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Old 07-09-15 | 07:55 PM
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Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26

I am quite happy with my Mountain Hardwear Chinley 3L (but for cycling I would go with the Quasar Lite) It has a very air permeable membrane and the one I have is reasonably light but has more features for my main uses off the bike so that is why I would recommend the Quasar.

I have yet to try the Sugoi RSE Neoshell jacket but I have used Neoshell early on and it was quite air permeable and really felt great. I have read good reviews on it and it is more cycling specific so it might be more up your alley and maybe a touch cheaper?!

Gore-Tex is super durable but is not as good in the air permeability department but if I had to go with a jacket with GTX I would certainly go for Arc'Teryx their goal is to make durable high performance products without a lot of excess. They do a good job using micro seam tape to help keep the air permeability up and use high quality face fabrics and construction to make a tough yet comfortable product. They don't make cycling specific GTX jackets (at least not that I have seen yet) but there stuff is top-notch.
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