…or at least that’s what it felt like when I got home yesterday evening - heavy & persistant rain the whole way - up there with the worst I’ve come across in 7/8 years on the bike…
ratings of new(-ish) gear:
Sidi Vortex boots : 3/10 - had decidedly damp feet/toes
HG Cruise II trousers : 10/10 - top notch - bone dry
HG Cruise II jacket : 9/10 - little bit of a wet neck, but otherwise bone dry
Revit H20 gloves : 8/10 - fingers bone dry, but the cuffs were a bit damp
Shoei MultiTec Lid : 10/10 - antifog visor a must in such conditions, no spray back into my face at speed
boots & gloves will take another day to dry out - on backup gear today…
Scott leathers with part textile areas - legs dry, groin damp (usual then!), body dry neck wet.
Sidi vortex - rain dripped down legs, bit damp
Frank Thomas summer gloves - soaking wet
Hm? I’m sure we’ve had worse this year. No flooding for a start. Though perhaps we had longevity yesterday but not the intensity.
Either way:
TCX Sport SS boots - 9/10 - finally had some water seep through the seam by the toe
Teknik Powerskin trousers - 7/10 - Got wet through the fly (which I’d left undone…) and there were puddles in the pockets
Teknick cheapo jacket - 6/10 - All waterproof except through the air vent zips. Water had seeped through by the morning so I got to wear a wet jacket in.
Rukka Mars gloves - 10/10 - completely waterproof, stayed warm.
Schuberth S3 helmet - 10/10 - No fogging, water beaded off the visor, nothing wrong at all.
Good posts! I wont bother putting up what I had on as it was totally inappropriate for the weather and I should really buy some proper winter kit instead of making do with racer and summer stuff all year round!
HG Journey 10/10
Spada overtrouser waterproofs 8/10 (too short causing bottom of jeans to get wet)
Spidi B2 goretex 7/10 got two wet patches on foot (but they are 2 1/2 yrs old)
Alpinestars short summer gloves 0/10 still wet!
Kriega R35 9/10 suprisingly nothing got wet even if i dont have a waterproof liner
