Rain Pants: I can personally vouch for the quality of J& G cycling rain pants. I wear these over my tights when the teperatures drop well below 32F, and anytime there is precipitation. They can be found at: http://www.bicycleclothing.com/ I bought the cheaper style of rain pants (no breathing) since I found it hard to justify double the cost. I also have doubts about how much moisture rain pants are going to be able to release when it is wet outside. The pants are well made and appear like they will hold up for a long time. The size chart was also correct, I can't remember what size I bought, but I looked at my pant size (38) and bought what the chart stated, and they fit nicely.

Rain Coat: I bought a cheap PCV rain coat from Nashbar for $14 and have been amazed at how well it works. The sides of the coat have a mesh strip that lets out plenty of extra body heat. I still can tell the inside arms get moist from sweat, but this is actually less bad than my "breathable" Quest wind breaker. My co-worker got a similar coat from a local bike store from Louis Garneaux and it also has mesh along the arms. So far I have stayed 100% dry on my toso and legs.

Head: I bought a yellow LG helmet cover from Nashbar for about $18. I will use this during heavy rain. For a light rain I will wear the rain coat and pants, but my head gets a bit sweaty anyways so I'll skip the cover. For heavy rains the cover is very nice to have. It does breath, but you certainly will have plenty of moisture on the underside from a sweaty head.

Feet: I used toe clips. In the Fall through Spring I wear winterboots that are 100% water proof. I am looking to get a set of shoe covers for the summer because 85F+ and heavy rain will mean my feet would be as wet from sweat as they would have been from rain if I were to try to use my winterboots. I wear Merrill Ventelator shoes during the summer and they are water resistant, but definitely will get wet after enough rain.

Hands: I have not yet found a good solution for this problem. During the Summer I just wear my gloves and they get wet. During the Fall I wear full fingered gloves and once they get wet (within minutes depending on the severity of rainfall) my hands were frozen cold. I am tempted to pickup a extra pair of disposable "examination gloves" that they have in the bathrooms at work and put those over my gloves to at least keep the heavy water off the hands. Eventually my hands would get wet from sweat, but that would take a bit longer. I have not yet found any locally available waterproof gloves that would be good for the Fall through Spring.

Happy riding,
André