Wet weather cycling kit

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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    mudcow007 wrote:
    tetm wrote:
    mudcow007 wrote:
    for those of you who have race blades, how the funk do you keep the front ones mounted on your forks??

    i threatened to use jubilee clips on mine, but chickened out (carbon forks)

    Use the bits of rubber and the aero fork adaptors that come with them and they are ace, have done a few thousand miles with them on my bladed carbon forks and no complaints at all.


    even when stretched to the max, they still seemed to wobble an shift all over the place...i even contemplated riveting the swines on, i just leave them off these days

    Cable ties.

    I actually leave mine off as they rub and move and piss me off
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • bigmonka
    bigmonka Posts: 361
    Bustacapp wrote:
    As for legs - I have a pair of the £20 Decathlon overtrousers with built in 'overshoe'. At first glance the 'overshoe' looks like a mere flap, but what I do is stretch the whole thing over my shoes meaning my entire shoe is covered. My feet stay mostly bone dry apart from the times when the 'overshoe' rides up by accident. Doesn't happen too often though.
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    They look interesting, how hot/sweaty do you get on the inside with those?
  • Bustacapp
    Bustacapp Posts: 971
    BigMonka wrote:
    Bustacapp wrote:
    As for legs - I have a pair of the £20 Decathlon overtrousers with built in 'overshoe'. At first glance the 'overshoe' looks like a mere flap, but what I do is stretch the whole thing over my shoes meaning my entire shoe is covered. My feet stay mostly bone dry apart from the times when the 'overshoe' rides up by accident. Doesn't happen too often though.
    classic_400PX_asset_33873748.jpg
    They look interesting, how hot/sweaty do you get on the inside with those?
    They are not too bad as the stretch over the shoe leaves a lot of room for air to circulate around the lower leg. If you get some make sure they are on the large side so theres ample material to stretch over the shoe and s they slip on easier over your existing pants.
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    So you wear those trousers and that Jacket.

    Shesh, i bet its like a sauna in all that lot... What else you got on under that lot?
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

    PX Kaffenback 2 = Work Horse
    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • Bustacapp
    Bustacapp Posts: 971
    rubertoe wrote:
    So you wear those trousers and that Jacket.

    Shesh, i bet its like a sauna in all that lot... What else you got on under that lot?
    I only wear that shit when its hammering down. Actually the coat has not been worn yet, that is a winter investment.
  • Bordersroadie
    Bordersroadie Posts: 1,052
    On the feet thing, I use BBB neoprene overshoes (which I find great - warm enough to zero C, light and don't actually soak up water since the neoprene is closed-cell).

    That covers warmth, but for dry feet (I've never head of proper waterproof overshoes) I use the following layer system and it works for me. Socks, road shoes, plastic food bags, overshoes. In winter the "boil in the bag" thing doesn't really apply to (my) feet. If it's p1ssing doon and I'm doing a long training ride, I tape the tops of the bags with duct tape. If you don't, they can actually start to fill with water.

    placcy bags are also a superbly effective windproof layer for non-rainy close-to-zero (or sub zero) conditions.
  • rhext
    rhext Posts: 1,639
    Mudguards are a must, but I'm another one who just accepts that you can't keep the water out, so concentrate on keeping warm.

    A lot depends on how hard you work while you cycle. If you work hard then you're going to sweat and even the best breathable waterproofs won't shift it all. So you get to choose whether you'd rather be damp with sweat or damp wtih rain. If you don't work hard then overshoes, a good breathable waterproof jacket and trousers will do a pretty good job of keeping you dry.

    If it's chucking it down, I sometimes use a gore-tex paclite jacket which will keep the worst out, but I still end up damp because of leakage and sweat. In the winter I use a softshell regardless of weather, which the water will penetrate eventually but which stays warm anyway. I used to worry about getting wet, but after commuting for 5 years in all weathers, you get so used to it that it ceases to matter really - as long as you stay warm. You spend loads of cash trying to stay dry and then jump in a shower as soon as you finish your ride!! Admittedly, putting wet kit back on isn't nice - but only for a few seconds.

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