Specialized Trail Wind Jacket review

The Specialized Trail Wind Jacket is one of those cliché ‘goto’ garments. For what I appreciate in a 3-season jacket, this ticks all boxes.

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By ben_haworth

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Specialized Trail Wind Jacket review

 I also want half-zip smock design

No, I don’t want anything that I have to take off by pulling it up and over my head.

So many tradeoffs for a marginal weight and packability benefit of having half less zip than a jacket.

Although the half zip rather than quarter might mean it can be pulled over a helmet.

I still cannot understand why so many cycling jacket hoods don’t have a ‘tie down’ of some kind for when not in use. I do use my hood on accasion on a cold day – my Scott one fits neatly under a helmet (is a strong look), but it flaps like crazy when not in use…

my Scott one fits neatly under a helmet (is a strong look)

Pics or it didn’t happen.

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In the past I’ve either cut off or stitched down the hood on Pertex wind shells as I have no need for them and they just flap in the wind.

I’m a big fan of 1/2 zip outers but not ones with hoods, so it’s a shame that’s not an option.  I mainly bike in an Alpkit Morphosis 1/2 zip which seems comparable, although  heavier.

another similar option is the RAB Borealis – I’ve used one for years, great bit of kit for everything other than heavy rain

Pics or it didn’t happen

this has me thinking about the world record for number of pennies under a foreskin.