Re: [ST] cold air and zippers

[Erik Miner <eeminer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All the gear I have has flaps over the zippers....And when it gets cold, 
below 45 I wear my Gerbings liner.. can't imagine not having one 
anymore..being cold is for ......






At 09:03 AM 11/13/2004, you wrote:
>People were staring at me like they were afraid of me when I stopped for 
>gas.  I guess not only because I was riding in 40 degree weather, but with 
>stripes of duct tape all over my jacket and the unruly hair sticking up in 
>all directions and the runny nose, I probably looked a little crazy.
>
>Tim E
>
>Steve Lawler wrote:
>>In a previous email, triumph1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx stated:
>>
>>>Yesterday I rode 250 miles at 40 degrees.  I have several zippers on my 
>>>leather jacket and tried covering them with duct tape to see if air 
>>>could be stopped from entering the jacket.  It actually worked well, but 
>>>after an hour or so the tape started to loose it's ability to stick to 
>>>the jacket.  Is there a certain type of tape that with withstand the 
>>>cold and maintain it's adhesion to leather?


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