Advice needed on best Day Glo Hybrid waterproof pants..

Greg T
Greg T Posts: 3,266
edited August 2010 in Commuting chat
I'm considering buying some Day Glo Hybrid Waterproof trousers for my 55 min 2 mile commute to my dungeon / place of work.

I hope this is the right place to come for some proper advice - can anyone recommend any really tight TIGHT and completely (I MEAN COMPLETELY) waterproof pants that are suitably Day Glo for me to wear over summer?

Also

I've been told that going Commando was a good idea to prevent chaffing - by a so-called "expert" on another forum..... I ship out to Helmand next month - great advice that was.
Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

What would Thora Hurd do?
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Hot diggity
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Thought about posting this in "Commuter Dull as Feck" but no-one was there....

    I can't imagine why - personally I want to hang out talking serious stuff about panniers and mud guards with similar like minded people. Who can forget that classic Hub gear maint thread that reached almost two pages over several months of the summer of 2007?

    Anyone wearing trousers?
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  • wgwarburton
    wgwarburton Posts: 1,863
    Hey Greg... are you flouncing? :-)

    Cheers,
    W.

    PS Bake day at the canteen: here, have a bun!
  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    Greg T wrote:

    Anyone wearing trousers?

    Yes, but nothing underneath, re my 3 word day review. I can't say it feels awful.
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    WGWarburton wrote:
    Hey Greg... are you flouncing? :-)

    Cheers,
    W.

    PS Bake day at the canteen: here, have a bun!

    BUNS!

    Cinammon buns from the coffe dock have put 2 kgs on me in the last month - but they are so Gooooood.....
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    essex-commuter wrote:
    I can't say it feels awful.

    How does it feel.....

    Go on....
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    lolwut?
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Greg T wrote:
    I'm considering buying some Day Glo Hybrid Waterproof trousers for my 55 min 2 mile commute to my dungeon / place of work.

    I hope this is the right place to come for some proper advice - can anyone recommend any really tight TIGHT and completely (I MEAN COMPLETELY) waterproof pants that are suitably Day Glo for me to wear over summer?

    These are part of the Herman collection:

    2WI-MN522C-E%20Mesh%20Pants.jpg

    I think www.Hybrid4Nazis.com is selling them at a special discount price.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Greg T wrote:

    I've been told that going Commando was a good idea to prevent chaffing - by a so-called "expert" on another forum..... I ship out to Helmand next month - great advice that was.

    I got a PM from iamsomiserable. He/She said to wrap'em in cling film and then put butter on the outside of the cling film. They were really helpful, I even sent them a picture to make sure I was doing it right and they seemed extremely grateful!
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    MC-Hammer-gold-pants-large.jpg

    Fairly sure these should do the trick.
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    Greg T wrote:
    How does it feel.....
    Go on....

    Liberating, roomy and unrestricted. It feels slighty wrong however and I feel the necessity to constantly check that the trouser zip is all the way up...which of course it always is. So far.

    I also forgot socks so have black trousers and black shoes, seperated by some fetching short white socks with the word Litespeed around the top. I walk slowly so that the trousers stay firmly seated on the tops of the shoes.

    It's making my Friday fun!
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Asprilla wrote:
    MC-Hammer-gold-pants-large.jpg

    Fairly sure these should do the trick.

    He said skin tight... :D
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    ps%20blue%20catsuit1.jpg

    Waterproof, cause it's latex. Like a swimming hat.

    Hi viz... well... people won't be able to look away...

    :shock:
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Asprilla wrote:
    MC-Hammer-gold-pants-large.jpg

    Fairly sure these should do the trick.

    He said skin tight... :D

    yeah but Greg's a fatty
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Clever Pun wrote:
    yeah but Greg's a fatty

    You need a big hammer (time) to drive long nail
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Greg T wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    yeah but Greg's a fatty

    You need a big hammer (time) to drive long nail

    ITB would know about that
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Seems the Admin have messed up imo, now we have 2 forums where people ask the same repeated questions
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Waterproof, you say?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,355
    To the OP

    I'm sorry you seem to have posted your question in the clique talking bollix forum rather than the serious forum for Spen.

    I'll try to bring the thread back on topic.

    Have you considered shaving your legs before applying several layers of yellow varnish?

    You could apply an extra layer for the winter but I find that the goosebumps provide an aerodynamic advantage.

    See you on the roads
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    TailWindHome wrote:
    To the OP

    I'm sorry you seem to have posted your question in the clique talking bollix forum rather than the serious forum for Spen.

    I'd post this in the "Serious" forum but would rather stick red hot acid drenched pins in my eyes....

    Sturmey Archer Hub thread - now in its thirteenth great year and almost double figure views.

    Edited to add......

    The perfectly sensibly remarked on http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12720433 thread was stolen from the bollix forum and posted to "Dull"....

    We should have rules here.....

    If you don't weant anyone to comment on your thread post to dull.

    if you do then post to Bollix -

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    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    edited August 2010
    You almost had him converted to the CAAD 9. Bikeradar must hold a stake in hybrids that's why, they dragged him away from us.

    I bet the Morpeth numbers start to dwindle and then all of a sudden Castelli change their brand colors to Grey. By 2012 the World will begin to end.... Bikeradar will suddenly become Bikenet, the roadbike a dying breed, time trail bikes extinct as M.Cole sits laughing gloriously on a throne of disused track frames and LiT, Sailor chick and Livvy chained to him all dressed in Princess Leia's (slave girl) costume....
    Greg T wrote:

    The icy hands of Moderation reach for the buttocks of freedom! RESIST!
    :lol::lol::lol:
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    A nice cold hand on a warm pair of tight firm ones can often generate a good feeling though...
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Greg T wrote:

    The icy hands of Moderation reach for the buttocks of freedom! RESIST!
    :lol::lol::lol:

    +1

    To ensure your thread remains in the ball-cocks section and receives responses, it may be wise to post some bullocks on it.


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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Is that a bike rack?

    EDITED TO ADD.....

    Just caught BUNS in the Dull forum.......

    I was ironically taking a peek and enjoying all the fresh air.
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    DDD's thoughts in typed words...

    "I can't decide if I like her or not, after all these years... amazing.

    I mean I would, but I can't decide if I like her/.... perhaps she needs a bianchi...No! That would be too much, I couldn't handle it... Ok so yeah she's attractive."
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,355
    Greg T wrote:
    Just caught BUNS in the Dull forum.......

    I was ironically taking a peek and enjoying all the fresh air.


    You should get out more.

    There are some great threads out there

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... 9ddbb81afc
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg T wrote:
    Is that a bike rack?

    You're calling Sandra B a bike?
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  • wgwarburton
    wgwarburton Posts: 1,863
    Greg T wrote:
    ...Just caught BUNS in the Dull forum........

    It's my natural home.. I'm a dull person.

    Cheers,
    W.
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    Is that a bike rack?

    You're calling Sandra B a bike?

    What man here wouldn't give her a good ride... /somehadtomakethisjoke
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,411
    Meh. <raises hand>

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