Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
And if I get caught in one I ride as fast as humanly possible to avoid hypothermia.
That was the other thing my year-round-bike-commuting friend said -- sometimes it's about staying warm, not staying dry.

Which leads me to quote yet another friend who commuted by bike year-round for many years before he retired, and now rides more than 10,000 per year just for fun: Wool. "Naturally breathable, warm when wet, automatically adjusting to a wide range of temperature conditions: we'd call it a miracle fiber if it hadn't been invented at the Dawn of Time." He swears by his Wabi Woolens jerseys.