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  1. I'm looking for a rain cape that folds VERY compact....
    I'm thinking silnylon would work best.

    I want it not only for biking but to take along for
    exercise walking as well

    Any advice?


  2. Quoted message said:

    Any advice?

    http://www.seattlefabrics.com/green.html
    http://www.seattlefabrics.com/rainshed.html
    there's a parka in there -
    try the samples package.
    there's a 1.3 oz sil ripstop

  3. datakoll said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any advice?

    http://www.seattlefabrics.com/green.htmlhttp://www.seattlefabrics.com/rainshed.html
    there's a parka in there -
    try the samples package.
    there's a 1.3 oz sil ripstop

    tried ultrex or a breathable poly coated nylon? comfort standard goes
    way into another space without condensation and increased body temp.
    I have a single layer poly coated rain pant: comfortable tent sleeping
    in it at 80+ degrees and rain.

  4. datakoll said:
    Quoted message said:

    Any advice?

    http://www.seattlefabrics.com/green.html
    http://www.seattlefabrics.com/rainshed.html
    there's a parka in there -
    try the samples package.
    there's a 1.3 oz sil ripstop

    handy link! thanks dude.

  5. Quoted message said:

    tried ultrex or a breathable poly coated nylon? comfort standard goes
    way into another space without condensation and increased body temp.
    I have a single layer poly coated rain pant: comfortable tent sleeping
    in it at 80+ degrees and rain.

    have any links to a cape made form it?


  6. Quoted message said:

    From a casual search? no. Campmor.com in bicycle offers a cape.


    Seattle Fabrics in the preceeding links offers a cagoule pattern
    useable as is or moldified to suit with mesh panels - depends on how
    wet how cold. I am dubious on cape safety opposed to a tighter cagoule
    style.
    campmor has breathable's for $40. its hard to DIY beat the Chinese
    finished product for price until you go to a DIY tailored garmet with
    best quality fabric

    outdoor clothing searchs yield - see gore tex - ball crunching prices
    - $800 packs, $500 vests so a cape??? try England and East Berlin,
    Arcteryx, Patagonia

    breathables are more expensive than nylons so if you have breathable $
    $$ it's more likely you'll go with a rainsuit of breathable-W/P/B. And
    a parka's - cape side openess obviates some breathable advantage but
    not all. Goretex is heavy compared to 1.3 oz silnylon but a factor is
    rain frequency and time spent wearing it; more time moves to a
    breathable.

    A DIY parka or cape with open sides can have 1.3 with a breathable or
    goretex top back,shoulders, and hood: DIY deluxe

    search 'Rochelle Harper' and 'Penny Schwinn' and "outdoor fabrics'
    sewing a 1.3 is a 4-5 hour project with a sewing machine maybe 10 by
    hand. its no big deal. you learn as you go after reading the available
    information - all library available. See seam sealer tape/thread type.
    It's not necessary to mentally configure the total project from square
    one. Once on board you can sew gortex socks.

  7. less - a 1.3 oz cape/parka lightness may go below the accepted or
    tolerated consumer (given 95% of consumers are unbearable pigs) level
    in durability- that why light is hard to find.
    there is an ultralight backpacking crowd with a light website.

  8. datakoll said:

    less - a 1.3 oz cape/parka lightness may go below the accepted or
    tolerated consumer (given 95% of consumers are unbearable pigs) level
    in durability- that why light is hard to find.
    there is an ultralight backpacking crowd with a light website.

    "given 95% of consumers are unbearable pigs"
    !!
    --
    Andrew Muzi
    www.yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971

  9. A Muzi said:
    datakoll said:

    less - a 1.3 oz cape/parka lightness may go below the accepted or
    tolerated consumer (given 95% of consumers are unbearable pigs) level
    in durability- that why light is hard to find.
    there is an ultralight backpacking crowd with a light website.

    "given 95% of consumers are unbearable pigs"
    !!
    --
    Andrew Muziwww.yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971

    you wouldn't want me to write 95% of ultra light packpackers are
    unbearable pigs would you?

  10. Campmor Storm Venture Waterproof/Breathable Parka (For Men)
    Item Number: 77687 39.99+

  11. datakoll aka gene daniels said:

    Campmor Storm Venture Waterproof/Breathable Parka (For Men)
    Item Number: 77687 39.99+

    WHERE IS THE URL?

    --
    Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
    When did ignorance of biology become a "family value"?

  12. Quoted message said:

    Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
    When did ignorance become a "family value"?

    tom, why URL? copy the sentence , paste sentence into google search
    box, hold your breath and tap search symbol wth the cursor.

  13. datakoll aka gene daniels said:
    Quoted message said:

    Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
    When did ignorance become a "family value"?

    tom, why URL? copy the sentence , paste sentence into google search
    box, hold your breath and tap search symbol wth the cursor.


    Your posting Campmor links is a rec.bicycles.tech tradition.

    --
    Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
    When did ignorance of biology become a "family value"?

  14. awwww! ya gotta take this bs at watchcallur face value, right? In the
    category of bike clothing, having been the route for example figuring
    out what Dizylene Infermal Mesh Excaliber Plus is or better what it
    snot. When a poor innocent comes along asking a stupid question and
    too lazy to search for it, I watchucallur take pity on the slob,
    chipping in.
    I can tell you that but really, if you haven't firgured out what DIMEP
    -2oz is, you may not grok it.
    As for Campmor, my suggestion to copy and paste the sentence,
    gooooogle it - gives what?
    a self produced $pinion on the $39 parka.
    and I bought one.
    If REI or EMS had a better deal, it would $pinion.
    I buy cheap on sale stuff from Campmor, never disappointed which is
    snot what people say about uh...you know.
    my new 29er, still in parts, is a product of RBT links from recognized
    experts.

  15. A direct approach may be...
    Search: waterproof/breathable parka
    9 zillion results including right off an educational result

    http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:q19lSmJha3MJ:www.tackletour.com/reviewmhexposure2X.html+Waterproof/Breathable+Parka&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us

  16. and good humor! notice the dobby weave photo looks like pure virgin
    woven polyethlyene.
    but the field shot needs a cow flop on the right hem.

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