Like most of you, I have a jacket (Motoport mesh) with a removable rain liner. The only time I have used it is in cold weather when I use it to block the wind. By the way - I never bother to zip in the rain liner of my Motoport - I just put it on like a jacket, then the mesh jacket after that. Zipping it in is too much hassle.
I'm thinking about buying a new jacket/pants, and am reading up on the ones that are available. My next jacket will not be mesh. I plan on buying some sort of cooling vest (probably the new Macna vest from Twisted Throttle). From everything I've read, its actually better in super hot weather to have a non-mesh jacket with a vent or two open when using a cooling vest - its a way to keep some of the cool air in the jacket.
Some of the newer jackets (like Olympia's) have rain liners AND a thermal lining, plus a venting system such as seems to be needed to make proper use of the cooling vest.
My question is this - do any of you use the rain liner in your jacket when it rains? I have not, mainly because it seem counter intuitive to put a rain coat on INSIDE your other jacket. It would seem as though rain would run down to your waist, then inside your pants. I have not, and have an Olympia rain suit I put on.
I'm thinking about buying a new jacket/pants, and am reading up on the ones that are available. My next jacket will not be mesh. I plan on buying some sort of cooling vest (probably the new Macna vest from Twisted Throttle). From everything I've read, its actually better in super hot weather to have a non-mesh jacket with a vent or two open when using a cooling vest - its a way to keep some of the cool air in the jacket.
Some of the newer jackets (like Olympia's) have rain liners AND a thermal lining, plus a venting system such as seems to be needed to make proper use of the cooling vest.
My question is this - do any of you use the rain liner in your jacket when it rains? I have not, mainly because it seem counter intuitive to put a rain coat on INSIDE your other jacket. It would seem as though rain would run down to your waist, then inside your pants. I have not, and have an Olympia rain suit I put on.