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| Hi All A few months ago I bought some Frank Thomas textile jacket and trousers cheapo titanium range. I'm very impressed with the jacket which does everything very adequately but as for the trousers, they seemed to let me down. Soon as I put the trousers on I seem to have a swimming pool around my never regions. Always been used to having leathers in my over 20 years of riding but thought it was time to upgrade and move with the times. SO got a query, does any one have the problem with textiles making you sweat too much and does gore-tex have the same problem of making people sweat buckets? Soon as the textile trousers went on I felt like the advert for that Lynx deoderent were he keeps spraying everyone. My good old trusty leathers don't do any of this too me, but unfortunately aren't waterproof. So whats the verdict textiles, gore-tex or leather
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| Leathers. I use mine all year round: keep the leather treated so its at least showerproof. If it gets really cold, textile jacket instead of leather and if it's really wet, waterproof oversuit. I don't really like textile outfits - particularly trousers - at all, so my jacket only comes out when it absolutely has to. Goretex and similar fibre layers are supposed to be fully breathable and all the rest, but they always seem to come stitched into something like two-inch thick carpet material that leaves you sweating worse than the rain just with the effort of bending your limbs... If you prefer leathers, oversuits can be a pretty good compromise: they're cheap, fold up small and you can carry them around easily when not in use (so you don't have to look like Captain Condom for longer than absolutely necessary). The only real downside is if it starts raining heavily before you've struggled into the thing...or if you need a leak after you're in it!
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I prefer leathers for the general feel of being in something appropriate and, if I'm honest, because I prefer the look and fit. However, waterproofing is a problem. I have dubbined the leather untill it is showerproof, but the pockets let in water like a tap. This "summer" we're having, I am mostly wearing leathers when the forecast is good and textiles when it's poor - which means about 3:1 in favour of the textile suit. Having said that, the Richa suit is warm when it's cold and not too hot when it's warm, and I've never had a problem with getting overheated inside. I don't think it's got Gore-tex, but it's something similar. If the forecast is uncertain, I wear the textile jacket and leather trousers, and then I look like a policeman.
I guess I agree, though. Leathers with a waterproof oversuit is the way to go (unless you live in Wales, when a Royal Navy dry suit with added waterproofing is the only choice). I just hate all the hopping about on one leg business that all oversuits have.
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If I've got the money Gore-Tex every time don't like wearing textile, but boots and gloves almost de rigeur choice by now
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| I picked up a pair of end-of-line Rev'It Fahrenheit gloves cheap towards the end of what passed for spring and I have to say I'd recommend them for bad weather wear. The manufacturer claims that the lining actually releases heat - not sure I'm convinced that works, but they are well-insulated, warm and as waterproof as gloves get, without being too ridiculously padded. Don't know what the replacement range will be like, but they could be worth a look. Might have to think about a new pair of boots soon, though: my current StylMartins don't even qualify as showerproof. The trend these days for built-in shin plates and calf-locking armour is all very well, unless your legs are skinnier than the minimum diameter of the armour (like mine!), so I have some difficulty finding anything that fits, protects and doesn't look like a welly. Sidi used to be my boot of choice, but their latest models simply don't fit. Recommendations from anyone else with the same problem always welcome...
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