I do like Matt does, following lots of experimenting with other methods. I also use backpacker rain pants, but these go over rather than under my "waterproof/breathable" armored riding pants. I'm sure that an oversuit would work at least as well as anything else; the key, as far as I can tell, is having two layers of "waterproof" gear on simultaneously.
FWIW, breathability is irrelevant when riding in the rain. Wetted-out gore-tex isn't functionally breathable either.
I'm still irritated that my US$600 jacket has pockets which fill up with water two inches deep whenever it rains. And I don't understand why it is (apparently) impossible to use zipper pulls which do not split, shatter or decompose within a year of use.
But that's just me.
enjoy,
Mark
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