Guess I should check my own threads sometime eh?
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Originally Posted by sheepstealer
Deviant, SGBoarder what kind of riding/where do you guys mostly ride?
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Midwest here, venture east now and again but with the Great Lakes our weather changes pretty quickly (tonight turning to rain suddenly)
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Originally Posted by sheepstealer
How's the sizing? From what I'm reading its pretty average, not too tight but not too baggy?
Can't decide between a medium and a large. I'm 5'11" , 170 lbs. Any thoughts? About to pull the trigger on the "earth" color at backcountry.com.
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Not sure if you already bought it, but for you I'd probably go large. 5 foot 8 155 here and I wear a medium.
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Originally Posted by treedodger
from someone who has this jacket, is it waterproof enough? it only has a 10,000mm waterproof rating. I have always used 200,000 mm rating and that would concern me.
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10,000 in my opinion is fine for almost any type of riding. Majority of us don't ride in constant rain or lay on the snow for long so I dont think its an issue. My HellyHansen pants are 10k waterproof as well and its fine for the riding I do as well.
Edit: Sorrry Shred, almost forgot you:
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Originally Posted by ShredLife
no wrist gaiters is a +. they would just shorten the life of the jacket if these shells are really what they're made out to be.
mesh liner??? you mean there is a separate, loose layer of mesh flapping around between you and the shell like some cheap warm-up/track suit?  fuck that. i'll never buy anything with that bullshit.
i like the idea behind the collar but if it come up to your goggles that's too high. i like to ride with my collar zipped all the way up ~90% of the time and this seems like it might be too much. i will only buy jackets with this style of one piece hood/collar (no collar behind the neck just hood) so the design is good with me - but if it has a mesh liner it is not a shell and i wouldn't wear it. |
The mesh is like a vest, arms aren't included in that material, and it's not removable.
The collar only comes up to my goggles when I have the hood up. Otherwise on the lift in the wind I tuck my face down into the collar.