On the Road Again!

The Haro story continues. After a year of riding in good weather only, today's ride to FWR was the first time the Haro trousers had been out. Probably not the best photo about!! Not the first time out of the wardrobe. They came out on Sunday for the Ring of Red, except with 6psi rear tyre meant that was as far as they got. Today with an expected high of 12°C I decided to wear them matched to the Oxford Warmdry.  I dug the Frank Thomas Aqua Jacket out as well. Another first time in 2021. It all worked very well. The temperature gauge on Vera showed a high of 13° in traffic in London. The main problem is that they don't have a traditional zip fly but a gusset with zipper. This means when you need a widdle, you need the sit down loo rather than the normal stand up. I stopped at Maidstone Services to try that out for size ... Phew. All in all I did about 140 miles today and was pretty comfortable all day. The last blog with Haro as the subject:  http://invictamoto.blogspot.com/201...

A while ago, I can't remember when, I bought a pair of cordura biking trousers.  These are the sort that replace ordinary jeans. They are waterproof and come with knee armour. I "found" them in the wardrobe and they still had the labels on. I have no idea where they disappeared to and how long they have been in there. As rain was expected I decided to give them a go.  Amazingly they fitted and were pretty comfortable. After last week on the trip to France when it rained for over half the trip, and I wore my Kevlar lined cargo pants and Held waterproof over trousers, and was uncomfortable I was actually looking online before I found these. I wore them for a total of 93 miles on the bike plus over seven hours standing watching the BSB racing.  The only problem is that they have a gusset affair at the front instead of the normal zip or button fly. Going to the loo for a Number One is none too easy. In the end the were comfortable and waterproof.  Th...

Bike trousers that is. With the weather turning cold I decided to spend some money on another pair of padded textile trousers. The last pair did okay for a cheap pair, but eventually (and embarrassingly) split around the crotch. I suppose I was trying to pack more in than they were designed for.... 😎 Like an over stuffed sausage, something had to give. The problem with being rather portly is that the trendy makes think that an XXL waist is 36"!   Many of these companies, you all know who they are, cater for five foot tall, 100lb soaking wet, Latin Moto3 GP riders in the main. Not that one of them will ever wear a pair of Cordura and lined for all weather trousers..... So after trawling about on Black Friday, something else we have accepted from our US cousins, I found one of the large online bike shops, Ghostbikes, selling larger sizes.  I entered the discount code and was pleasantly surprised to get a good few pounds off and free delivery.  Next day. ...