your rain jacket when touring?

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Re: your rain jacket when touring?

Postby rifraf » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:52 pm

My Jacket and helmet rain cap arrived safely today.
No thanks to Aus post who left it in the mailbox for anyone walking past to lift.
No worries, I got there first.
Wow, I'm glad I didn't order a medium.
With the weight I've put back on since my NSW to WA tour its almost a snug fit.
Certainly cant rely on it to keep the shorts dry can you?
With my current paunch it finishes at my trouser beltline. :oops:
Well, why have a six pack when you can have a keg I say :wink:
Still, my overhang will help keep the jewels dry :lol:
The yellows got a orange tint but hopefully isn't too garish.
Whilst its not a match for my Ortlieb bike luggage or frame yellow,
anyone suggesting "I didn't see em officer" wont be taken seriously :D :idea: :!:
Yeah I was worried about it being too big so I'm actually pleased I'm not swimming in it.
The helmet cover is black which goes with my mudguards and racks so compared to
my usual casual attire, I'm going to be quite colour co-ordinated whilst "singing in the rain".
Had a good day today whilst the sun was shining.
I got in an hour and a half's ride as well as an hours walk this evening. :D
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Re: your rain jacket when touring?

Postby rifraf » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:44 pm

il padrone wrote:
Aushiker wrote:
rifraf wrote:I took the advice here and ordered the helmet cover and passed on the hood.


I actually now regret not getting the hood: not for riding, I use a cycling cap then to keep the rain off my glasses but for around camp.

Not glamorous but very effective for just $2.50

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Re: your rain jacket when touring?

Postby tmac100 » Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:55 am

I have started reading this thread because June/July is not that far away and I either come back to Australia and do the rest of he trip that was stopped by my surgery, or delay it by a year and bicycle in Ireland...

In either case there will be rain, and maybe lots of it. As a 195 cm and 110 kg bicycle tourer, I have to shop hard to find gear that fits....

I will be in Canada and the USA for 3 weeks at Christmas so can buy gear there on line, and maybe even try out some to see if it fits.

Ant suggestions regarding a rain-proof (??) jacket and pants to fit? Form and function is definitely more important that inexpensive. You DO NOT get something good for nothing ...

Otherwise, how about suggestions for gear that fits from Australia? I ask this because from past experience years ago, the gear was excellent, BUT it never fit me:sleeves and pant legs too short. Maybe now things are different?

Sorry if I may have repeated past discussions/suggestions, but ATPM I do not have time to do a lot of reading. I am willing to seriously consider personal and related experience -which is why I bought my Hilleberg Nallo 2GT after reading several experiences.... Nice tent, light, bomb proof, BUT expensive :D
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Re: your rain jacket when touring?

Postby rifraf » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:12 am

tmac100 wrote: I either come back to Australia and do the rest of he trip that was stopped by my surgery, or delay it by a year and bicycle in Ireland...

In either case there will be rain, and maybe lots of it.


Hi Tmac
Rain in Ireland? :lol: :lol:
To be sure, to be sure :!: :wink:
Hell that takes me back.
I used to ride from near Slieve Donard in the North (County Down) to down near Swords at Portrane just north of Dublin on occasion to visit my Aunty many moons ago.
I often used to bivybag down on the beach near there rather than turn up late looking like
a drowned rat and giving her a heart attack.
You'll definitely be wanting a decent rain jacket for riding in that part of the world.
If the driving is the same (shocking), I'd recommend something highly visible like the goldenrod colour.
The consensus here seems to be the Showers Pass Elite 2.0 as the jacket to have.
I bought mine (arrived yesterday) here:
http://www.bicyclinghub.com/shpaelraja.html
The helmet cover for cycling rather than the option jacket hood.
http://www.bicyclinghub.com/showers-pas ... cover.html
Although consider the hood for when your off the bike (setting up camp or walking etc.)
http://www.bicyclinghub.com/shpaho.html
As for pants, looking back through the thread I see Ill Padrone went with the Club Convertible Pant
and I'd tend to follow his choice.
http://www.bicyclinghub.com/showers-pas ... -pant.html
I believe the discount code was:
cod-save10
Unless your a chimpanzee the sleeves wont be too short I bet.
Wheres home for you currently?
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Re: your rain jacket when touring?

Postby rifraf » Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:24 pm

Showers Pass Elite 2 on special
http://www.bicyclinghub.com/shpaelraja.html
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