Rain Pants Recommendations Please!

[DebW]

I have a Precip rain jacket for hiking, and yes, it really does breathe. Well, nothing waterproof breathes perfectly, and I don't sweat alot, but Precip does come well-recommended by lots of hikers. I haven't tried the Precip pants, but it's the same material (without the benefit of pit zips or other ventillation though).

[Nanci]

Well, I went with the Precips since they were about half the price of any cycling rain pants, and if they suck for cycling, I can always use them for hiking. The very light weight and fold-ability was a plus, too. I'll do a review on them if I get to use them. I hope they stay unworn, though!

Nanci

[CorsairMac]

sorry Nanci - I just saw this today. I have the REI Novara Express and I love them. I do tend to layer under them since they are my "last-defense-coz-it's-really-cold" pants but I"ve worn them for 2 winters now and would highly recommend them.

[Melody]

sorry Nanci - I just saw this today. I have the REI Novara Express and I love them. I do tend to layer under them since they are my "last-defense-coz-it's-really-cold" pants but I"ve worn them for 2 winters now and would highly recommend them.

Like Corsair I also have the Novara Express and love them too And like Corsair I also layer. I don't like wearing them when I have bare skin underneath since they do stick when I get sweaty

Mel

[Nanci]

Well, we'll see what happens! I have a substantial Marmot jacket that I love, (not for biking) which is WATERPROOF and does not breathe, but has huge pit zips. Anyway, the inside of it, and I think the Precips are the same, has tiny dots that are supposed to cut down on the sticking.

Since I got the "cheap" pants, I splurged on a waterproof case for my cell phone and one for my camera, which I am always putting in ziplocks and then worrying about.

And a new pair of Louis Garneau ErgoAir gloves. My old gloves are so old the gel is sticking out, and the black terry has faded to a sort of weird brownish gray. But I love them so much- I just thought it would be nice to have a second set tucked away in case one gets wet.

And a LG helmet rain cover.

I must be afraid of 15 hours of rain, or something! :-)

Nanci

[Nanci]

The Marmot Precip pants got here, and they are too small :-( And they were very swishy-sounding. Tight through the thighs. So I tried riding around on my bike with my mega-buck Mountain Hardwear hiking rain pants. Comfy, but they've always been too long, so I have to do some weird rolling up thing, which would come undone on the bike, plus down at the ankles there's like an inner gaiter or something, so two layers down there. Anyway, not suitable.

Well, I know Nashbar can ship overnight if the order is received by 5PM. So I should get my new size XL Women's Goretex Extreme pants Friday, still in time. They were on sale, I hope I like them.

I also ordered another taillight, since one seems to be frowned upon, the thought being if you have two, and one dies and you don't notice, you still have the other lit.

And some rainproof gloves.

And some Goretex socks.

And a headlight, since I want to be able to see my computer.

I figure with all this added expense, there is no way it is really going to rain now. :-)

Nanci

[Nanci]

I see, by my hourly weather check, that after my purchases, the chance of rain has now dropped to 20%!!! My shopping dollars hard at work.

Nanci