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Article #63672Re: MEC Gore-Tex cycling tights
From: Rick Younie
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 17:50
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 17:50
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Frank Lemire (frankl@CAM.ORG) wrote: : In article <386lcp$qsf@wolfe.wimsey.com>, : Darren Stone <stoned@vanbc.wimsey.com> wrote: : >Does anyone have good or bad things to say about Moutain Equipment Coop's : >Gore-Tex cycling tights? (The spandex ones with a Gore-Tex front surface.) : > : >How well do they stand up to a lot of _constant_ mud and washings? : >Ie, daily commuting/bush-whacking, washed weekly. : Well, I've still got the pair I bought last fall, and they survived a : entire winter of riding through whatever the world threw at me on the A cycling buddy said the new Mountain Equipment Coop's catalog recommends machine washing the Gore-Tex clothing regularly in hot water and drying in the dryer. I have an Entrant cycling jacket that I've always hand washed in cool water and hung to dry and it's pretty much dead. The thing soaks up water like wool now. It worked well for a couple years though. Rick --
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