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having hummed and hawed for a few weeks, particulary at the £140 price tag for a bike jacket that I didn't [i]really[/i] need. I ventured out with new said attire last night. Not a hugely cold night at around 4 degrees, but with a thinnish merino long sleeeved base layer it was well toasty, and coped well with sweat, snow and ice.
so far so good 😛
Nice one Iain!
Mine got a damn good "workout" last night. 16 mile night ride much of it brushing brambles/falling off.
I do get a wee bit sweaty in mine (forgot to open the vents) but it soon dries out. Also wore a merino base layer.
What colour? I was only "allowed" to get bright yellow!
yeah, I opened the vents up a bit - pretty effective and clever positioning to miss the Camelbak straps. I went for a red one 😛
I was hoping red was bright enough but no, it had to be lumo yellow. Getting used to it now. Vents do make a lot of difference - I run with them fully open and hardly sweat at all (well I do sweat but it gets wicked away). I think the vents are more key to the breathability than the material.
Some nice touches too - the rubber "gripper" bit on the droptail, the hardcore zips, the "split" zip cuffs, etc, etc.