Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:34:20 +0200
- Message No. 3360
From: Sture Qvarfordt
Subject: RE: Jacket
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It seems that I have to get a new jacket every second year due to the high
friction factor between road surface and jacket. A couple of weeks ago it was
time again. The road authority had mended the road with tar and "stone crush 2-4"
(crushed stone with a grain diameter between 2 and 4 mm) spread loose on top
for the car to push into the tar and wipe of the excess. It takes a couple of days
before the excess grains are gone and I must have been one of the first through
that bend after this "mending" was done. The grains/gravel nice and evenly
spread over the road, no grip anywhere. We are not talking slide here, we are talking
No Chance at All.
Well the mail was supposed to be about jackets. The jacket that was ruined this
time was a Dainese Sidney (BTW It did it's job - I was not hurt). The jacket has a
double sleeve for water protection, one inside the glove and one outside. It has also
waterproof outside pockets. I bought this one after some bad experience with my
previous one, a Yoko, where the water found it's way through the stitching around
the outside pockets and into the sweater around the wrists. The Dainese has
worked well on these points and has also a good neck collar.
I have got new trousers from Rukka twice due to leakage. The leakage is just right
"there" - between my legs. I use the bike to work (70km) year around, so maybe the
clothes are not designed for that wear.
I also got new boots from Daytona due to leakage.
In general I think manufacturers of bike clothing has a lot to learn from boating gear.
Those are really waterproof.
/Sture Q.
On den 8 juni 1998 23:08, Lorenzo Marsigli [SMTP:lmarsig@tin.it] wrote:
> Hi Fun-ATICs
>
> reading answers and comments on BoBo posting about bike jackets, I noticed
> that everyone was fully satisfied by the jacket he purchased, me too.
> So my question is: did you ever purchased a jacket or other to wear which
> was bad? What was and why?
>
> I once bought a Frank Thomas rain suit (nylon) which wasn't so waterproof...
> I had known I would left it at the shop....
>
>
> Greetings
>
>
> Lorenzo
>
>
>
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