Anyone recomend Waterproof Pants ?

canada16

Hey I have had berghaus aqua's which failed in the bum due to sadle wear, only after 2 months and I bought some nighvision ones from wiggle wich were the same, failed in the bum after 2 ish months.

Wiggle were AMAZING, Sent 1st class, next day money was back in my paypal, way to go wiggle.

Anyway, I need trousers that will stop doing this, maybe some sort of external leather or material to stop the bum wearing so fast.

I have 50ish pounds.

I commute 7 miles a day, rain or shine.

Nice 1

canada16

Anyone have any sugestions.

3 trousers and all failed in the bum area.

Thanks again

ride_whenever

Narrower saddle and lose weight...

I always get it worst when my weight it a bit higher.

cooldad

Ride naked.

canada16

Good sugestions.. LOL

I am only 10.5 stn wet and wearing boots, and dont think people want to see my hairy bum. LOL

They should have trousers that have some sort of bum protection over the waterproof outer.

chris_bass

I'VE BEEN LOOKING (sorry for shouting!! didnt realise i'd hit caps lock!) for some decent waterproof trousers for a wile but cant find any that dont make me wetter from sweat than if i hadnt bothered!!

anyone know any good ones?

d3matt

I wear the Endura Singletrack trousers. They are brilliant. They're not fully waterproof, but do a good job of keeping spray and light rain out. However, I have recently discovered Nikwax Tech Wash and Nikwax TX.Direct, which do a fantastic job of waterproofing such fabrics. I got the TX.Direct to re-waterproof my Gortex Berghaus jacket and it did such a good job, I now use it for all my biking gear, including my gloves and Camelbak. My Endura trousers are now waterproof enough and still breathable.

Arkady001

I used to commute 20 miles each way all year round and I never found anything that were totally waterproof, comfortable and hard wearing enough to bother with.
Gore-Tex is too expensive, nylon rustles and makes you sweat too much.

In the end I accepted the wet, bought a training-bike with mudguards, wore cheap Ron-Hill trackies to commute in and hung them up to drip-dry once I got to work.
Just pick a material that doesn't actually hold water when wet and it's fine - if you feel cold, pedal harder...

canada16

Well that settles it.

Why can someone make a pant like the Altura Nighvision, but with an outer protection for the bum, for sadle wear.

The pant was great and 100% waterproof, but only started failing in the bum area after wear.

Dragons den here I come

MrChuck

Arkady001 wrote:

I used to commute 20 miles each way all year round and I never found anything that were totally waterproof, comfortable and hard wearing enough to bother with.
Gore-Tex is too expensive, nylon rustles and makes you sweat too much.

In the end I accepted the wet, bought a training-bike with mudguards, wore cheap Ron-Hill trackies to commute in and hung them up to drip-dry once I got to work.
Just pick a material that doesn't actually hold water when wet and it's fine - if you feel cold, pedal harder...

+1

I've got some Endura Singletrack 3/4 shorts that aren't waterproof but will repel it up to a point, dry quickly and don't get too sweaty. Anything more than that and the effects of wearing it starts to get worse than the effects of the rain. IMO waterproof trousers are a waste of time for commuting, unless you can't possibly get changed when you get there and are happy to ride at the pace of an elderly country vicar.

nonnac85

I use these from Go Outdoors. Not cycling specific but they are a reasonable price and work very well. I have been using them all winter with no problems.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/walking-rai ... an-p163621