In heavy rain, the breathable clothing fails quickly, because it can not be properly sealed.
Taking garments made of waterproof material, although barely penetrates rain from the outside inwards. Unfortunately, quickly collects the body's own sweat under the plastic and thus directly in the clothes you wear underneath.
After a short time you can be soaking wet even without rainfall, depending on their own efforts.
The poncho is a good compromise here. As rain falls mostly from above, he can keep the cyclists (or pedestrian) very dry, but well ventilated from below and the sweat can evaporate.
That works out to test drive with the sleeveless poncho on the bike better, since the entire upper body under the wide-spreading hood "breathe".
Getting wet is easier but at the bottom of the trouser legs. Both by splashing from the tires as well as by passing motor vehicles (bike path next street) or in strong wind.
Who really runs in any weather, so it should still supplement overshoes or leggings for Poncho. They keep shoes and pants leg cuff dry without immediately to clothe the entire trousers waterproof.
I took to the Vaude Gaitor Long overshoes, which also fits into the pocket of the wound rain ponchos.
This little package I took every day on my way to work. approximately 6,000 km in the last year and about 20 times estimated by the pouring rain.
Unfortunately my poncho is a few weeks ago fallen unnoticed by bike, when he broke away from the well-Porter.
So I thought for a moment that I should get a new solution and decided now again to Vaude Valdipinio in XXL. Because I know what to expect.
I am 1,87m tall and wearing clothing size 58-60, the poncho is clamped while driving back under the buttocks and the front under the handlebars. To enter characters or to hold me at traffic lights, I take out the bottom and lifting the poncho slightly.
While there are openings to reach through, but I have to close my arm and then spans the fabric sharply, what brings me to a lot of train at the handlebars as this is unlike my sitzfleisch movable.
So I'm not only dry but also safely through the city traffic.
I bought originally the blue color variant, but was surprised that the sample images shown in the network and on Amazon much brighter colors promised. Blue is actually a dark navy blue and reflective properties I could never watch.
Because to me the colors yellow and mango but perhaps would be susceptible to dirt, I now ordered a red poncho and am already looking forward to the actual color.
I go to around 270 days per year from Bremen to Stuhr and get back to work with just under 9,000 kilometers of driving performance are provided in the year. In case of rain, wind, snow and ice, but, if you even in bright sunshine.
Against snow and ice my bike is also equipped with disc brakes and when needed winter tires. For the summer I take like the bottle holder for a cool drink or I buckle my prolonged tour a 3L hydration pack to.
And against the rain I use this poncho, the Vaude Valdipinio in XXL, now in red and can highly recommend it.
