7 MESH Mission Jacket

[Dired]

That sounds like a Tyler response. Welcome to the party.

[Likes2ridefar]

Nice to hear comments from the brand. Not surprised vanity takes precedence over safety for most. I don’t agree on your reflective comments, at all. Why is it mandatory on cars? Why do life vests use it?

high quality reflective gear is incredibly visible at night. Solas tape, for example, strategically used on a motorcycle and rider made me significantly more visible at night to drivers based on driver comments and my own testing and experience.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by tj7mesh

our StashSystem, which means it fits inside its own internal pocket and has clips to attach to your bike. We launched Stash 3 years ago...

Ha! I got a Canari cycling windbreaker in 2006 that "fits inside its own internal pocket and has clips to attach to your bike"

[tj7mesh]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

Nice to hear comments from the brand. Not surprised vanity takes precedence over safety for most. I don’t agree on your reflective comments, at all. Why is it mandatory on cars? Why do life vests use it?

All of my reflective comments? Some are my opinion, but some are facts. I'm not saying reflective can't be great. I'm saying in many real world implementations it isn't, and giving people the wrong impression is a bad thing.

Visibility is super interesting and lots of ways to improve it, reflectivity is an important factor but isn't often being used as effectively as it could.

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

Ha! I got a Canari cycling windbreaker in 2006 that "fits inside its own internal pocket and has clips to attach to your bike"

Sorry, I wasn't trying to claim it as a first - I wore a K-way back in the day! I cited its increasing presence in our line to show our customers have found it to be useful.

[Jdm]

I love 7Mesh clothes.

I looked at rain jackets for a while and then decided I was just going to train outside while wet, but warm.

At the $300 price point, I was considering Gore's Shakedry jacket. I was ok with black because my helmet is neon orange and all my lights make me look like a space ship. The fit of the Race jacket wasn't for me, though. It was awfully baggy.

I bought a Gore goretex active shell recently for only $100 on sale. It would have been perfect, but again, I opted to just be wet.

Edit - be wet in my 7mesh gore Tex infinium jacket.

[charliedid]

Dig it.

Just rode in mine for the third time and it excels.

I was not expecting 100% waterproof because ...I never do. It is however waterproof enough for me. The sleeves just barely wetted out after about a half hour of light to medium rain on my commute home. I had my Arcteryx Gore jacket (always do) with me but wanted to see how the Mission handled the rain tonight. Had it been raining harder I may have used the Arc. because I like hoods when it's pouring and 50 or below. I was comfortable.

On the breathability front it's great for my needs. As a piece I will always have with me commuting in cool to cold weather it's just what I was after. Even has small vents in back. I wear a backpack currently so hard to say just how breathable but it is consistent with modern technical jackets on that front and probably more breathable than Shakedry. It's no plastic bag I assure you.

The fit and fabric- I vacillated between M and L thinking I wanted more layers but glad I have the M. It's perfect with a mid layer and can fit a Rapha vest as well. It's cut perfect for on the bike. It's extremely quiet with zero flapping. Zero. The jacket drapes beautifully. In reg off bike life I am sort of a perfect M in tops and this is that. It has a micro draw cord I am still figuring out. Speaking of reflectivity, it does in fact have a dropped hem that is a wide tall patch of soft reflective material all the way across.

It's black and I don't care because it makes my ass look great.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by Jdm

I was considering Gore's Shakedry jacket.

Yeah, that was on my short list for a wet weather commuting jacket. The thing that gave me pause ~4 or 5 years ago were reports of how fragile the material was; if I couldn't wear a backpack or big fanny pack over it without risk of tearing the material, it was a non-starter.

The things that ultimately stopped me from pursuing a wet weather commuting jacket were 1) I moved to the desert; and 2) I retired.