Dririder = wet rider today

[rok-the-boat]

My Dri Rider Summit 2 jacket is maybe 4 or 5 years old and has been good. I have always looked after it well, but today it leaked all down my front. Not happy.

My Dri Rider trousers started leaking a couple of years ago and I rarely use them now - seems pointless - I prefer my simple plastic over trou. The plastic/nylon trou ripped at some point but I just stuck a bit of tape on them and they have been fine.

Think I'll just buy a plastic suit next time. Far easier.

[Akzle]

Think I'll just buy a plastic suit next time. Far easier.

had one, a nylon onesy, looked gay as hell, but i was the one laughing when everyone else had wet balls. lightweight and folded up into a fanny pack...

[cheshirecat]

same with three of my MC jackets just like an old Belstaff jacket but at least you could wax them. My old courier company gave out HD PVC outfits and they always worked winter and summer year in year out, but then they had to

[Maha]

Rain/water has the ability to get into houses, why should mere material be any different?

[rok-the-boat]

Rain/water has the ability to get into houses, why should mere material be any different?

Because it costs $500 and has waterproof written on it !!!

[Dave-]

To be honest dude 4 or 5 years is pretty good going out of a $500 jacket....that's only 30c a day!

[jimiwith2eyes]

My Dri Rider Summit 2 jacket is maybe 4 or 5 years old and has been good. I have always looked after it well, but today it leaked all down my front. Not happy.

My Dri Rider trousers started leaking a couple of years ago and I rarely use them now - seems pointless - I prefer my simple plastic over trou. The plastic/nylon trou ripped at some point but I just stuck a bit of tape on them and they have been fine.

Think I'll just buy a plastic suit next time. Far easier.

I have a Dri Rider RallyX jacket with it's 3 layer system!!!! seemed like a good idea as I do a lot of off roading eh' trouble is if you ride without the rain layer and it starts to rain one has to remove the jacket and piss around trying to put the rain layer inside of the outer jacket by the time you have done this you are SOAKED and not a DRI RIDER!!!! in my opinion these 3 layer systems are a waste of time!!!! better off just putting a set of wets in your tail-bag or panniers and putting them on before you get soaked eh' Oh by the way I won't buy Dri Rider again......................

[FJRider]

Because it costs $500 and jas waterproof written on it !!!

There are products that will make it waterproof again. Nikwax have a range of products ... from spray on to wash in.

You are a bit naive to believe the waterproofing will last forever. I have Dri-Rider gear and have no issues. And it's older than 5 years.

[Maha]

Because it costs $500 and has waterproof written on it !!!

A house could cost $500,000 ....and still leak.
I have a ''waterproof jacket (well two actually) one was $700 and is a summer jacket at best and the other is a winter jacket that cost me $300 on sale, and water gets through both. The purchase of a $70 rain jacket sorted it out.
You got 4-5 years of dry riding...thats a pretty good return on the money spent given it's only material.

Even fish are not water proof.

[BigOne]

I have discovered the best rain-proofs for biking in, ever.

Oringi make a garment called a shirt, which is like a big zip-less pocket-less over shirt. It has a tall neck and neoprene cuff, and it's designed to keep you dry in a milking shed. Also get the pants with the ankle closure. For about $20 extra they will add 100mm to the pant legs, so that they come down over your boots.

I wear this stretchy stuff over my leathers, takes seconds to put on, and dries in seconds once you take it off. And I never get wet.

http://www.oringi.co.nz/Products/Dai...ose-Shirt.aspx
http://www.oringi.co.nz/Products/Agr...rtrousers.aspx

[Grashopper]

I've got a Revit rain over jacket and some no name pvc over pants from a safety shop. Both in neon yellow...Needless to say you see me coming from far far away

The pants are awesome, they keep me dry during several hours of rain pouring down. Haven't tested the jacket much yet.

[F5 Dave]

Dri-Rider

As a mate once told me "What the hell would the Aussies know about wet weather gear?!"


he has a point. only DriRider gear I owned was some racey blue gloves. they were nice to wear, but if you sweated your fingers got a bluish hue & if it rained you were positively Smurf-like.

Bring back Duck gear.

[Ender EnZed]

My Dri Rider Summit 2 jacket is maybe 4 or 5 years old and has been good. I have always looked after it well, but today it leaked all down my front.

So you wore it for 4 or 5 years and it didn't leak at all?

Sounds like you got an excellent run out of it, I can't imagine there are many jackets that would manage that. Buy another one.

[Morcs]

You can hardly whinge after 4-5 years. thats really good.

If maybe you spent over a grand on a spidi jacket and that leaked after a few years then yes id say whinge.

[Jantar]

On late wednesday afternoon I rode down to Gore wearing my 11 year old leathers. It started drizzling just south of Roxburgh and by Tapanui it was pouring down. By the time I got to Gore my leathers were soaked, but I was dry.

I left Gore at 10:30 pm for the ride back to Alexandra, and the outside of my leathers hadn't dried out. It was raining, but not heavy. I finally got out of the rain on the Ettrick side of the Moa Flat hill, and again my leaters were soaked, but I was still dry.

Leather or Dri-Rider? Leather keeps me dry and Dri-Rider gets you wet. No contest.