Lightweight Waterproof

airbusboy

I'm looking at buying a v'lightweight waterproof (windproof) jacket; mainly after getting soaked and subsequently super-cold y'day. It needs to be small enough to fit in a back pocket or strapped under my saddle.

All suggestions are welcome.

ATB

sungod

castelli's 'leggero' jacket is lovely, especially if you can find the pre-2011 model as they were being sold off at discount

soft fabric, good zipper, very breathable plus vents to help moisture escape, scrunches up small without damage, takes maybe a quarter of a pocket

it's windproof rather than waterproof, but i usually wear it even in the rain as with a full waterproof i find i just end up soaked anyway from the sweat

castelli 'sottile' is waterproof, not quite as light as the leggero, but still only takles up part of a pocket

unlike most waterproofs, the fabric is soft and slightly stretchy, so you can get a good fit and will not be driven insane by flapping/rustling

Monkeypump

Altura Pocket Rocket.

Good waterproofing, comes with a little net bag to scrunch it into, and can easily fit in a jersey pocket. It's at the no-frills end of the market I suspect (I don't buy Assos/Rapha/etc as they don't fit me), but it does the job for me.

Pretty cheap too.

rc856

Here are another two for you

The Montane is more showerproof/windproof
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=11427

The Altura is marked as being waterproof

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/alt ... ery=altura

bendertherobot

After a lot of changing around I have finally settled on this:

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/clothi ... ket-p93411

It's a softshell, believe it or not, but around 100g. Twice as light as a Rapha stowaway. It's absolutely brilliant in the rain and, being a softshell, utterly windproof.

derosa

bendertherobot wrote:

After a lot of changing around I have finally settled on this:

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/clothi ... ket-p93411

It's a softshell, believe it or not, but around 100g. Twice as light as a Rapha stowaway. It's absolutely brilliant in the rain and, being a softshell, utterly windproof.

If a softshell, how warm is it? Spring/Autumn only?

bendertherobot

derosa wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

After a lot of changing around I have finally settled on this:

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/clothi ... ket-p93411

It's a softshell, believe it or not, but around 100g. Twice as light as a Rapha stowaway. It's absolutely brilliant in the rain and, being a softshell, utterly windproof.

If a softshell, how warm is it? Spring/Autumn only?

It's very hard to describe! It's a softshell but literally about 1mm thick. So, made from the same stuff as the outer of a softshell. It's really brilliant at cutting out the wind but not insulating in any way. I even ran in it last week and, whilst I sweated a bit, far less than most coats!

derosa

bendertherobot wrote:

derosa wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

After a lot of changing around I have finally settled on this:

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/clothi ... ket-p93411

It's a softshell, believe it or not, but around 100g. Twice as light as a Rapha stowaway. It's absolutely brilliant in the rain and, being a softshell, utterly windproof.

If a softshell, how warm is it? Spring/Autumn only?

It's very hard to describe! It's a softshell but literally about 1mm thick. So, made from the same stuff as the outer of a softshell. It's really brilliant at cutting out the wind but not insulating in any way. I even ran in it last week and, whilst I sweated a bit, far less than most coats!

Thanks mate - sounds fantastic.

bendertherobot

It is, I'm thinking of getting the gilet to go with it.

derosa

bendertherobot wrote:

It is, I'm thinking of getting the gilet to go with it.

Have ordered a jacket.
They do a gilet as well? Oh dear - I like gilets

airbusboy

Cheers for the replies. It's helped narrow down the search.

Regards

airbusboy

Cheers for the replies. It's helped narrow down the search.

Regards

the_rover

bendertherobot wrote:

After a lot of changing around I have finally settled on this:

http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/clothi ... ket-p93411

It's a softshell, believe it or not, but around 100g. Twice as light as a Rapha stowaway. It's absolutely brilliant in the rain and, being a softshell, utterly windproof.

Hi Chris.

When you decide to sell it next week drop me a "pm"!!

Guessing you got the red one? It looks good.

The gore stuff I got from you is spot on though.

Cheers Stuart.

bendertherobot

LOL! Ta Stuart!

Aye, the red one. Don't worry, this one's a keeper.

Now, what size feet have you got?