Originally Posted by
Wogsterca
Not sure about the SP, I don't use a cycling specific jacket, just the same water proof wind cheater I use for everything else....
This is the best way to go, by far.
Originally Posted by
maidenfan
I've got a $550.00 Mountain Hardwear Gortex Proshell super blah, blah blah and its still always soaking wet on the inside when I get home from whatever aerobic activity I do (dry on the outside, lol). The trick is layering "light" and going up from there. Just accept you're gonna get wet on the inside from sweat (if you ride, run, snowshoe, etc hard like I do).
Meh. It doesn't have to be like that. First, try a merino base layer, around 100 grams per square meter. That won't prevent sweat, but it will make it a hell of a lot more tolerable ... to the point that you won't always know you've been sweating. If it's cold out, use a cashmere mid layer. Cashmere loses its insulation when you begin to sweat, and I wind up not sweating at all in the stuff, even climbing steep hills, up to about 50 F. Finally, you can get a jacket that's mostly waterproof ( thanks to being DWR compatible, not to the fabric itself ) and mostly windproof, that adds almost zero in terms of insulation. I don't sweat in my Arc'teryx Accelero windbreaker jacket ( about $430 less than your Mountain Hardware ) until I stop moving, thanks to the faint breeze it lets through, and I can go a couple hours in a downpour before it soaks through, as long as I shake the water off from time to time. It's a great hiking jacket, too.