Visible Raincoat?

[Lou Girardin]

No you silly bugger... But, when I go on holiday down south (in 15 hours), even with all the stalking I've done over the local tv weather lady, I can't control the weather.

When in the normal humdrum of life, I never ride in the rain, unless I get caught in it (hardly ever). That may not be a good thing though, since I rarely ride in the wet (less than a dozen times ever I think), on my current bike, I constantly have to consciously remember not to light up the back wheel (which is easy in the wet). Funny, but steering becomes a problem when doing a rolling burnout (ok ok ok, only happened once, but it freaked me out). Or, locking it up by changing down too fast...

Although, those nice slipperly white lines, manhole covers, train tracks, diesel, etc... make it easier

You haven't lived until you've ridden through a West Coast drizzle. God knows what a real West Coast rainstorm is like. Roads are grippy though.
Good Luck

[jrandom]

those nice slipperly man holes...

See? What have I been saying about you Wellington lot? Eh? Eh?

Shudder.

[StoneChucker]

See? What have I been saying about you Wellington lot? Eh? Eh?

Shudder.

First off, I'd like to correct an unusual spelling mistake. That should be slippery.

OI!!! Screw you guys, I'm going home!
(respect my authoratai)

Oh, just for that JRandom (), I declare that for the entire day, you shall have slippery man holes on the brain. While you're sitting at work, looking out the window you'll suddenly find yourself thinking about man holes, slippery or otherwise. Actually, nothing unusual there ey?

:spudwave:

[vifferman]

Oh, just for that JRandom (), I declare that for the entire day, you shall have slippery man holes on the brain. While you're sitting at work, looking out the window you'll suddenly find yourself thinking about man holes, slippery or otherwise. Actually, nothing unusual there ey?

I'd go with either the Columbia stuff Hitcher suggested, or summat like Motoline, which is made specifically for the purpose. Unless you can find summat at the Warehouse that coincidentally happens to fit well, with fastening cuffs and legs, and that's not too baggy, it'll drive you nuts when it flaps in the wind and probably won't breathe, so at the slightest suggestion of sun, you'll cook and end up wet anyway.

I used to wear Line7 bike trou, as made for the MOT bike cops (don't make em anymore), with just a waterproof raincoat, but then I was only riding a short distance at 50km/h. My next set of gear was a cheap 2-piece green/purple suit I bought from Doyles, which was tight over my leathers, even though it was the biggest size they had. The legs were too short, and the jacket zip blew out after a few wears, due to the wind resistance pulling on the jacket and stressing the zip.

Suit #3 was a full WFO nylon/PVC 1-piece, which despite being the largest size was again too short. It was 100% waterproof and I absolutely cooked in the fooker if there was even the slightest hint of sun somewhere in the world. I wore it 4 or 5 times and sold it for half what I paid for it.

From now on, I'm only wearing decent quality gear that's made for bikers.
(Remind me of this, willya, next time I'm tempted to be "thrifty"?)

[Hitcher]

First off, I'd like to correct an unusual spelling mistake. That should be slippery.

Now you realise that this embarrassment could have been avoided if you'd used the politically-correct descriptor "personnel access hatch"...

[Hitcher]

Not that I should profer an opinion on the practise of conjugal orifice plugging, but I am somewhat concerned, nay disturbed, that a VifferVixen is endowed with a "man hole" q.v.

[AMPS]

And pray what exactly is a "man hole" (or more politicocorrectly - a "personnel access hatch") but a hole for a man to enter through, or "a hole, usually with a cover, through which a person may enter a sewer, boiler, drain, or similar structure".
And my wife sews, so she is a sewer. Furthermore, a boiler is "an enclosed vessel in which water is heated and circulated, either as hot water or as steam" OR "a pot for stewing or boiling". As my wife is frequently stewing over something dumb I've done, I'd say she is quick to come to the boil. And when she boils over, I'm in hot water. Ergo, she's a boiler as well.
And we know said "personnel access hatch" also functions as a drain (or so I've been told).

And (Also! Plus! Furthermore! In addition!) a screw hole is a hole for a screw (not a hole in or on a screw), a key hole is a hole for a key (not in or on the key), a mouse hole is a not a hole in a mouse, a fox-hole is a whole for a fox, a port-hole.... errr... um well, then a pot-hole is um.... err.. Yes. Mostly.

So what's your problem? I'm (allegedly) a man, it's a hole, etc... etc...

But (BUT!) regardless of that, we were being politically correct, which means we were talking in a non-gender-specific fashion, which means you need not worry about the masculinity of The Viffervixen's endowments: as far as I can determine, after many years familiarising myself with it, it is not now, nor has it ever been some other bloke's access portal.

Far, far, far too much info.
Clever though.

[Hitcher]

But (BUT!) regardless of that, we were being politically correct, which means we were talking in a non-gender-specific fashion, which means you need not worry about the masculinity of The Viffervixen's endowments: as far as I can determine, after many years familiarising myself with it, it is not now, nor has it ever been some other bloke's access portal.

I am relieved that clarity and, hopefully, closure has been attained on this potentially most private of matters.

[SPman]

Raincoats!
I thought it might be about....
Oh, never mind....