Originally Posted by
HardyWeinberg
That sounds really cool but it is back-ordered. Also, even the one review that said it was better than e-vent (but worse than gore-tex) reinforces my suspicion that there's no such thing as a breathable rain jacket for biking past a Danish pathway kind of pace.
Although the MEC coat sounds like it has the serious mechanical ventilation to make up for that deficiency.
The SP jackets do a pretty good job at mech. venting, too. The touring jacket has a full back vent, long pit zips, and scoop cuffs so you get a draft up the sleeves, too.
Where the touring falls short on ventilation is in the oversized cut of the jacket. It's pretty big, so it does trap a lot of air and even fully vented open you can generate a good amount of humidity inside there.