Originally Posted by Shiznaz
Damnit! My cycling jacket is 2 years old now and has been falling to pieces for about 2 years, but it still worked admirably as a jacket. Just recently the zipper started to give and I decided to get one of those MEC hydrocycle jackets or whatever once they came out. But riding home from work today I sit up on the bike to undo the zip a bit (I was getting hot) and the zipper just explodes in half and lands on front street. I didn't bother to go back and comb the street because the traffic was crazy.
So now what the hell do I do with a bike jacket that won't close? If only the chinese factories didn't mess up the MEC jacket order!
I'm in a similar boat. What you can do (and what I had done on my ancient goretex) is get a new zipper sewn putting it over the old one. It ends up layered, but you don't have to pick open a seam and it works fine. When I get around to getting a new zipper for my windbreaker, that's what I'm doing.