the legs off just above the knee,
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    yep + 1 for mudguards, got a "sill fin thing" that uses a piece of webbing to clip onto my aero seatpost, and even in last Tuesday's biblical downpour it kept my ar*e pretty dry.
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  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
    endura stealth bib tights, longs and lite version. quite restrictive but breathable and waterproof. they fit over the overshoes.
    not cheap so make sure you know what your buying & size you require.
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=18076
  • rhext
    rhext Posts: 1,639
    You can get mudguards that clip to your seatpost. Not cool, but they'll keep your *rse dry! I held out for years, and then wondered why!

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