Jako De Wet Posted May 27, 2020 Share You wont be disappointed with that First Ascent purchase. I used a friend of mine's one for W2W last year, it was POURING with rain on the first day. I only had my cycling jersey and this jacket on. My phone was still working (it was in the waterproof chest pocket) and I was nice and warm throughout the ride. Edited May 27, 2020 by Jako De Wet Stoffel76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCTG Posted May 27, 2020 Share Ha, ha Ciovita looks cool!!! I bought the Bretagna (bright yellow) and the Sheildon (bight orange) Expensive, but money well spent.What would u wear under the Bretagna seeing it is marketed as a real winter cycling jacket? I assume that many layers will increase heat generation and one would wear a rain jacket over it in event of unpredictable rain forecasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underachiever Posted May 27, 2020 Share What would u wear under the Bretagna seeing it is marketed as a real winter cycling jacket? I assume that many layers will increase heat generation and one would wear a rain jacket over it in event of unpredictable rain forecasting.For now just a First Ascent sleeveless base layer. My body doesn't not feel any cold, arms a slight chill. Testing temp was around 4 deg (without adding any wind chill factor). The jacket seems to have some form of water resistance, sweat droplets seems not to absorb into the cloth, but I am not sure how it will perform in heavy rain. JHB winters are luckily dry. I did test a similar Bicycle Line jacket in misty conditions - which can be quite wet as you know - and it did just fine. Again heavy rain is a total different scenario. Also, the jacket is not bulky at all - in relative terms. Don't have a massive amount of layers it seems. Definitely a racing cut design. Nice fleecy inside layer. Also one is wet inside after 2 hrs on the bike. But not overly so. Certainly not like a rain jacket produces. TCTG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted May 28, 2020 Share One Day Only has the Ciovita jacket on special again. https://www.onedayonly.co.za/men-s-vindex-cycling-jacket-and-gilet-20200526.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worriesnot Posted May 28, 2020 Share One Day Only has the Ciovita jacket on special again. https://www.onedayonly.co.za/men-s-vindex-cycling-jacket-and-gilet-20200526.htmlhttps://bike-addict.co.za/products/ciovita-vindex-mens-2in1-jacket-gilet slickjay007 and Andrew Steer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Steer Posted May 28, 2020 Share https://bike-addict.co.za/products/ciovita-vindex-mens-2in1-jacket-giletSo One Day Only just flat out lying to make the offer look better... eddy and Koos Likkewaan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted May 28, 2020 Share So One Day Only just flat out lying to make the offer look better... That is pretty standard practice from them, I always double check their prices. But to be fair, the jacket is listed on the Ciovita site directly as R1899... Andrew Steer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Steer Posted May 28, 2020 Share That is pretty standard practice from them, I always double check their prices. But to be fair, the jacket is listed on the Ciovita site directly as R1899... Fair enough... I guess what I will take from this is I probably need to check out Bike Addict more often Mojoman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted May 28, 2020 Share Absolutely. Definitely double check one day only's prices! Was just noting that it was on "special" in case OP wanted to have a look again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted May 28, 2020 Share https://bike-addict.co.za/products/ciovita-vindex-mens-2in1-jacket-gilet ah the one with the rusting magnets and special large cooling vents were the arms join the Gillet...Ideal for summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoman Posted May 28, 2020 Share Fair enough... I guess what I will take from this is I probably need to check out Bike Addict more often They often have good prices on things.... Andrew Steer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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