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Went for a ride in the hill country of Texas today!
It was my first real ride since I picked up my broken Busa from the movers.
Taped down the shattered fairing, adjusted the bent mirror and off I went. (They're going to pay for it, just have to wait 'till June 1 to pick up the rest of my household items to file a claim).
Anyway, the weather was WET. I find riding in Texas so far to be akin to riding around in an armpit most days, but today had fog and rain as well. Riding in the rain in Seattle every day for 5 years was no problem. Riding in the rain in Alaska, was no problem. It didn't rain in Nevada enough to worry about (and it was a "dry" rain, right?:tongue4
. Riding in Texas I didn't have the right gear for a rainy ride. I'm decked out for cold and wet, not hot and wet! Ok - it maybe was as high as 80 degrees, I was pretty comfortable temperature wise, but I didn't wear my winter waterproof gloves because it was too hot, and after 5 hours of wet, my hands were completely wrinkly and macerated and actually quite painful! I felt like if I'd lifted anything or gripped anything with much strength that my palms and finger skin would tear - like I'd soaked them in a pool for hours (and they looked it!).
So - that's my background - my question is to those who aren't bothered by riding long distances even in the rain: What gloves do you wear for summer rain riding?
I so far have updated my gear to include an Olympia Airglide 4 jacket (HiViz) and I was going to buy the Airglide 3 pants, but decided to pull the trigger on a Motoport Ultra Trek Air Mesh in HiViz
I figure that should get me through most of the hot weather months here, and maybe round it out with an Aerostich suit for colder weather when/if that ever happens.
I've been doing some research on line and I"m leaning toward the Held Air N Dry Gloves - does anyone have any experience with them?
Is there something better you might recommend?
It was my first real ride since I picked up my broken Busa from the movers.
Taped down the shattered fairing, adjusted the bent mirror and off I went. (They're going to pay for it, just have to wait 'till June 1 to pick up the rest of my household items to file a claim).
Anyway, the weather was WET. I find riding in Texas so far to be akin to riding around in an armpit most days, but today had fog and rain as well. Riding in the rain in Seattle every day for 5 years was no problem. Riding in the rain in Alaska, was no problem. It didn't rain in Nevada enough to worry about (and it was a "dry" rain, right?:tongue4
. Riding in Texas I didn't have the right gear for a rainy ride. I'm decked out for cold and wet, not hot and wet! Ok - it maybe was as high as 80 degrees, I was pretty comfortable temperature wise, but I didn't wear my winter waterproof gloves because it was too hot, and after 5 hours of wet, my hands were completely wrinkly and macerated and actually quite painful! I felt like if I'd lifted anything or gripped anything with much strength that my palms and finger skin would tear - like I'd soaked them in a pool for hours (and they looked it!).So - that's my background - my question is to those who aren't bothered by riding long distances even in the rain: What gloves do you wear for summer rain riding?
I so far have updated my gear to include an Olympia Airglide 4 jacket (HiViz) and I was going to buy the Airglide 3 pants, but decided to pull the trigger on a Motoport Ultra Trek Air Mesh in HiViz
I figure that should get me through most of the hot weather months here, and maybe round it out with an Aerostich suit for colder weather when/if that ever happens.
I've been doing some research on line and I"m leaning toward the Held Air N Dry Gloves - does anyone have any experience with them?
Is there something better you might recommend?
and you have to wait till June to get them to fix it... ouch.
