Does 3-layer gear get sticky?

[Vern]

All these wonder fabrics that are breathable are mainly bollox if you're sat on a bike.They're made for yomping across mountains or running.If you're not producing the heat,to turn the sweat into vapour,it ain't going nowhere.That's why your inner thighs always feel wet and clammy when you ride in the winter,the sweat has nowhere to go.

I've got an old plastic motorcross jacket I wear over the top of my jacket or roadcrafter.It stops all the drafts getting through,your jacket never has to dry out afterwards and all your pockets are totally waterproof.

Gortex of whatever branded wonder stuff you use,is about as effective as a bin liner in the real world.

There you go,pick the bones out of that then

 

[Mutley]

There you go,pick the bones out of that then

Feck orf

 

[stolzy]

Goretex is a totally bogus idea on a motorcycle.

1. There is rarely such a lack of ventilation in motorcycle gear that a breathable membrane makes any difference. That noise you can hear is 70mph wind blast, the breathability of a gortex membrane is trivial compared a slightly opened sleeve cuff.
2. Goretex doesn't really work on a bike - the thermal gradient needed to push the water vapour out isn't really present when the wearer is essentially sitting still
3. When it rains all the outer layers get wet and the subsequent evaporation in the wind blast can make you dangerously cold. You will still feel wet, even if your T-shirt is still dry.
4. Your suit will now be entirely sodden and will keep you cold for the next 24hrs as it dries in the wind-blast
4. If you have to stop to put the liner in, why not avoid getting undressed at the side of the road and put on a rain suit, all your gear will remain dry.

Goretex is a perfect example of fake-featurism. Its sole purpose is to make us spend more for exotic materials we don't need.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

So, what I don't understand then is why in normal textile gear I sweat and get wet. In 'me too Gortex' brands I sweat and stay dry. In Gortex gear I don't sweat and I stay dry?

In my real world experience it works for me.

Andres