Based on your link to the LL Bean anorak I'm sensing that we may have different tastes in cycling gear, but I have been using the Bontrager RL Convertible Softshell Jacket for the last two years. I got it big enough to wear a few layers underneath so it has a temperature range from about 20-55F. Below 20 I switch to a gore tex shell, but I have become a big fan of the softshell material. My only cycling jacket with a hood is a gore raincoat with a removable hood that I have never actually used in real life.
Last edited by kingston; 11-13-14 at 07:14 AM.
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