i have my rain jacket emm maybe 7 years now AGU poray5000 works great but you would most definitly need a light fleece under it to keep from freezing.
what is it with rain gear as soon as it gets wet you get cold.

Its called evaporative cooling .. when you sweat the water comes out of your skin..

In this case the water is from the Sky.

How about gloves for cold rain?

I have tried lots of different options. My current setup is to use the outer shell of "waterproof" winter gloves over my cycling gloves. It works for a while but rain gets through the seams if it's pouring. I'm still looking for a better solution. Ideas?

My replacement Showers Pass Elite 2.0 arrived today from BicyclingHub.com. Excellent service with delivery being quite quick from the US, which is a change from the pass. Oh for those interested the XL weighs in at 525 grams according to my digital scales and I got the Chilli Red this time which looks much better IMO than the Golden Rod colour.

Regards
Andrew

As for being fragile, I guess the only thing you can do is be careful with them, not scuffing your feet along on rough surfaces and taking the time to get them off as soon as possible.

I'm still looking as well. My hands are really the only area I am not able to keep warm on cold rainy days. I've tried plastic bags, "water proof gloves" and my hands are still like blocks of ice, when the temps are under 4C/ 38F

As for hands, I am rarely out for more than 40 mins in cold rain, 5c etc, but when its very cold I wear thin polypro glove liners under old fleece gloves, and when closer to freezing I put over these a pair of goretex overmitts (they are just a shell, no insulation. This works well for both cold and rain.
I suggest looking into the commuting section or winter riding for other waterproof, breathable gloves, as there must be good ones out there.

Fenders help a lot, I use a raincape when it rains because it allows some circulation to keep from sweating too much. If it is hot, I just get wet and let the rain cool me off. I started using Rivendell Splats on my feet, they are simple, work with any shoe and double as a saddle cover if you stop to let a storm pass.

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Marc

I saw an xl showers pass 2.0 on sale on eBay this week for $155 as a buy it now price. It was new with tags and goldenrod color. I wish I saw that before I bought mine.

from the top down:
Helmet cover
Showers Pass jacket
Rainlegs
Fenders, with flap on the front wheel.
The first 4 deal with the water from above, the fenders deal with what's on the road