I've found that rain capes, at least in warm weather (and we get our rain in the summer) offer the best combination of protection from wet and ventilation. In fact, after using various Carradices, I fell back on the cheap, $30 (and no longer available, I think) lightweight nylon cycling cape from Campmor, since it best keeps the heat from building up (the worst was the Duckback waxed cotton cape), only I removed the horrible leg harness and sewed on a couple of stacks of big metal washers at the back to hold it down back there. It has a hood, and wearing the hood over a cycling cap, for the brim, helps keep glasses clear enough to see through while also keeping hair and neck dry.
I don't like cycling in sandals, but I agree that legs bare from knee to ankle are fine left open to the elements. I would like to find a pair of Splats, though; also dislike wet shoes. On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 1:29 PM Wesley <brooks.wes...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have extensive experience with this even though I no longer live in a > rainy place. > > You can ride any bike. Fenders make all the difference if you'd like to > look presentable when you get where you're going. I would wear sandals > because they dry out, or heavy rubber boots when I feel like having warm > feet. Add a light rain shell to keep my upper body dry. Head, glasses, > pants: let them get wet. They'll dry off soon enough. > -W > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgukmEY14ONK2MogXTL6%3DZP6KJcAbkwd-8ghkVk_HzfhPw%40mail.gmail.com.
