one piece suits

[Jud]

I'd bet it's losing pressure steadily, but slowly. Eventually the pressure gets too low to hold up the weight of the bike, and now it looks flat. This is a rare situation where I have made aerosol fix-a-flat work for me. It almost never works, but if the leak is slow enough, it just might hold to where you can do a more permanent fix (read: put in a new tube. I only use patches for when all my tubes are leaky).

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Robert Waters wrote: > > I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the tube. After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air it up. It stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting low, but then I go to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it up and it does the same thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60 years old and have never seen this happen. Could it be the patch holding at "high pressure" but when it leaks off slowly and gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat? > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[Jud]

The Roadcrafter was never meant to be a rain suit. Andy has never claimed that they are waterproof. The one-piece was his original design, meant as a commuter suit to be worn over business clothes. It will keep you pretty dry behind a fairing, and can be improved in this regard by sealing the seams and treating the fabric with Nikwax. Its salient virtue was the ease of getting it on and off. He made the first 2-piece Roadcrafter in response to demand from touring riders. From that point on, he began to design his suits for touring, esp. the Darien line with a roomier fit and zip-in liners. I have had a couple of two-piece Roadcrafters, never a one piece. Now I use a Darien jacket with my Roadcrafter pants with the bib extension. I have never had a problem with fabric flapping with any of them. The darien is not perfectly waterproof, but it is better than the Roadcrafter jacket. You can stay warm in a Roadcrafter by wearing a fleece jacket under it. Electric clothing will keep you warmer yet. An unlined Roadcrafter can be pretty chilly, but you have to dress for the weather. There is plenty of riding gear for a lot less money. I have bought a lot of it, and some of it is quite good, including First Gear. When I fall down, I prefer to be wearing Aerostich gear. I am not a shill for Andy; in fact I barely know him, but I have been wearing his gear since the late 1980s. It is good stuff, if expensive. You probably would not be able to buy the wide variety of synthetic riding gear that is available today if not for Andy's pioneering work in developing his gear and the market.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Shane" wrote: > > Do we have any riders using one piece suits? > I have used a Tourmaster for 12 years and loved it. Recently a friend bought the newest tourmaster and it is worlds away a better suit. 12 years really has made a difference here! So I finally pull the trigger on an Aeorstitch, $1079.! Heavy trigger pull. I have bought good bikes for less. The suit arrived and I am very much amazed at it! It would appear the tourmaster is a far better suit, at $400.! They are both made of the same cloth. There are several features the master has which the aero does not. A zip out lining for starters! I have been very cold riding WITH the liner in my old suit, I wouldn't want to go w/o one. The master has straps on the arms & legs to snug things up, not the aero. This is very important feature as that is what killed my old suit. The wind tears the seams on the arms & legs if loose at all. As for waterproof, well the only thing I have found waterproof is a bridge, or food stop. Anyone have any time with either of these? >