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mike the bike:
I bought some waterproof bike trousers on ebay for £30 and found they ain't waterproof.   I find the el cheapo plastic ones keep the rain out better. 
Is it me that's not doing something right, like spraying the crotch area with chain grease or have I bought some useless Chinese shite from fcuking Indians.
Just as well there's a few tumble dryers in work.

paul G:
 Why is it always the crotch ;D ;D

SteveD CB500K0:
You get what you pay for Mike.

When I was a daily rider (ie before I retired ), I was a 2 hrs/day 5 days/week biker.

I had a £1000 Gore-Tex Pro suit from Halvarssons that was warm and dry for the 5 years that I used it.
That’s 2500 hours @ 40p/hr

It’s a lot of money, but beats showing up for work soaked and cold.

I must admit to a smug smile sometimes when the heavens opened and I just kept on going.

The only thing that defeated me was freezing fog. I wouldn’t venture out in it.


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mike the bike:
If I had a spare grand that I was itching to spend I'd buy one. I haven't and I didn't.
The eBay listing does say that they're waterproof and I naively expected them to be waterproof for more than 200 yards.

Spitfire:
I used to work in oil refineries and we had one piece PVC suits for protection against chemicals they were great for biking 100% waterproof, I used these for long journeys like rallies.
Mind you from age 16 to 28 my bike was my only form of transport so the weather could not be allowed to stop me. The other gear that I had was a Belstaff and leggings (Trialsmaster?) they never let me down either.
Crikey just looked up the Belstaff gear on the internet wow, it was never that expensive in the olden days.

Cheers

Dennis

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