Dririder gear?

[fizbin]

Is this gear worth the money it is being sold for? i have heard through another mate that bikes that he is not a big fan but i don't want to just go off hiss opinion as he can be quite judgmental about things and one minor little thing will turn him off a product for good.
i am looking at buying a Dririder jacket it is around 350 and want to know if it is worth the purchase for that sort of money
newbee Rider signing out :banana::blink:

[homer]

Yep
go buy one ,i guess from the price its a nordic 4.
there really good
I only have an aspen $200 and its quite fine

[laRIKin]

I to have heard mixed views on them and some were very dam-ing and saying they were shit.

I have a Nordic 4 jacket and it has been good.
I mainly only use it in the rain or touring to save it and use leather most of the time.

I can see no reason why I would not buy another one yet.

[fizbin]

Yep
go buy one ,i guess from the price its a nordic 4.
there really good
I only have an aspen $200 and its quite fine

So these would be winter jackets then?:baby:

[Teflon]

No it's not worth the money.. quality is only average, and i get soaked when it rains. My Dririder pants are already starting to tear ( less than six months old ), zips already fucked.

The best brand jacket i've owned, was a Joe Rocket Meteor.. i'm looking at getting another one in.

[TimeOut]

Hi
My son is very happy with his, he got it on special at $250 though.
It is waterproof unlike my brothers and mine(different brands)

[Highlander]

I have some Nordic 4 pants. I have not given them the "Ultimate Road test" so can't rate them on that.
After 12 months the zip broke.
About that same time the seam in the crotch started leaking. After 15 minutes riding in the rain (anything more than drizzle really) it looks like I have lost bladder control.
Would have tried taking them back if I could find the reciept.
Personally because of this I wouldn't consider DriRider gear in future.

On a practical level I guess if they make 10,000 items with a 1% defect rate that means there are 100 faulty items. I may well have bought one of those.

Edit: Bought myself a pair of Neo (I think) with removable liner - which the DriRiders didn't have. Got them on sale but the Retail price was similar. By far more comfortable and better in wet weather.

[homer]

So these would be winter jackets then?:baby:

Yep ..If its cloudy and foggy at all you will get cold .
This is due to the transfer of cold out side to the inside
Im talking basically wearing nothing except under wear and a t shirt underneath.

I usually wear cycling longs or shorts under the trow as this just keeps you cooler when its hot and usually wear jeans under when is cold .
t shirt under the top half when its warm or hot
I carry a polar fleece top to chuck on if its cold just so the cold of the jacket is not on your skin
I wear my aspen jacket all the time , its all i have
dri rider boots ,and reissa trow
all up cost me $600

[HornetBoy]

Tried out a DRI-RIDER DRI-MESH jacket mate?

Got one for $300 and have tested it in extremely heavy rain for over an hour and water didn't get through,
looks the part, its not one of those long jackets, its about the size of your average sports bike leather jacket
and it holds up alright in a bin at over 100kph.(personally tested this):first: but i wouldn't count on it saving your skin if your sliding along a gravel road for too long.
it has 3 layers which can be removed -thermal,waterproof and just bare mesh which makes it an all round jacket :headbang:

[zeocen]

I have a dri-rider enduro jacket and a dri-rider racer-x jacket. Both are great but I bought the racer-x jacket for summer due to only being waste length and zipped vents, I got the winter liner for it also and it makes it 100% waterproof.

It also has crazy padding, I took a serious spill about a week after buying the jacket, high sided and front flipped off the bike, landed on the back of my head and landed pretty hard giving my colarbone a clean brake. It is my humble opinion that the damage would have been A LOT more severe had I not been wearing this jacket, I pretty much landed on the padded area and I thank my stars I bought this jacket when I did! I got it for $270 (I see them retailed for up to $390 though..) from East City Motorcycles. That is a fuckload cheaper than some of the other stuff I was looking at.

I still wear it, stitching didn't come undone, since it was impact and not sliding there is about 3 scratches on the padding and that's it. All it needed was a wash.

My enduro jacket lasted a summer and winter of pretty much riding every day in every type of weather and it still is in great nick, I just wanted something cooler for summer. Of both jackets I can't fault them!

[Frodo]

I have a DriRider Nordic 4. Worn almost daily for almost two years. Still completely dry and comfortable - this included torrential rain going through the Haast (raindrops the size of marbles). Washed it for the first time a fortnight ago - you should have seen the brown sludge that came out of it!

My Mobig pants are crap (leaked from day 1) and will be replaced with DriRider.

My DriRider boots are very comfortable but are not very waterproof. Next time I'll go DriRider but spend more money.

Cheers

[homer]

you shouldnt get wet at all through the jackets ,theres a thermal liner in them and theres a breathable mesh under that

Theres also a white plastic like lining between the mesh and the outer, so its like a jacket and a wind water proof coat all in one

[fizbin]

you shouldnt get wet at all through the jackets ,theres a thermal liner in them and theres a breathable mesh under that

Theres also a white plastic like lining between the mesh and the outer, so its like a jacket and a wind water proof coat all in one
ok you have all convinced me the jacket stays:cold::rockon::first:

[homer]

ok you have all convinced me the jacket stays:cold::rockon::first:

Yeeaaaahhhhh
Oops i mean thats great lol

na youll find it great

my next jacket will definately be a nordic4
if its starting to go to bits
the shop will know it

There great items m8

[What?]

My first set of Dri Rider gear leaked, but was replaced no prob's. Set 2 died in my Black Ice Expedition. It actually came through quite well, but I have insurance, so...
I now have Dri Rider Summit pants, and a Motoline jacket, neither of which have ever leaked. The Motoloine jacket is very well padded, especially in the spine area. At $350, extremely good value for money.

[fizbin]

Which would be the better jacket to buy?
this one:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=144287760
DRI-RIDER DRI-MESH jacket. do the have the same amount of Armour ect is one better than the other?

[Katman]

The Climate Control Dri Mesh jacket has armour in the elbows and sholders.

[90s]

This is re: your first question.
I've got an Aspen and a Nordic 4.
Nordic 4 is great - a very good, but hot (even with liner out) jacket. As you would expect.
My Aspen for commuting was replaced twice by cycletreads and declared faulty. The latest one in heavy rain still leaks a little at the shoulders.
Apart from that a good jacket.
I would not buy an Aspen again though.
There is a big difference between the armour in the Aspen and in the Nordic. I also have Nordic pants and Teknics pants. The teknics armour is the best by a mile.

Why don't you go into somewhere like cycletreads (it has the biggest range in stock I can think of) and examine the jackets. Then look at TM?

[Max Preload]

I can't say I'm impressed with the Dririder jacket or gloves. After 12 short months they're both falling to bits along the seams and I'm not hard on gear - I still have my leather jacket from 21 years ago - it's just shrunk. :whistle:

Waterproof wise I was fine on the way back from the Kiwi, but I had a ski jacket liner underneath not the Dririder plastic one.

[GaZBur]

I bought the cheaper dri-rider jacket about 5 years ago. The second day I wore it was in a cyclone from Picton to ChCh. The combined head wind and bike speed meant 160kph driving rain for over four hours. The jacket got bloody heavy but didn't leak at all, nada, zip moisture. Now after a few years of abuse it leaks in the arm zip and the holes that got worn in it from ashphalt abrasion.The kevlar? patches meant the jacket is still wearable where a leather jacket would be either hideously patched and scarred or thrown away by now. I probably will buy another dri-rider when this one falls apart like my old leather jacket did.

[90s]

My Aspen for commuting was replaced twice by cycletreads and declared faulty. The latest one in heavy rain still leaks a little at the shoulders.

OK so I was totally fed up with this third Aspen leaking, so I returned it to cycletreads and just upgraded it to a Nordic Pro. I'll let you know here if there are any water issues - it was also 2x the price of the Aspen.

The Mesh looked pretty good, although not as good for commuting, and had the same armour as the Pro. It was $260, so almost $100 cheaper than the Pro. In between the Ballycross looked like another good all-rounder jacket too.

[yod]

I just binned in a Nordic 4

barely a scratch on it

probably did 3-4 hours in the pissing rain and never got the slightest bit wet

I was pretty impressed with it

[90s]

I just binned in a Nordic 4

barely a scratch on it

probably did 3-4 hours in the pissing rain and never got the slightest bit wet

I was pretty impressed with it

Hope you and the bike are OK.
I had no issues with my old Nordic 4 and the Aspen is built well. I never binned it but it didn't look much less well-made than the Nordic 4 & Pro.
Just leaked like a seive.

[Gman71]

Got a Nordic PRO, looks the business, but hasn't had a full test in a monsoon yet. very warm

[denill]

We have been using the DriRider Rally Cross - Off Road Series - for a couple of years now and found it great. On 30 deg days in Aus last month they were well suited to the hot weather when using them without the liner.

Read some disturbing comments in this <a href=http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82000&highlight=dririder>FORUM:</A> (but hey, so far so good for us) :rolleyes:

Scroll down and you will read that the manufacturers are 'on to it'.
Hope this helps you guys.

[Snakeman]

I have 2 Dry-Rider jackets and prefer to wear a leather jacket and Draggins or leather two-piece most of the time, although it gets hard to wear leather in summer because of the heat when not moving.
I do tend to wear one of the Dry-Rider jackets without the liner in summer when it is really hot, but I am concerned about the protection it would offer if something went wrong because I feel that an off would have the protection move and you'd find yourself with nothing much between you and the road.
If you decide to get Dry-Rider or anything else like that, make sure they are a really good fit.

[backinthesaddle]

Is this gear worth the money it is being sold for? i have heard through another mate that bikes that he is not a big fan but i don't want to just go off hiss opinion as he can be quite judgmental about things and one minor little thing will turn him off a product for good.
i am looking at buying a Dririder jacket it is around 350 and want to know if it is worth the purchase for that sort of money
newbee Rider signing out :banana::blink:

I had to rekit the wife & I in December after 15 years without a bike. Like you I was set on Dri rider gear too. However, the shop I went to where the guy had sold predominanly Dri rider gear for the last 10 years put me onto Strada riding gear. It is just as good & at least 30-40% cheaper. Its got all the features you'd expect with expensive gear and we've done over 6000kms now with ours in all sorts of conditions and are really rapt with how its performed. Dri rider has been around for a long time now & proven to be a good product. However I suggest you shop around as there's alot of other good products out there which are just as technically advanced now and a good deal cheaper. When a Dri rider salesman puts you onto something else that says something!

[FJRider]

Have had a Dri Rider jacket for 4 years, no problems, even in Westland coastal (pissing down) rain. Look after it and you'll have no probs.

[MaxB]

I have a Nordic jacket but couldn't get on with the matching pants so I got a Neo Mugello pair that has more features.

The jacket is excellent. The best I have got is 10 hours in torrential rain at around 10 degrees. After one stop I forgot to seal the gloves around the sleeves and the water started to wick up my arms. The main thing is that with the liner in I stay warm even when damp, that is so important on a long trip.

No quality issues whatsoever. I think the Summit and Nordic are worth the money but I know riders with the cheaper models that have had a few problems.

[homer]

just of interest to all
my dri rider aspen had the white liner go to bits .
anyways returned and now a new replacement at no charge
and i think the waterproof liner is different as well