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02-14-2007, 02:15 PM

nash <zwepytzkehillc9@jetable.net> wrote:
> "Dane Buson" <dane@unseen.edu> wrote in message
>> Gooserider <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've seen them before, and I've thought about picking them up. I just
>> hate ordering things from across the pond unless I can avoid it. As for
>> dorkiness, I've mostly long ago resigned myself to looking like a bike
>> dork.
>>
>> Thanks for the review, I'm still wibbling about whether to order them or
>> not, but at least I know they're a good product now.
>
> Most rain pants and jackets Resistant ones I mean. Pack into fairly
> tight places. Why not just cut some off or bring a whole pair. I do not
> see why the chaps would be any more doable and they obviously more expensive
> with shipping.

Because I don't want rain pants. I'd be wearing them with cargo shorts
when I go out shopping or doing slow rides with friends. I don't need
or want to cover my shins, I just want to cover the thigh area so my
shorts don't get soaked.

I've considered getting a pair of rain pants and chopping them, but I
think the rainlegs present a neater bespoke solution. Also shipping
really isn't that ruinous on them (2.95 GBP).

--
Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org
"bash awk grep perl sed df du, du-du du-du,
vi troff su fsck rm * halt LART LART LART!" -- the Swedish BOFH

02-14-2007, 02:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dane Buson Posts: n/a	Re: Rainlegs---dorky but effective nash <zwepytzkehillc9@jetable.net> wrote: > "Dane Buson" <dane@unseen.edu> wrote in message >> Gooserider <Gooserider@mouse-potato.com> wrote: >> >> I've seen them before, and I've thought about picking them up. I just >> hate ordering things from across the pond unless I can avoid it. As for >> dorkiness, I've mostly long ago resigned myself to looking like a bike >> dork. >> >> Thanks for the review, I'm still wibbling about whether to order them or >> not, but at least I know they're a good product now. > > Most rain pants and jackets Resistant ones I mean. Pack into fairly > tight places. Why not just cut some off or bring a whole pair. I do not > see why the chaps would be any more doable and they obviously more expensive > with shipping. Because I don't want rain pants. I'd be wearing them with cargo shorts when I go out shopping or doing slow rides with friends. I don't need or want to cover my shins, I just want to cover the thigh area so my shorts don't get soaked. I've considered getting a pair of rain pants and chopping them, but I think the rainlegs present a neater bespoke solution. Also shipping really isn't that ruinous on them (2.95 GBP). -- Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org "bash awk grep perl sed df du, du-du du-du, vi troff su fsck rm * halt LART LART LART!" -- the Swedish BOFH