Am I the only one who thought rain pants were a complete gimmick?

I swear for like 2 years I just biked through rain in jeans and showed up to the office looking like a drowned rat. Finally caved and bought a $30 pair from a random shop near Union Station in Denver last month, figured they'd be useless. First real downpour hit and my legs stayed bone dry, I actually laughed out loud on the bike path. Anyone else resist buying something simple for way too long?

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leo_lopez22d ago

$30 at a random shop in Denver? I'd have bet my left shoe that thing would fall apart in a week.

jesse98822d ago

Wait @leo_lopez, you really think $30 is cheap for something that works? I beat the hell out of those cheap rain pants for months and they held up fine. Sometimes the random shop stuff is actually legit.

faith_torres8322d ago

Lol @jesse988 you're kinda right but also not. $30 at a random shop in Denver isn't cheap for rain pants that actually last, especially when you can get a solid pair online for like $25 that's been tested by real hikers. I got a pair at a gas station in Moab for $15 once and they ripped on day two. You probably just got lucky with those random shop ones but most of the time that price point is a gamble not a deal.