Originally Posted by
RidingIsGood
I recently put my recumbent back into service as my daily commuter, and today I suddenly remembered that I never had a good solution to dealing with the rain.
I've a very nice Showers Pass jacket that works like a charm on my upright, but the zipper apparently ships water when it's facing to the sky.
I recently swapped to OSS steering, which led to elbow puddles this morning, this I can address by gauntlets over the sleeve openings, but the wet chest thing I don't see any way around.
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Huh. My Showers Pass rain jacket worked great two weeks ago for a day-long ride in the British Columbia rain. A little bit of elbow puddle, but my torso stayed as dry as it ever does. (I sweat buckets- in the rain it's a choice between cold 'n' wet and warm 'n' wet.)
Have you talked to the Showers Pass folks? IIRC, they bought the designs and patterns from Burley when Burley got out of the rain gear business. Oregonians know how to make good rain gear.