Jackets

[elduderino]

I'm on the lookout for a new jacket. But as well as performing all the necessary needs of a cyling jacket, I also want one that looks good off the bike too. I want something that wont look too gimpish when I pop into town for a coffee. Any ideas???

I guess I want to have my cake and eat it.

So far I'm mulling over these...

http://www.alwaysriding.co.uk/bodywear-146/jackets-49/race-face-hoodlum-jacket-300.html

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=40452

http://www.alwaysriding.co.uk/bodywear-146/jackets-49/craft-performance-light-jacket-376.html

I'm not so sure about black though, I'd like to be a bit more visible on the road.

 

[Hacienda71]

I don't think the second two are going to look like a non cycle jacket off the bike as they are typical longer at the back than the front. Black is ok at night as long as you have reflective strips but you might want to use a high viz sam brown in the day.

 

[elduderino]

Just to add, I don't mind if it looks like a cycling jacket at all. As long as it does so in a subtle sort of way. Just as a quick example, I guess I'm trying to avoid things like this http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=11428 I'm sure it's a fine jacket on the bike, but maybe not so if I'm strolling about town etc

 

[Piemaster]

bSpoke? Quite a bit more than the ones in your links though.

 

[andrew_s]

http://www.hillgear.com/acatalog/copy_of_Cycling_Double_Ventile_Jacket.html