One other note: My comment "you're going to get wet" is not necessarily true if you're not riding hard. Then the balance between sweat rate and waterproofness is different.
I dry off pretty quickly once the rain stops with the stuff I outlined above. Internally-generated heat and the wind blast helps with the evaporation rate, and I put layers back in the handlebar bag as they dry out (usually rain cape, rain gloves, arm warmers, leg warmers, in that order), and before I get sweaty and start wetting out the inner layers. Best, Will William M. deRosset Fort Collins, CO On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 4:44:29 PM UTC-6, William deRosset wrote: > > Dear Patrick, > > I get wet on all-day rides if it is raining, either from wind-driven rain, > or from my own cooling system. I can stay comfortable, but I won't stay dry. > > I've tried cotton analogy. Yep, it is great stuff, but it doesn't keep up > with my sweat rate if I'm riding hard. > > Others: I don't sweat out single-layer Ventile (I've owned a few over the > years), but it wets out from the rain. I sweat out double-layer Ventile (my > current general use jacket is a Hilltrek Greenspot jacket), but it is > effectively waterproof for walking around and the like, and it is a > wonderful backpacking jacket. The synthetic waterproof-breatheables don't > keep up either (or the various gore-tex products, e-vent, and a couple of > Patagonia WP+B things). The best for cycling is a heavily-vented waterproof > or waterproof-breathable, and those leak at the openings--wet again. > > My favorite commuting jacket is a lined cotton poplin jacket (like the > Greenspot). > > I pays my money and makes my choice. > > Best, > > Will > William M. deRosset > Fort Collins, CO > On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 3:22:15 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> The notion that "you're going to get wet" if it rains all day and you're >> out in it is not true. Demand better from your clothing, because it is >> possible. Cotton Analogy (I believe only available from Hilltrek, keeps me >> dry all day regardless of activity level. There is no need to settle for >> trying to stay warm and wet when you can have dry and wet. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
