Had my Ricka fabric suit for a year. Happy with it until yesterday when in heavy rain on my way to Wembley I found that the trousers were not really that waterproof. They let in quite a lot of water through the seems around the crutch and at one point I could fwater running down the back of my calf.
Result was I had to sit with through a dreadful match with a wet bum.
Any recommendations on fabric trousers that are warm, have decent armour and do not leak?
I’m a big fan of Dainese, fabric or leathers, they’re a bit dear on the wallet, but fully worth it, the lining is great in both fabric and leathers, and is quite warm, I still haven’t got the winter lining back in the trousers, and have ridden in very wet conditions, no problem.
Have some Rev’it triousers which stayed dry for ages but have recently given up the ghost… so this morning, to combat this I wore some cheap Spada throw overs over teh top of them, then my Heine Grike jacket with an Alpinstars jacket over teh top…
Do you think I stayed dry? Did I like a f***.
The throw over trouseres were damp inside and I still had a wet patch on my tummy (albiet only a bit damp) I’ve no idea how water got through that lot but it did…
Dissapointed as my Alpinstars jacket kept me dry through day after day of heavy rain last year riding through europe…
Seems once an item leaks thats it… it wont do waterproof again.
Hands stayed dry in my Pathan gloves though 
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Hein Gericke kit is always a favourite of mine.
Had a look at the website and IXS look very good. Which type do you have and where did you get them? I can only find an e-bay supplier and I would want to try them on before buying.
IXS locations
Here you find our iXS Fashion Points.
Name Address Zip code Town Phone no. Fax no. E-mail J & S Accessories Hay Mills B25 8DP Birmingham-West Midlands 0121-7667665 [email protected] J & S Accessories Unit 5, Shield Retail Centre BS34 7BR Bristol-Avon 01179-314334 [email protected] J & S Accessories 20 London Road CW9 5HF Northwich-Cheshire 01606-48691 [email protected] J & S Accessories Unit 1 New Cardinal Street IP1 1QE Ipswich-Suffolk 01473-225057 [email protected] J & S Accessories 116 Burlington Road KT3 4NS Newmalden-Surrey 0208-9495731 [email protected] J & S Accessories 1-2 Regent Buildings LS2 7QA Leeds-West Yorkshire 0113-2456030 [email protected] J & S Accessories Unit 10 Main Street NG16 2PB Kimberley-Nottingham 0115-9458700 [email protected] J & S Accessories 62/65, Faraday Business Park PL4 0ST Prince Rock-Plymouth 01752-603428 [email protected] J & S Accessories 79/81 London Road PO8 8XB Cowplain-Portsmouth 02392-267713 [email protected] J & S Accessories 53 Northbrook Street RG14 1AN Newbury-Berkshire 01635-30353 [email protected] J & S Accessories 235 High Road SE10 8NL Greenwich-London 0208-3052111 [email protected] J & S Accessories Otterspool Way WD25 8HL Watford-Hertfordshire 01923-256007 [email protected]
Will they be open this week-end or has everyone gone off to Birmingham?
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They’re opened at Greenwich till 6PM on Sats, 4PM Suns, nice folks there.
Dunno how about Watford, probably a bit closer for you, give’em a call.
