Reply To: Jacket Recommendations, Texas Weather
August 6, 2009 at 9:27 pm
#21322
eternal05
Participant
This is a very light-weight, breathable, and comfortable mesh jacket for hot-weather riding (especially if you get it in white). It’s also affordable brand new ($150). The big problem with this jacket is that it is visibly flimsier than more expensive/protective jackets and causes me to question its durability in a high-speed crash. It has CE-certified armor in the joints, but the material and stitching seems like it would really suffer in a slide.
As eon hinted, we’ve just had a brutal heat-wave (for Seattle) recently, setting the highest temperature documented in recorded history at 103 degrees. This jacket saved my ass during that stretch, though I’ve gone back to leather now that it’s cooled down.