Originally Posted by
Jarery
Bekologist, how long does it take in a a fair constant rain (not shower) for the epic to soak through? And if it soaks through does it dry in a workday without a fan or heat? A few years back when i looked at epic I think that was the reason i went with eVent for a hard shell and ibex climawool for a soft shell instead, but i'm sure its improved since then. Interested to hear how it does over this winter for you.
Im' happy to report very quick drying with the epic fabrics, I tried some Brookwood Agility fabric (Epic coated) in a stretch canvas-type pant, on the ride into work today in steady rain.
They were dry in a half hour or so wearing them at work.
And my Epic coat, a more trad nylon windbreaker from Wild Things, seemed to be wetter on the inside than the outside of the fabric and dried in less than an hour as well.
These new Epic coated fabrics are amazing.
but, for a real drencher I'm still going to throw on the waterproofs. probably wore a raincoat 10 times the whole winter in Seattle last season.
As to decent cycling raincoats, and the screaming yellow raincoats, just saw at the shop a basic Castelli raincoat, big pitzips, back vent, taped seams, a huge reflective swach, for 80 dollars retail that looked much more high vis than the showers pass club jackets and much more compactable than the Craft jacket.
The Castelli Goccia-nicest compactable cycling raincoat I've seen for 2009.
http://www.castelli-us.com/pc-1051-2...in-jacket.aspx that web ad doesn't do justice to the screaming high visibility of this coat - or the huge reflective stripe on the back of this coat. it's actually impressive. okay, so i bought one today.... I'll get pictures.