J.Schaef

I think that smiths gold and blue sensor are both pretty close to a persimmon lens.

I haven't seen a persimmon lens in their lineup. At least not for the goggles I own.....

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NWBoarder

I rock and Airblaster Ninja Suit for my base layer. I may or may not throw a t-shirt on over it. Then I have a 25k Columbia Titanium series jacket that is a 3 in 1. Usually I just need the shell, but if it's really pouring, or really freezing, I'll zip in the extra jacket. I have some 20k Ripzone pants that have been going great for 3 seasons now. Last season I did use the Nikwax wash-in waterproofing refresher. Made my gear function as good as it did on day 1. I highly recommend it if you've been riding the same outerwear for a while. As for goggle lenses for cloudy days, I use my Oakley H.I. Yellow and it is great. I really haven't found a better light for the ultra grey, ultra flat light we get out here in the PNW.

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walove

Grundens work for those days with snain

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jackthelad

The Red Iridium/Persimon Airbrakes i bought
will they be good for whistlerBlackcomb,
should i get a spare clear lense? or feel free to suggest
John

jtg

So I ended up going with gore-tex everything and a very lightly insulated pants/jacket. Even with that, I'm still finding it a little warm after a few runs so far, but not too bad.

The biggest thing was actually the goggles...I didn't expect to upgrade those, but my RC36 lenses (36% VLT) had me riding on brail most of the day. Just got some blue sensor mirror (70%) and love them...big visibility improvement in flat light. I went with the smith phenom frames to save a bit, and I kind of regret not going with the I/O and getting a larger field of view. Not too happy about the blind spot area on the phenoms, but I'll manage.

J.Schaef

Well hot damn. You'll fit right in now. Goggles aside, you probably wont regret much. I actually found the phenom to be a little larger field of view than my old I/O.

I am on a set of I/Ox this year, and they are fairly large. Best goggle I have used to date. Very fog free.

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irrballsac

I upgraded my phenoms to the Io/s. I've only gotten to ride with them once so far, but they were badass. I never had issues with blind spots, or any hidden terrain. I love the swap-ability of the lenses too, although haven't had to use it yet.