Was about to say dry robes have been popular in obstacle course racing for probably 10 years or more
climbing over a pile of dryrobes? tricky...
Moved to Brighton last year. And mentioned I'd start swimming. So this Christmas I was bought a teal towel with a hole for you head. #### yeah rad old skool SoCal look.
While the Brighton guys are here. Sea swimming? All I ever see is groups of people bobbing about. Seen some swimmers, not many and they're usually 100 years old.
climbing over a pile of dryrobes? tricky…
For some of the races I've seen advertised over the years that would count as a major obstacle! There was a time when it seemed like everyone and their dog was putting on a race, often in what appeared to be little more than their back gardens.
its deffo a thing here in brighton, but then sea swimming during lockdown has really taken off too.
You know how most people you see wearing a tracksuit have never done a days exercise in their lives, well I can tell you 99% of people wearing dry-robes in Brighton probably couldn't even direct you to the beach.
climbing over a pile of dryrobes? tricky…
That made me chuckle
TBF ... Nuclear Races are the real deal. Really very good and just down the road, which is handy
Hopefully it's a stepping stone towards the real win, big furry game of thrones cloaks.
Screw fashion, they are awesome.
I've got a padded winter coat designed for Chicago-type cold, and if it's REALLY parky the DryRobe GOES ON TOP.
The only real problem is down here in the south east its 13c tomorrow and I am struggling to need more than a tsshirt and raincoat, so not much use for a dry robe until next Dec.
😀 I was about to post that they’ve become popular in Swansea with people who think they live in Gower!
@IdleJon - You mean the sort of people who refer to their suburbs as villages? 🙂 😆
When you see a few of them waddling along together they remind me of a swarm of daleks!
Dear lordy! 20 years ago we bought the big neoprene ones for wearing on a windy beach between surfing sessions. Never thought of wearing one round town. Will have to check the loft for mine.
I can tell you 99% of people wearing dry-robes in Brighton probably couldn’t even direct you to the beach.
They'll also have skinny jeans, and shoes without socks on.
I mean... you wanna be warm or not m8?!
DrP
They’ve gone down very well in Dublin. 😂
https://twitter.com/karlbrophy/status/1325404401666764801?s=21
Background story in the Grauniad from Nov 2020:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/25/shivering-dublin-bay-swimmers-slighted-for-fancy-robes
Here in sunny Shore-kipa on Sea , like Brighton, they have become a badge of pride. If you have once dipped you toe in water that is less than 15 degrees , you buy a Dry Robes you are in the cold water swimming camp , and wear it always. It is useful to identify other members of the cold swimming fraternity. Especially when worn to the shops, taking kids to school, and going for a walk down on Hove sea front.
The are big baggy things , which are like a mobile changing room , they are not flattering in the least. But I guess they hide "figure faults"
They seem to be this years version of wearing patterned welly boots on easyJet flights for weekends away.
(The irony of this is that I work as a volunteer around here in marine safety - and know who most of the "real" cold water swimmers are ...)
15° isn't cold though.
Cold weather? Handy big warm layer hanging up ready to go? Need milk, bread and a few cans of beer? Throw on, go shop, don’t give a damn. Ignore the stuck up idiots giving you a dirty look.
Cold weather? Handy big warm layer hanging up ready to go? Need milk, bread and a few cans of beer? Throw on, go shop, don’t give a damn. Ignore the stuck up idiots giving you a dirty look.
That 150 GBP big baggy warm layer. Shit, just take your duvet, it will be a warm and less cumbersome .... and cost less
(I never see anyone walking around in the Republic of B&H wearing Decathalon versions .....)
They've started to become quite popular as apres-Cyclocross garments. To be fair it's a pretty good idea if you've done a wet mid-winter CX race and you haven't got a van to warm up in.
I've actually got one of those exact camo ones, but not sure I could wear it outside of a carpark in a muddy field....
If you have once dipped you toe in water that is less than 15 degrees ,
11 months of the year then...
just take your duvet, it will be a warm and less cumbersome
You strip the bed to go to the shops? What if it's raining?
groups of Jawa’s
A friend of mine went through a phase of wearing a Moroccan Djellaba around town. He looked like a 6ft Jawa. I doubt he had just been swimming in the Medway, although I don't know for sure.
DOI here... I can actually deffo see the benefit of having one for post rides..changing into for car trip etc....
I may actually buy one!
But NEVER as a coat.
DrP
You strip the bed to go to the shops? What if it’s raining?
Put the wetsuit on ....
Bloody hell! I saw two people walking a dog in them during the cold snap in Surrey. I thought it was a bit odd but chortled to myself.
But its actually a thing! Brilliant! And there's even an anti-thing!
Love mine but won't be going for a walk in it. This has made my day. Thanks DrP.
and cost less
I’m assuming these people have already bought one. And probably found that they don’t use it nearly enough for its intended purpose to justify the money they spent. Even more reason to use it to pop out when it’s cold. You’ll be annoyed at people popping into shops wearing their Five Ten Freeriders next.
Live in rural Devon and never seen one! Had to look them up .... Still we have a fair few Devon ‘red necks’, the like of which I’ve not seen in the rest of the U.K. but bet somewhere like Lincolnshire will have them ?
My wife and daughter do a bit of wild swimming. I’m too nesh to go in when it’s really cold. Here in Sheff it’s all about the reservoirs. Soup means Sheffield outdoor plungers, their Instagram is full of people breaking the ice in their swim wear. We’ve got some of the towelling only robes in the house, and I got my wife a big turtle backpack/changing bag from swim feral for Christmas. Anything that warms you up after a chilly dip seems a Jolly Good Idea. £150 for the really warm ones though. Blimey. My daughter called me out for #everydaysexism when I pointed out this thread to her (and a segment on fighting talk on Saturday morning about the same thing.) I thing she has a point. Although someone pointed out we are a group who film ourselves riding round the woods and put it on YouTube, and there are whole tv programmes about messing around in cars, the wild swimming thing seems to be a more female friendly interest and mocking the equipment that is used to do it does seem a bit... patriarchal? Anyway I’m not in Brighton and we only see dry robes by the “Yorkshire water, cold water kills” signs up here so maybe it’s different for the sea swimmers.
Why would it be everyday sexism?
It is far from just women wearing them. Just that a majority of ows are women
Why would it be everyday sexism?
The are big baggy things , which are like a mobile changing room , they are not flattering in the least. But I guess they hide “figure faults”
I initially thought she was about to do a piece on outdoor swimming
…and pressed “record”….
…with his left hand
whenever she comes on the telly, so do I
OK - weird how this thread descended into claims of sexism. Typical STW I guess. What's that saying about a man with a hammer?
Have you seen most male ows? They would also be happy hiding figure faults.
Also all the swimmers i have swum with couldn't give a toss about that.
The bit about countryfile yeah i can see that point absolutely, but the rest of the thread is fair i thought.
Lots of my windsurfing friends wear them. Or neoprene versions, standing around in a wet wetsuit on a cold windy beach makes you really cold rather quickly
Also useful for getting changed in the car park as not everyone is slim annd under 30 and there are deffo some people who should have one and don't
She was cutting about in a camouflage pattern one a couple of weeks ago on t’tellybox
I never saw that 😉
Why would it be everyday sexism?
…with his left hand
@vdubber67 - I have to say I lust after one for post cx, but at £150 I’ll stick to trying to protect my modesty with a half-closed car door.
Alpkit do a much cheaper one
Live in rural Devon and never seen one!
don’t live near a beach or the river dart then...
Did think the jacket was a bit overkill on Countryfile.
If you just want one for protecting modesty (or not getting arrested) changing in a car park, the micro fibre ones are £20-£25.
We bought a Frostfire Moonwrap for forays into the garden with the dogs at night - it's excellent, we'll probably get another for next winter. Not sure Mrs DB would be stepping out into the Dufftown Co-op wearing it though.
FYI I got mine a couple months ago from red original https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/changing-robe-thread/
https://redoriginal.com/
SWIM20 got me 20% off
so far has been excellent/
