stuart@rochester.UUCP (06/04/83)
From: Stuart Friedberg <stuart>
With so many of the sporting goods/outdoor clothing places offering
GoreTex (tm) raingear, I was wondering why there don't seem to be any
motorcycle riding suits made from the stuff. There is a range of clothes
from "ultralight" to "heavy-duty", so the material seems to be fairly
well established with known properties. There are bicycle riding suits
made out of it, and motorcycle suits out of everything but ...
Is there anything in the biking environment that eats GoreTex? Gasoline,
oil, grease, hard-driven road dirt? Anyone know? I would be glad to
summarize responses if you would be so kind as to mail me the answer.
Also, if some company DOES offer a GoreTex suit (or top/pants combo)
please let me know their address and other sundry details.
By the way, for those who don't ride in the rain much (or at all), there
IS a tremendous difference in rainsuits. Gear that is appropriate for
hiking is different from bicycling gear is different from motorcycling
gear. You can get a very effective rubberized (plasticized?) suit for
about $50, from a company whose name begins with a "C". (Details escape
me tonight) Unfortunately, you will often end up soggy from sweat, if
not rainwater. Thus, my desire for a GoreTex suit. I haven't seen any
tops offered that I would ride in, but some of the waterproof pants look
fine for riding, IF the stuff can survive the treatment it will get.
Stu Friedberg
{seismo, allegra}!rochester!stuart
stuart@rochesterhsc@hogpc.UUCP (06/07/83)
Honda sells an excellent (and expensive Gore-Tex 2-piece suit, with zip-out Thinsulate jacket-liner. The jacket is definitely on my wish list. My Gore-Tex pants (bought on sale at a backpacking shop) are great. Grease and oil 'poisons' Gore-Tex so that it won't breathe. You can spot-clean with alcohol, or just machine-wash. It's no big problem. Harvey S. Cohen 1C314 American Bell, Lincroft, NJ 07748 (201)576-6059 hogpc!hsc