How Does Waterproof Gear Work?
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2016
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Aaron and I discuss the history of waterproof gear, from animal skins to Gore-Tex and everything in between. We also talk about what it means for a material to be waterproof yet breathable, and how waterproof gear can help mountain bikers.
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| 0:20.1 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. |
| 0:23.0 | My name is Jeff, and today Aaron and I are here to talk about waterproof gear, |
| 0:28.7 | specifically waterproof gear for mountain biking. |
| 0:31.7 | So we're going to be talking about jackets and shoes and socks |
| 0:36.1 | and basically anything you can get to waterproof your body for |
| 0:40.4 | going out on the trail. So, Aaron, I know you did some research about the history of waterproof |
| 0:46.6 | gear. Can you walk us through that history and talk about some of the challenges of the various |
| 0:53.6 | solutions over the years? |
| 0:54.9 | For sure. I actually had fun researching this topic. Didn't realize so much went into this. |
| 1:01.8 | So obviously, probably the earliest form of waterproof gear was animal skins. So, you know, |
| 1:08.8 | you kill an animal and you skin it and you then wear that skin. So, you know, you kill an animal and you skin it and you then wear that |
| 1:12.8 | skin. So, you know, the animal's hair and the leather itself, the skin will help keep you |
| 1:19.2 | warm and dry. But obviously it's, you know, it's pretty rudimentary. You're not going to be |
| 1:24.6 | mountain biking in a fur jacket. |
| 1:28.6 | At least most of us won't be. |
| 1:29.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.7 | It's not very fashionable. And also I imagine it's heavy and potentially kind of stinky. |
| 1:34.3 | Definitely could be. |
| 1:35.7 | And then you move into the Inuits actually used seal and whale intestines. |
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