That's why we all recommend Rain-offs! My cupboard is full of gloves from many years of searchingOriginally Posted by Banditbandit
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That's why we all recommend Rain-offs! My cupboard is full of gloves from many years of searching
Best Frenemy you could have!
Rain offs work well, otherwise, I have some Revit ones, around the $200-250 mark, no idea what the model was, but has special stuff in them that equalise temp (ie, if your hands are hot they vent, if cold they don't). The most important thing is getting the seal between jacket and glove 100%, but with one jacket I have a dual cuff, one inside glove, one outside. Most water comes through the wrist opening.
These Revit ones get wet to the outside touch, but hands stay dry. Tested in 10+ hours of rain...
Hardcore Biker
Or donut bags maybe.If you're cheap: 2 bread-bags & 2 hefty rubber-bands.
++ rain offs. Lost my first pair two finger ones in a shitty elcheapo top box that disappeared from back of bike ( nother story) to the roadside never never lands.
Second pair will be ordered after two recent soggy rides with freezing fingies reminded me how bloody good they were, money well spent i say.
"If you ever need anything please dont hesitate to ask someone else first.
Anyhoo don't forget to add to calendar 19th May, 27th July, and 31 August.
World whisky day, International whisky day, and Scotch whisky day.
Forum whore
I have a pair of frank thomas winter gloves that are relatively waterproof they cost me UKPounds 140.
Apart from that, heated handle bars and take several pairs is all I can advise.
Just another leather clad Tinkerbell.
The Wanker on the Fucking Harley is going for a ride!
NEDWN VIII
I carry a extra pair also...my Rukka Gore-Tex gloves are pretty good, the best I have had to date. http://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.sf/...TEX-Glove-0007
Hardcore Biker
In a fit of madness, we left the Brass Monkey and rode up the West Coast. I was already drenched in my trouser area by Cromwell. The Five branded gloves kept my hands dry for the 4 hour journey that covered some of the worst rain that I have ever experienced. The Haast waterfalls were right across the road and several we had to ride thorugh - surreal!
RST 'waterproof' pants are the most useless set of riding gear that I have ever come across. I had them for a month at the last Brassy and got soaked, this time I was drenched. They did at least confirm that the Gaerne goretex boots were waterproof - in that they kept the water in. For Haast - Picton yesterday I used my 10 year old Spidi goretex gloves. Now, that ride was 9.5 hours all up and 8 hours of that was contstant rain. Those Spidi gloves lasted about 5 hours before they let water in. I was pretty impressed with that.
I didn't get a chance to use my Rukka gear thanks to the fucktard distributors, it would have been great gear for the trip.
Hardcore Biker
Bought a pair of fisherman bib overalls on Trade Me, Southern Ocean is the brand and they appear to made from the same stuff as the Rain Off's. I wear them over top of my riding pants with the jacket over top. Certainly proved to keep my balls dry on same drenching journey home from Brass but heading South. Compared to rain offs a lot cheaper for more fabric, any way if it works you pays.
They are also good and light to wear just to keep wind chill down.
"If you ever need anything please dont hesitate to ask someone else first.
Anyhoo don't forget to add to calendar 19th May, 27th July, and 31 August.
World whisky day, International whisky day, and Scotch whisky day.
Ridin to Work, Workin to Ride
Rain-Offs, rain suit & steel capped lace up gummies....
Nothing worse than walking around the office with a wet crotch !
Supersize Me
Scooter boy
Well the bike got all smashed up on the motorway. So I guess I dont need to buy some rain gloves now... lol.
Loud and Uncouth
Bummer dude...
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Anarchic Wild Child
Ooooo .... bad karma man
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
SH1 rider
Poor bike.What did it do to deserve that? (apart from letting you ride it
What do you mean you wont need gloves now, aren;t you getting another bike or are you going to try and avoid riding on wet days?
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. --- Unknown sage
Hardcore Biker
Use to put condoms over my boots if it was really heavy rain, worked really well (no flapping around in the wind) and the wife never asked why a needed condoms in my jacket pockets
Scooter boy
A cager changed lanes into me during traffic without checking their mirrors, I had to swerve and accelerate to avoid the miss, but to my dismay meeting the rear end of the car in front. Before I knew it, I was on the ground while the bike was doing a 360 flip.
Free excess, 2 days in hospital. Wasn't even raining.
Moral of the story: Always have full insurance.
Forum whore
waterproof gloves...hmm,if you have waterproof gloves do you waer them outside your sleeves or inside.Outside works not to bad as long as you are travelling at a decent spped and you dont have a forward leaning riding position,but eventuallythe water will run down the sleeve and into the gloves....If you wear the gloves INSIDE the sleeves this can work well if the glove has quite a long peice above the wrist.I ussually wear my gloves OUTSIDE unless i leave home in the pouring rain.If you dont have the sleeves of your jacket pulled quite tightly over your gloves it can be a bit draughty.So i reckon the best way is those rain ofs,the have a big gauntlet type wrist peice which fits tightly over the sleeve...prolly would let water in eventually through there?
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