Winter Clothing

Absolutely not. I might be tempted if they had shin guards too, but that's just half a pair of decent waterproofs! It would be good if I could have something I could wear on my motorbike too, and without shinguards these just don't cut it.

Where does the water run off? If you're wearing jeans, surely the run off will wick and you'll get soaked anyway. Also, spray from the road is going to kick up under these things. God I hate them.

Unless most of your commute involves standing still then you're always going to get soaked if you wear jeans. Cotton on a bike is shit.

The road spray issue is sorted with a mudguard.