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Bike Jacket

  • 01-04-2013 8:10pm
    #1
    Tobyglen
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    I'm doing the cycleforsuicide charity cycle at the end of this month & I have been looking all week for a good bike jacket & can't seem to decide on one, budget circa €80-€130 . Is Altura a good make? Anyone even selling a 2nd hand one? Any handy websites? Thanks


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  • #2
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Altura is indeed a good brand, generally known for being hard wearing and weatherproof. Very popular with commuters.

    DHB is also known for good value, check them out on Wiggle.co.uk

    Do you think you will want something rain-proof or something soft-shell?


  • #3
    Tobyglen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 719 ✭✭✭Tobyglen


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Altura is indeed a good brand, generally known for being hard wearing and weatherproof. Very popular with commuters.

    DHB is also known for good value, check them out on Wiggle.co.uk

    Do you think you will want something rain-proof or something soft-shell?

    Thanks- I'll check those up now, i would like something to be soft-shell. I was looking at these jackets earlier, seem to be very good but a bit pricey.

    http://www.cyclesportsuk.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=12692&cPath=79

    Maybe this might be more sensible

    http://www.cyclesportsuk.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=7045&cPath=79#


  • #4
    BUACHAILL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,925 ✭✭✭BUACHAILL


    What size are you in a jacket ?? Selling an altura one in xxl. Ordered an xl and arrived in a double never bothered sending it back. Worn a handful of times in great condition

    Tobyglen wrote: »
    Thanks- I'll check those up now, i would like something to be soft-shell. I was looking at these jackets earlier, seem to be very good but a bit pricey.

    http://www.cyclesportsuk.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=12692&cPath=79

    Maybe this might be more sensible

    http://www.cyclesportsuk.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=7045&cPath=79#


  • #5
    Tobyglen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 719 ✭✭✭Tobyglen


    BUACHAILL wrote: »
    What size are you in a jacket ?? Selling an altura one in xxl. Ordered an xl and arrived in a double never bothered sending it back. Worn a handful of times in great condition

    M or maybe L. Shame. Where did you buy it?


  • #6
    BUACHAILL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,925 ✭✭✭BUACHAILL


    Tobyglen wrote: »
    M or maybe L. Shame. Where did you buy it?

    Got it from wiggle


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  • #7
    cython
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭cython


    I picked up one of these a few weeks back at short notice (somehow I had gone several years without investing in a proper jacket) when I was due to do a cycle from Maynooth to Galway with a bad forecast (Friday the 22nd of March, if you remember the weather then?), and I have to say my top half was both dry, and reasonably warm, which was all I could really ask of the jacket with a few of the downpours we had.


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