I find my goretex jacket to be overkill when bicycle riding. On group
ride, i use a wind jacket (in fact only front is windproof). On
touring trip, i bring a water repellent wind jacket. It is enough
since with a more waterproof jacket i get wet inside anyway.

They can be found cheaply. I don't remember exactly but i think of O2
jacket or something.

Have a nice ride!


Le 08-02-19 à 06:33, ultralightbiking@yahoogroups.com a écrit :

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> Posted by: "musilijk" musilijk@... musilijk
> Date: Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:23 am ((PST))
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> My cold weather clothing consists basically of three layers: short-
> sleeved cycling jersey, fleece top and a rain/wind jacket.
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> The rain jacket that I have has two layers, the outer shell of a
> material similar to GoreTex and the inner layer, which is a sort of
> a "mesh", something like the inner mesh of a tent, just a bit more
> dense. The jacket weights 500 g, after I removed the hood, which I
> never use. To get some more weight off the jacket I thought of two
> things: (1) removing the pockets and (2) removing the inner layer -
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> mesh.
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> Since removing these parts would be an "irreversible" process,
> before I
> go on with it I would like to know if this is a good idea - I mean, do
> the pockets and the inner mesh serve some important function that I am
> not aware of.
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> Thanks for your replies!
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> Igor.
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