Waterproof overtrousers
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lethargic_manSome years ago I had a pair of waterproof overtrousers that I wore when cycling. They did me very well for years, except that there was a rip up one of the legs, which I kept needing to hold together with brown tape, so eventually I threw them out and got replacements.
Unfortunately, after a couple of months, the waterproofing on the inside of the fabric started cracking and peeling off, and they ceased to be waterproof. I think the issue was that I folded the trousers up into as small a volume as I could and then shoved them into the pocket of my cagoule, which also would get folded up into its own pocket, so I could put it in my bike's saddle bag, and take it with me for if it was raining later. The cagoule never had a problem being folded up like this; only the trousers did.
Anyhow, I replaced the trousers with a new pair. These ones lasted a bit longer, but then the same problem happened with them.
Evidently I'm going to have to spend a bit more to get a pair of waterproof trousers that can survive being folded up like that, but when I queried the Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative as to whether the waterproof trousers on their catalogue are going to survive being folded up, they told me that whilst they can't vouch for most of their waterproof trousers one way or the other, the only ones on their catalogue designed for folding up like this were over £100—over five times what I paid for my previous pairs.
I intend to try and investigate waterproof clothing available from other places, but before I do, does anyone here have any recommendations?
Unfortunately, after a couple of months, the waterproofing on the inside of the fabric started cracking and peeling off, and they ceased to be waterproof. I think the issue was that I folded the trousers up into as small a volume as I could and then shoved them into the pocket of my cagoule, which also would get folded up into its own pocket, so I could put it in my bike's saddle bag, and take it with me for if it was raining later. The cagoule never had a problem being folded up like this; only the trousers did.
Anyhow, I replaced the trousers with a new pair. These ones lasted a bit longer, but then the same problem happened with them.
Evidently I'm going to have to spend a bit more to get a pair of waterproof trousers that can survive being folded up like that, but when I queried the Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative as to whether the waterproof trousers on their catalogue are going to survive being folded up, they told me that whilst they can't vouch for most of their waterproof trousers one way or the other, the only ones on their catalogue designed for folding up like this were over £100—over five times what I paid for my previous pairs.
I intend to try and investigate waterproof clothing available from other places, but before I do, does anyone here have any recommendations?
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Date: 2011-11-01 02:51 pm (UTC)Many other people I know really like http://www.rainlegs.com/en/home which you may like to consider - they are very much smaller than trousers and much less sweaty. But they do nothing to protect you from the spray sent up by passing motorists.
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Date: 2011-11-01 07:03 pm (UTC)I had considered getting a thinnish pair of walking trousers and waterproofing them with the wash in Ni-Wax.
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Date: 2011-11-02 05:11 am (UTC)