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Wet weather gear

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What does everyone use in the rain? And are they any good?

I have an RST tractech evoII textile jacket and trousers and tonight will be there first outing in the rain a 20 mile commute across London I will post the results of the performance of the suit when I get back tonight.
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if I was commuting I would use a good quality one piece oversuit, over my normal biking gear. and change out of it on arrival.

If Im touring I use textiles.
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Hopefully it will be fine, the 'Sinaqau waterproof and breathable membrane' gets reviewed as being good in heavy showers.
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It stopped before I set off from the office!!
So I arrived home bone dry!!!
I will update when it gets used in anger!
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Absolutely pouring down my whole journey into work this morning - and the trusty waterproof trousers eventually let water in so got wet pants! The water-proof over jacket did it's job and my top half was fine - as was the trusty IRC's :) - never a problem with those on drenched waterlogged roads.

For what it's worth, forget the expensive motor-cycle specific waterproof's costing anywhere from £30-100, instead I would recommend going with the cheaper Ebay over-trousers and for a water-proof lightweight jacket to go over the bulky armoured bike jackets, a Port West 440 works a treat for about £11-15 - can be got in many colours inc. flourescent yellow and flourescent yellow with hi-viz piping. Can be left on or stored, easy to zip up and comes with stow-away hood and storm cuffs and two front flap pockets. i.e http://tinyurl.com/zhx368f
I usually wear a large Armr Moto Kiso touring jacket (but I have an RST jacket to which has better armour and water-proofing built in) and the L size Portwest fits over it perfectly - unlike most of the rain jackets that do not have deep enough cut under-arm openings so wont go over bulky jackets.
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I have a pair of rubber rain pants and a frogg toggs jacket. The pants are pretty well impervious to water but they don't breathe at all, so I only wear them if I have to. The jacket is only water resistant and eventual lets water in if the downpour is heavy enough. I also carry a spare pair of jeans in the underseat compartment in case I do accidentally wet my pants. :D
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I no longer ride in the rain, but when I was younger and did ride in the rain, I was cheap. I had a motorcycle jacket kettle that had a rain liner that I could add if I knew it was going to rain or if it was raining. For my legs I bought a cheap yellow 2 piece rain suit like our parents use to dress us in. I put the pants over my jeans, taped the bottom of the legs with painters tape, and rode off to where ever I was going. No, the bottoms do not breathe, but the jacket did. For long trips it would be very hot, but for around town it worked fine.
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My textile gear is waterproof and keeps me dry enough below 50mph. Above 50mph, the wind drives the rain up between my jacket and pants, and also my pants and boots.
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I always wear a textile bike jacket and trousers.

If its looking like rain, I will wear lightweight waterproof trousers and jacket over the top of the textiles. Water not got through both layers in 2 years of commuting. In fact the thin outer layer is all thats really needed.
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If it's cool here in SC (around 7 months of the year), I've got my lap blanket and a waterproof top layer.

If it's summer (the rest of the year), then it's over 80 F and I don't worry about light to moderate rain,
but most of the time it's astoundingly heavy rain or, worse yet, thunderstorms and I don't ride in that.
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Although I was not wearing waterproof over-trousers yesterday when I rode through the heaviest continuous rain I've experiencced in 2yrs, the normal protective and fairly weather-proof trousers gave up after most of the 9 mile commute and then that's that, water came in around the seat area. Usually it's water running down the seat on motorcycles but scooters suffer too. Still, you can get fully water-proof overalls fairly cheaply or just place a large plastic bag tucked into your waist band and under your 'a**' - that will stop water coming in :)
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My jacket is waterproof though it has 7 pockets and only two of them are waterproof... :( :roll: So I use IXS Nimes II on top of it. It's waterproof, windproof an makes me visible . Very visible. :) https://www.ixsusa.com/product/nimes-ii/ And it is much easier to clean it up after riding from all the dirt splashed on me by cars... Washing moto-jacket is... PITA...
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I highly, highly recommend the Rev It Pacific 2 H20 rain suit. High visibility, easy to put on and pack down to a little larger than a soda can. Worth every penny!
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Always wear Weise X-blade trousers and an Bikers Gear Avalanche jacket.
Have a selection of gloves to suit the weather.
Mostly wear the winter ones...
Fortunately the annual rainfall here is very low so only really pisses down during travel to or from work a handful of times a year.
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