Leaking Hein Gericke Jacket...

Lozzo wrote

Right on bro.

 

No two people's experiences are the same, and don't shoot the messenger
;-) She bought it because she was fed up with donning umpteen layers,
and the write-up and recommendations were such that HG gear looked as if
it would do the job. But it didn't, so we are back to umpteen layers.

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I have an HG oversuit that I can't wear until the temperature is below 5
degrees centigrade, it's just too warm otherwise. I once rode 250 miles
in +1 --> -1 deg cee temperatures, and was absolutely toasty.

 

Such stories amaze me

 

On what grounds?
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|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
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At a guess, and because I think I'm in agreement with Champ
on this particular subject, that the words "rode 250 miles
in +1 --> -1 deg cee temperatures" don't quite tally with
the words "absolutely toasty". IME, of course.

 

He's nesh.

 

It /is/ a personal thing though, innit?

I mean, just because one person gets on well with a particular piece of
kit and finds it excellent, it doesn't follow that the same bit of kit
will work for the next guy along.

For example, the much touted and highly proclaimed by many here Hein
Gericke Pathan "lobster" gloves; I found to be entirely inadequate
for keeping my hands warm on my commute.

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|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
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Heh, so am I.

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|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
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In general, I don't feel the cold. I have too much, er, in-built
lagging IYSWIM.

However, when riding at anything below around 5 degrees my hands
and feet do get very cold. I'm sure that there are gloves/socks
that would help, but I expect they'd have to very thick and I
don't like it when I can't feel the controls properly.

And anyway, there's a perfectly decent car sat in the garage
for winter journeys )

 

Heh, you'd have /thought/ I was the same...

I refer sir to my post entitled "Woo-frickin'-hoo", recently. Gerbing
heated gloves are the biz.

<G>, well, yes. I tend to bottle out of bike riding if it's icy/snowy -
that's when a 4wd car is my choice.

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|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
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You're being argumentative today, aincha?

it's just that I've *never* found any kit that keeps me warm. I just
wouldn't consider a m/c journey of more than around 50 miles if the
temp is below 10 deg C.

 

Champ wrote

IMHO for cold protection I have never had better than HG cordura gloves
and Jacket and AlpineStar boots. Keks are still an improvable variable
but knee armour is a definite bonus. I don't have any issues with cold
weather riding and I have circulation bad enough to be life threatening.

 

"No I'm not!"

Ahh, right. 'Lectric clothing; way of the future.

<patronising murrican B-list actor voice> I was much the same as you,
until I discovered Gerbing's heated clothing. </p>

Actually, it's true. My commute is 40 miles each way on the m-way.
Previously, my fingles would be fricking uncomfortable after about 1/2hr
(or about half distance whichever came first). Once the fingles get cold,
you start to notice other bits feel cold. Before now, I've arrived at
work shivering. Not good.

Since then, I've bought decent thermal undies (thanks, M&S!), a decent
jacket and now the aforementioned super-gloves.

<masochist>
I choose to use my motorcycle over the car wherever possible, especially
if it pisses off the full-time suits at our corporate headquarters.
</m>

As I mentioned elsewhere, I can't say I'm an all-weather biker as I
fucking draw the line at ice and snow, but these days, pretty much
everything else I'm prepared for.
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|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****

 

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:15:27 +0000, steve auvache yammered:

[of cold-weather riding kit]

They're next on me shoppering list.

I'll be checking such fings out at the show.

I've reverted to my "touring" leather strides, recently, but they're still
sod all use against cold, even with thermals on underneath. Sure, the
stop the wind, but they don't stop the rain and having spoken to people
about and read articles on some of the new fandangled man-made material
kit, I think it's gotta be done.
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| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2000 ZX12R-A1 -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****

 

Wik wrote

My HG Cordura ones are fine for weather protection but sadly they look
hom, to use the popular vernacular.

Similar protection but a more flattering fit will be my criteria for the
January sales.

 

Sure. I had electric gloves when I had my 750 turbo in 1984/85- I
didn't have a car at the time, and lived and worked in Fleet, Hants,
but spent most weekends in Gloucestershire.

Then I got a car...

 

"Champ" wrote in message news:...

This is the first winter riding I have done for many a year, and frankly I
wasn't looking forward to it.
I use some Frank Thomas aqua (jacket, trousers and gloves) bought in
ignorance last Jan, and at present it is to bloody warm. I have ridden this
year at about 2 degrees and all that got coldish were hands and feet, that
is on a 40 mile 1 hour commute. I must say that for the first time in many a
year I am able to enjoy my biking all year round, something that I never
thought I would be saying.


Phil
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VFR 800 V-TEC
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steve auvache wibbled...

I'm pretty much the same, extremely bad circulation, but never been cold
or wet in my full set of HG sourced gear[1]

[1] Voyager 3 jacket, All Seasons w/proof trousers with bib and brace,
Pathan gloves, PSX2 boots, EDZ necktube or balaclava.

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Which are the /best/ HG trews then, Loz?

The web-shite is not particularly (read: at all) forthcoming about such
things.

I'm looking for waterproof, warmth and comfort in that order.
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| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2000 ZX12R-A1 -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****