I'm not saying they never have...but I have never seen Goretex used in a Dri-Rider jacket??? If they do, I wish I knew before I bought my exxie Goretex stuff!!!ty wrote:Don't know much about the more expensive stuff - I'd bow to Marty and Mick on them.
But I always got away with middle-range stuff on my commute - DriRider gortex jacket with rain and winter liner (~$400 from memory), goretex winter gloves (~$100), rain over-pants ($100, not the $50 rubbish), and goretex boots ($400, brand eludes me at the moment).
At worst I got a few wet spots on the 1.5hr (in the rain) commute in lengthy major downpours - regular rain was normally no issue.
I still have them all - and the dririder jacket has survived 2 major offs with little to show for it.
On the draggins front - I've always used them. Never had the draggin jeans, always used the draggin cargos.
Comfy, survived a couple of offs well, and warmer than the jeans in the winter. But because they're looser they're cooler in the summer too.
You can get a bit of an abrasion from the kevlar in an off (I did on my knee - I wouldn't suggest going commando), you wouldn't get that in leathers.
hth
ty
WHen you buy stuff in bike shops, some ignorant sales people will call other products Goretex. But unless it has a Goretex logo on it, then it's some other alternative waterproofing material, which in my experience just don't compare. Reissa is one such copy.
) $120, rjays thinsulate lined gloves with kevlar fingers $90, have ridden in pouring rain (from whittlesea to bendigo 130km) stayed dry except for damp around my wrists, apart from that I was dry as a bone.
