So frogg toggs suck..... Recomendations on rain gear?

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Another happy Teknik customer here.My two peice is about 20 yrs old and still works perfectly
 
Black rain gear... What were they thinking?
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Hey I made that mistake too.
Got caught out in traffic after dark, pouring rain, fog and I'm driving a grey bike with black gear and helmet....realized I was flat out invisible.
Got the iCon jacket the next day and now look like a cop with white helmet, white bike and that hiViz jacket.
Never know- might help :D
 
I wear a Columbia soft-shell with their Omni-Heat and Omni-Shield technology under my leather jacket and it has kept my upper body warm and dry down to about 6 degrees at highway speed. Still wearing my BMW Mottorad ProSummer gloves which are pretty good, though I do have heated grips which makes all the difference. My Frog Toggs rain pants have performed fairly well, but the adjustable waist strap let go after only a few weeks so I had to perform a make-do repair. There is also a very small hole in the @ss as a result of my going for a slide on the pavement a few months ago, but I was impressed how little damage there actually was -- including none to my @ss!!. I really love my TCX X-Street riding shoes. They look like leather Converse sneakers, but they are well padded in the right places and lined with a GoreTex-like material to make them waterproof. A bit warm in summer, but comfortable and very nice looking in a casual dress kind of way.

Thinking about the Rev'it rain gear for my next purchase as I love the build quality of my Rev'it mesh jacket. Pricey stuff though.
 
Face said:
I previously used the WetSkins suit I used for sailing, but it didn't breath, & I was always damp from sweating. I picked up some Revit rain gear from Riders Choice:

http://www.revit.eu/en/#/products/FRC004

http://www.revit.eu/en/#/products/FRC003

Along with overgloves & booties, they have kept me dry in medium rain at city speeds. They breath much better than the WetSkins. I haven't tried them yet in heavy downpours at highway speeds. For some reason, when they are with me, it doesn't rain much. Although don't hold me to that claim if you buy them and rain follows you around, Lol!
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The overgloves looks good! How much are they and where can I pick them up?
 
Pretty sure I saw some Nexo rain gear at Studio Cycle last week.

Before I had waterproof riding gear I just used my rain pants and rain jacket from MEC.

I have the Icon Mil-Spec jacket now and Joe Rocket Waterproof riding pants that do the job.

For boots I had the Gortex Pumas and now the Alpinestar Scout boots, both completely waterproof.
 
I use MSR MX gloves, hands will get wet but not soaked. There are also great to use in the steamy humid weather also, i find the waterproof gloves too bulky and obstructive. Cheap, GP Bikes were selling them for $15 a pair, i bought three sets. For rain gear I bought a two piece from Bass pro shop, made by redhead, water free for three years.
 
jeffjones said:
So I got to work this morning wearing my frogg toggs suit which usually does a decent job in light rain but I was completely soaked right through.

Has anyone ever used the waterproof orange construction overalls on the highway? I have a pair at home but not sure how they will hold up......
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I used Frogg Toggs with great success before I got my Roadcrafter riding suit. There are some mixed review with Frogg Toggs but I think a big part of it is how you wear them.

It's important that the pants be as high as possible on the waist, that the bottom of the pants be down below the top of the boots. That the neck be snug and all snaps down up. And finaly that the sleeves go over your rainproof gloves.

Whenever I did the above I stayed perfectly dry even in muti day rides and in torrential downpours. (In a fit of stupidity I rode into the storm that had the Vaughn Tornado a few summers ago and stayed dry.)

They are relatively cheap and pack down small so they are easy to take along and also provide an nice extra layer if you get caught in colder weather than anticpated. They also breath very well so you don't generally end up with that clammy damp feeling that most traditional raingear gives.

..Tom
 
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Face said:
I previously used the WetSkins suit I used for sailing, but it didn't breath, & I was always damp from sweating. I picked up some Revit rain gear from Riders Choice:

http://www.revit.eu/en/#/products/FRC004

http://www.revit.eu/en/#/products/FRC003

Along with overgloves & booties, they have kept me dry in medium rain at city speeds. They breath much better than the WetSkins. I haven't tried them yet in heavy downpours at highway speeds. For some reason, when they are with me, it doesn't rain much. Although don't hold me to that claim if you buy them and rain follows you around, Lol!
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I'm a big fan of Rev'It gear and have quite a few pieces. I bought the Pacific H2O one piece rain suit last spring and it's a piece of crap. Sure it folds down really small, breathes well, and is very visible in poor conditions. The problem is that it's not waterproof in the crotch area. Using it out touring left me soaked from my waist to my knees......not comfortable.
 
I bought a set of Frogg Toggs at the Bobcaygeon bike fest this summer and used them for two days in October, kept me surprisingly dry, the vendor sold me a jacket in hi-viz yellow and black pants. Mark me in the satisfied column.
 
Too bad Jimmy got out of making Rain Gear. I snapped up one of the Velocity rain suits on clearance and after a few 2-3 hour wet rides, very much appreciate the product; not a drop of water inside the suit.
 
I bought a pair of goretex pants and jacket from MEC years ago and since I've started riding I have adopted those two articles of clothing for my rides in the rain. They don't pack like Toggs do, but they probably do a better job of keeping you dry than most motorcycle rain suits that claim to do the same.
 
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