This time last year was when I started taking cycling more seriously and going out to ride rather than just a leisure trip on a nice sunny day and bought proper lighting so can go out in the evenings and continue throughout the winter evenings.

I bought a decent Altura Evo jacket which whilst it's OK for the really cold winter winters days (even then it's almost too hot) so bought a more light weight running style jacket for not so cold days but even that whist it's cooler when I set out quickly warms up and becomes quite sweaty ... I'm guessing I'm just buying the wrong things.

What do most people wear ... I'm not going to be going out in the rain but the worst thing around here is the wind can be cold and hence why I've tended to go for windproof jacket type clothing as I imagine if I wore a light jersey the wind would just go straight through it on a bad day and I'd be freezing ... flip side windproof is probably less breathable hence why the sweat builds up?

Silly thing is my Altura Jacket could easily be my favourite for walking the dog on the beach on a cold windy day but you look a bit of a knob end wearing something quit so high vis just to walk the dog

My typical sort of cycling is a hard 20 miles but fairly flat on a mountain bike and a mix between quite bumpy off road tracks and country lanes .. if that helps.

I just can't seem to get the balance right at the moment and don't want to waste more money buying what is reasonably expensive gear that's just not right so any help really would be appreciated.