Mandy
Many years ago I used to cycle to work, and with a change of job started to use my car. I am looking at getting an electric bike so as not to use my car.
When I did cycle I used a cycle cape and my bike had good mudguards and a mudflap on the front mudguard.
The cape was from Raleigh, and had a hood, your hands went through loops and this held it onto the handlebars, I used those cycle gloves with chopped off fingers and a gel palm.
I didn't get wet much, my hands and body were dry, the mudguards and mudflap stopped most of the spray from the front wheel, the cape stopped most of the rain, and being open underneath there wasn't any problem with sweat, apart from my own through pedalling (which I got whether it was wet or dry!!).
I don't know whether you can still buy capes, I'll try a Google search, because if I get an electric bike I will certainly want another cape for wet weather.
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