Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I can't recommend boots, but I have a favorite jacket for sure: Acr'teryx Accelero. Best performing jacket I own (out of like 15) for aerobic exercise. It's more of a wind breaker, lets about 1/3 of the air through, which works really well, I never overheat while I'm moving. It uses DWR for water repellancy (sp?) and it works amazingly well. Rain beads up on the outside of the jacket, takes about 20 minutes to soak through. As long as I shake my arms out every now and then, I can ride for hours and stay pretty dry. I also ski and backpack in mine, I just layer appropriately for the conditions I expect to face.
Since this thread got bumped back to the front page, I might as well post an update. My favorite and most heavily used and recommended jacket is no longer being made. The dead bird says they don't have any more in the warehouse.
Glad I have two. I'm probably going to order two more even though I can only get it in a homely color.