Winter Jacket

BobbyTrigger

I’m after a winter jacket to complete my set of riding kit. It’s too cold to go out without one so I’m gonna have to bite the bullet. Problem is I’m on a bit of a budget unfortunately.

I can pick the Altura Night Vision up for £60 – anybody had one/they any good?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/alt ... t%20vision

Cheers.

MattC59

Gore Phantom, google it, there are some excellent deals about at the moment.
It's a very versatile jacket, and with layers it's fine in the winter.

I've used it with a merino base layerand long sleeved jersay underneath and been fine in the 1C temperatures we've got a the moment.

essjaydee

BobbyTrigger wrote:

I’m after a winter jacket to complete my set of riding kit. It’s too cold to go out without one so I’m gonna have to bite the bullet. Problem is I’m on a bit of a budget unfortunately.

I can pick the Altura Night Vision up for £60 – anybody had one/they any good?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/alt ... t%20vision

Cheers.

I've been delighted with mine for the last 350 + miles

Great jacket for commuting in and even this morning (-4) I had all the vents open and wore a thin baselayer and T-shirt (as always) and was toasty warm

Great value for money IMO 8)

Monty Dog

Altura is a shell jacket so won't offer much thermal properties - better off with a fleece-backed material IME. Gore are probably the best in terms of performance/VFM.

bails87

Another +1 for Gore Phantom, matched with the right layer(s) underneath it's incredibly versatile.

BobbyTrigger

pretty expensive though - the Mrs would cut my knackers off if she found i'd spent £100 + on a jacket for the bike.

thanks though

doubleoseven

I had been looking at the Altura NV myself, partly to use in case it rains and partly for the wind protection. I use a tight fitting base layer, a looser fitting cycling top(roubaix lycra) or my Craft thermal and then a fleece if its really chilly. Would i be better off getting the Altura jacket or one of the DHB eq2.5 to wear over the top 2 layers or are the softshell water/windproof tops quite warm? ie, use the skin tight thermal and just the softshell? Apologies to BobbyTrigger for jumping in on this thread, but with the tops starting at £70 ish I'd rather get the right one, I was almost on the purchase button for the night vision.

MattC59

BobbyTrigger wrote:

pretty expensive though - the Mrs would cut my knackers off if she found i'd spent £100 + on a jacket for the bike.

thanks though

Do a bit of googling, i had an email the other day (sorry, can't remember who from) offering it at £60 IIRC.
It's out there at good prices !!

lef

i had an altura one when i first started cycling, warm and dry and very very visible so for £60 you cant go wrong. Maybe not the most breathable though. I recently went for a endura stealth jacket which was pretty expensive but its very warm and waterproof.

nochekmate

BobbyTrigger wrote:

pretty expensive though - the Mrs would cut my knackers off if she found i'd spent £100 + on a jacket for the bike.

thanks though

You could buy the Assos Fugujack and not only would you lose your knackers but your member would accompany some onions in the pickling jar - great jacket for cold temperatures mind and maybe worth the pain with the current weather

JimboM

MattC59 wrote:

Do a bit of googling, i had an email the other day (sorry, can't remember who from) offering it at £60 IIRC.
It's out there at good prices !!

Any chance you could dig through your old emails as I'm after a Phantom but can't find it at anything like that price !

Cheers

Jim

keef66

Wiggle did have them on offer a few weeks ago for £60 something. Wish I'd bloody bought one cos each time I've gone back on the site since they've been getting dearer again. Up to £90 now

essjaydee

Doubleoseven wrote:

I had been looking at the Altura NV myself, partly to use in case it rains and partly for the wind protection. I use a tight fitting base layer, a looser fitting cycling top(roubaix lycra) or my Craft thermal and then a fleece if its really chilly. Would i be better off getting the Altura jacket or one of the DHB eq2.5 to wear over the top 2 layers or are the softshell water/windproof tops quite warm? ie, use the skin tight thermal and just the softshell? Apologies to BobbyTrigger for jumping in on this thread, but with the tops starting at £70 ish I'd rather get the right one, I was almost on the purchase button for the night vision.

I can vouch for the ALtura NV..Great jacket for commuting in and even this morning (-4) I had all the vents open and wore a thin baselayer (LUSSO) and a thin wicking T-shirt and was warm enough once I got going 8)

knack-knees

+1 for dhb's 2.5. - done hundreds of miles in it fine even for this cold snap. But you need to put on a good base layer and perhaps a loose layer. But it is breathable and fleece lined. Not tested in rain doubt it's the best.

MattC59

JimboM wrote:

MattC59 wrote:

Do a bit of googling, i had an email the other day (sorry, can't remember who from) offering it at £60 IIRC.
It's out there at good prices !!

Any chance you could dig through your old emails as I'm after a Phantom but can't find it at anything like that price !

Cheers

Jim

Sorry, as Keef66 says, I think it was Wiggle. However, it's available from ride cycles on ebay for about £74 at the moment.
http://www.sale-2011.co.uk/gore+phantom+jacket?k=1f2301811f370154a558c794337b026f704c08f674d307295a1ae63569a2a582&m=cHZnbC1lbl9HQi1sYWI%3D&c=7789221002&gclid=CNLf0oOQ2K0CFasMtAodFW6Qng