[OrRando] Waterproof gloves - still looking, plus bonus shoe review

[Michael Wolfe]

I've got the radiants. They're f'in awesome, though I haven't put them  
to the test in buckets of rain.

On Dec 15, 2007, at 6:15 PM, "Lynne Fitzsimmons"  
<fitzbase at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I was hanging out in Bike Gallery today waiting for Jason to get his  
> bike repaired (nothing like a Portland Velo ride, heading east into  
> Verboort, unsafe pass by a big truck and watching all the riders in  
> front of you go off the road into a ditch...  Everyone is ok.), and  
> was looking at gloves.
>
> Has anyone tried the Specialized Sub Zero or Radiant gloves?  I'm  
> looking for warm AND waterproof.  Or exceptionally water resistant.   
> I've got the Mountain Hardwear Conduit over-gloves, and they give it  
> up after a couple of hours of heavy rain.  The Serius gloves aren't  
> all that wonderful either, for all that they claim to be weather  
> proof.  Cecil has watched me wring them out a few times.
>
> I know a lot of you out there just wear heaps of wool.  This is not  
> the information I'm looking for.  If I wanted warm, wool, and  
> waterproof, I'd get some Dachsteins from REI.  If they still make  
> them.  I may still.
>
> Bonus Shoe Review:
> I have gotten real tired of pulling on shoes and booties, riding  
> into to work, taking off shoes and booties, and doing the reverse in  
> the evening.  Especially since my Shimano shoes are so very water- 
> welcoming.  (Yes, I've got Shimano sandals.  Even with wool socks  
> AND Sugoi Resistor booties, my feet were profoundly wet and cold on  
> the Livestrong Ride.)  So I sprung for the Pearl Izumi X-Alp Mid GTX  
> shoes.  The GTX stands for Gore-Tex.  Not the warmest shoes out  
> there, but I have the means to cope with that (three cheers for the  
> chemical toe warmer).  If it is going to be really cold and I'm  
> going to be out there all day, I could pull booties over them.  BUT,  
> I have ridden them in some major deluge conditions (across Portland  
> the day the sky opened and everything flooded and it was raining  
> sideways), and the feet came out of it pretty well.  So I've retired  
> the booties from commuting.
>
> Cheers,
> Lynne "Imelda of Gloves" F
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