After not having been on a bike with me for about 30 years, the wife has decided that she wants to get out and about with me on the bike again. Saturday saw us in the car heading for J&S Accessories in Hamilton to get her a set of new gear.The guys in the shop were great and spent an age getting us sorted out with a good set of reasonably priced textile gear.
The gear is based around an IXS ladies textile suit of zip together jacket and trousers with waterproof membrane and removable thermal liners. It looks like good quality kit, with well finished seams and sturdy zippers. It is not top of the range by any means, but it looks like it should last a good few seasons. Hopefully we will not need to test the waterproofing system to often!
Just an HJC IS-17 in pink rocket colour scheme, to arrive next week, will top of all that black gear.
Sunday morning came round and we were out on the RT for a 'short' spin to see if she would still be OK and feel comfortable on the bike. 95 miles later I can safely say I will be doing fewer solo miles of a weekend in the future.....
Just to try and plant a few seeds, I have dropped the maps of France in her works bag so she will have something to enjoy with her Monday morning coffee!
