The more expensive Endura jackets seem to be made for people with stupidly narrow forearms.

The cheaper ones, like the Convert, are more reasonably sized – more like any other outdoor jacket I have. But the jacket materials aren’t so robust.

I tried the Venturi, Flyte and MT500 on with just a cotton shirt and they are very close fitting, with a microfleece on there is no gap.

Any suggestions for alternative hard shells to look at with as good robustness and breath-ability?

[Paclite is obviously a non-starter.]

Something like this?

Montane Velo city

Velocity

seen some recommendations for the velocity but I have also seen loads of reviews saying that it’s breath-ability is dodgy – otherwise it looks great…