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Old 11-02-14 | 02:10 PM
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From: Portland, OR

Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder

I've been using the Showers Pass Event for a few years now. Very well made. Very well thought out. Full lining so there is little risk of tearing the waterproof/vapor permeable barrier. It does not fold up into jersey pocket size, so it doesn't go for long rides unless I know it is going to rain the whole way but for commuting, shopping, etc. it is great, Just a jacket. But really well thought out for riding. Everyone at Showers Pass rides. Very easy company to deal with. They are here in Portland so I can just walk in there. Did so once with one of their lighter jackets on which the coil zipper was failing. They went in back and got me another. Later, the pres told me he hated those zippers and they had changed. (I do have to cough up the bucks to get one of the newer ones.) The woman who gave me the new one demonstrated how to wiggle the zipper to prolong its life.

I am a lean/skinny 150 pounds @ 6' and wear a medium so I cannot project if these jackets will work for you. My Burley is a small and actually larger.

Details on both the Event and Elite (without the inside liner, therefore stuffable but prone to barrier rips, after which they are superb dry weather windbreakers): Double zippers, zipped armpit vents, back vents, velcro cuffs, sleeves you can push up, reflecting tape on arms and back, drawstrings at neck and waist. Event has 4 pockets. Old Elite has only one. (New Elite is carefully packed to ride and I won't look now.)

The Burley. It is a more substantial jacket but not as good vapor/sweat-wise. It is a better pure winter/cold/hard rain jacket. I rarely use it. It is green hi-visibily not yellow and I sweat too much in it. But it is very good quality and I am glad I have it for those few times (here in Portland, OR) when it is right. Oh, and it does have a two way zipper. I won't even try on a jacket that doesn't have that. (Unzipping from the bottom a couple of inches goes a long ways to making too much clothing underneath more comfortable on the bike plus I can get into my jersey pockets and keep my pocket contents and myself dry.)

Ben
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