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Hi all- any recommendations for a summer suit? I'm looking for something that allows airflow but isn't just denim reinforced with Kevlar. Over the years I've tried various BMW suits, Joe Rocket gear, and an Aerostich. My current setup is a BMW Airflow 2, which isn't bad but is giving way slowly. My backup Streetguard is really heavy and hot. I'm in Central Illinois where it can get fairly hot- 90-100F with high humidity. Any thoughts on Rukka gear? Much obliged. IGC

Thanks much Wessie.

Another fan of Rukka mesh gear for summer riding here (I have a full 'Forsair' suit). Highly recommended.
As well as a waterproof oversuit in case of rain, I also carry a lightweight Klim Zephyr windproof jacket when away on tour - it's windproof, intended for wearing under the mesh jacket on cooler days, and doubles as a lightweight jacket for the evenings.

I have the summer Klim pants and light coat. The pants never fit that well, and I like to wear the klims pants over my carhartt style pants I wear all the time. But I just wasn't able to get the klim summer pants in a large enough waist to do that well. It barely worked for a while, then I washed them and no way they will fit now. Also the pads don't really stay home where there supposed to be. The knee pad is always down on the chin it seems.
So I already knew the carhartt type jeans are double walled in the front with a pocket for a knee pad to be inserted. So I took the knee pads out of the klims and put those in my regular carhartt jeans. Then I hung the hip pads from the klims in my carhartt jeans from a belt loop on the out side. With the right amount of slack, this keeps your hip pad right over your hips better that any other system I've used including the bicycle set up I use. I'm pretty happy with this as I no longer have to step out of the klims when I go somewhere, with my regular pants on under the klims, of course.
I also noted that I am much more physically agile with just the one pants on. The Klims are 6 inches too long anyway and greatly impede my movement on and off the bike. I am wondering if this may have contributed to my dumping the GS in a parking lot, a month ago. The first ride with the new set up was on the RS. The RS is much easier for me to handle, as I can get all my weight off of it standing over it. Much lighter, lower center, than the GS in feel for sure.
This new set up is a little agrarian but gives me much better feel and control I think and the pads do stay home, right where you really need them.
The Klim coat I really like and it didn't seem to be as affected by the wash in size so it stays ....

In hot weather, I wear a Klim Induction Pro, single layer Belstaff AA rated jeans and TCX sneaker style riding shoes. The latter are probably the weakest link.

Rukka is definitely top notch.

Zitat von Paul911 im Beitrag #6

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In hot weather, I wear a Klim Induction Pro, single layer Belstaff AA rated jeans and TCX sneaker style riding shoes. The latter are probably the weakest link.

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I wear Daytona MX boots- they're not great to walk around in and it can get warm in them but the protection seems worth it. The last time I went down the boots were critical in reducing injury to a fractured fibula. Else, it would have been a lot worse.