Riding pants
About 18 months ago I bought a pair of BMW pants made of some sort of magic fabric: they breathe when it's hot, close up when it's cold and for the first 12 months they really did not let a single drop in. The weakness is always at the pocket zips - about 6 weeks ago I rode non stop in the rain for three hours and I was wet to the toe tips inside my (still waterproof after a year) offroad boots. And it was never over 12 deg C. At the price I think only a year's good performance is simply not enough and I won't buy them again. But they still look decent.
End of 2005 in South America I wore weatherproof (lined) pants and I will not EVER do that again. They should sell those things with a trailer full of sugar soap and deodorant!
The BMW pants' armour is still the most comfortable I've experienced and now I just take a rain suit along...
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