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Old 04-29-19, 10:01 AM
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Leisesturm
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I ride in the PNW as well, and after one miserable ride in the rain on my highracer I resolved to not do it again if I could help it. My rain riding philosophy runs to softshells and/or armpit zippers and helmet covers, gloves and shoes. I don't like a wet head, feet, or hands unless they are warm. I don't expect to stay dry in rain but I hope to keep warm. I don't know of any recumbent specific rain-gear or what it might do differently. The recumbent position, however, does not allow you to hunch against the rain or keep it off your face. No raingear sold offers any solution to that problem that I can see. So, for now, the answer is to ride something else when it rains in Portland. Which, as you know, is not actually, 364 of 365 days. Its more like, 200 or less, of 365 days. I can work with that.
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