Before you make your buy, I highly recommend you call Lou at Foxwear (http://www.foxwear.net/). He is a cyclist himself and makes wonderful biking jackets that I have had enormous success with in the rain. Just talk to him. Tell him what you want, how you ride, where you live. He will make you the perfect jacket that will fit like a glove. He uses polartec fabrics. I cannot recommend him enough.