I juST did my 1ST (Far)Ride wearing my new
Large OzSTOC CuSTom Jacket, bad photo at 350 am leaving home.
Overall I am very happy with my CuSTom OzSTOC jacket,, it LQQks very good and people have said so, very STylish an assessment below..
I had the rain lining in in case of showers and a T shirt under my OzSTOC shirt arm shoulder and cheST vents open.
I was comfortable, not cold not hot. After the sun was up I opened the reST of the vents STill with the rain liner in. It took me a while to get used to BRIGHT ORANGE upper arms in my lower eyesight,,
It rained, well heavy drizzle, and wheel spray from traffic for about 45 mins, I didnt get wet at all, when it STopped the jacket dried off completely very quick.. I
the way it wears when riding, it is comfy, feels safe/secure in the event of,,,
an off . dosent want to sit high around shoulders, the lower back pocket is great to put wet lining in, it wears,well keeping the waiST of the jacket even.
the arm length is perfect (for me), not riding up the for-arm, like the SMALL jacket did.I arrived at Nambucca STill comfy but STarting to get warm so I took the rain liner out for the trip home.
No rain on the return trip and I had opened all the rear vents I found and STayed cool,
NOW for some negatives,, only a few observations of things that could be IMPROVED, mayB the new orders could have these done..
1, the collar flap could have to padding removed, I find it annoys my adams apple. without the current padding I think would be better.
2
I notice both the inside pockets are NOT waterproof. the mobile phone pocket inside R, although the pocket is made of waterproof material, it is sown onto the breathable liner, my suggeSTion make a full 'pouch' and sew that onto the inside a simple FIX.. I read RobGardiner (NZ) riding in rain without liner in, got wet. my thoughts after the cordura got saturated the contents of both inside pockets would also be wet. As there is NO inside pocket in the wet liner these 2 pockets inside main jacket are in effective. ok in the dry though.
3. I find the lower front pockets could have a simple change that will improve them a lot. the top
of the pocket sides where the zip is sown on shrinks the pocket opening it the zip was attached across the top, then the pocket sides sown on allowing the side panel to expand it would be easier to put things into pocket.
does any of that make sense?
