Im looking for my first jacket, I live in CT. It can get pretty warm I plan on riding my bike on those hot days and at night cruising with some friends. Ive come to a mesh vs leather debate. Will I be to hot in a leater jacket like this one? http://www.bikebandit.com/product/17208 or will the vents provide enough air flow to keep me cool. I was looking at shifts airborne mesh jacket and the joe rocket phoenix 5.0. How is the armor in those...adequate? Will the mesh jackets hold up if i go down and need protection? Any suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance.
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I got a Dririder mesh for summer and a Teknic leather for winter.
They're both great. Love the mesh for sitting in traffic. It's light and the air just blows through it. It saved my arm and shoulder on a 25mph lowside earlier this year.
The leather is fabulous though. It's perforated so has some airflow but it's not too breezy. It feels tough and strong and fits like a glove.
For what it's worth, I'd rather wear the leather in summer than the mesh in winter.
If I had the choice of 1 only, I'd take the leather every time.
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Check Newenough.com in their closeout section you may be able to afford both.Good judgement comes from experience, and often experience comes from Bad Judgement :smt084
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I have the mesh joe rocket phoenix 5.0. it's a little havy but has good protection and on warm days I just take out the inside cover and the air flows like a charm, I have never own a lather one so this is the only advise I can give youThe supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or, more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself.
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i can say that i will never own anything but a joe rocket. and yes it will hold up very nicely. found out the hard way believe me. i broke my ankle, left thumb and fractured my right elbow (radial head). now, you might say that it doestn' sound like it worked but it did. my shoulders, back, and spine are just fine. my elbow was not bad enough to need surgery and i still had some use of it. on the back of my right shoulder is all sorts of grass and rock stains. so, that is my advice!R.I.P. Marc- You will be missed!
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Originally posted by wyzat520 View PostWill I be to hot in a leater jacket like this one?
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my normal jacket (but all black) http://www.partsmag.com/0502/ICON-0502/ICON-0502.html
my summer jacket
and i stand by the fact that there IS NO coller name for a jacket than "the stealth hooligan"
Gotta have diversity. if you have just one jacket, there's going to be something you hate about it- unless you find that one that's your soulmatecharlie was a chemist, but charlie is no more. what charlie thought was h2o was h2so4
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I own three Joe Rocket leather jackets and a race suit, I own no mesh jackets. Leather is the way to go. You would be surprised how cool you can actually stay on a hot Summer day with a leather jacket. I love the Joe Rocket leathers because they have several vents to really allow good airflow.
You also want a good helmet that vents well to keep you cool.
Mesh is better than nothing, but It doesn't hold up well on crashes unless the speeds are low.
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I had hung my mesh on the handle bars of my bike one day, and the heat from the header's alone melted it like you would not believe, in just 10 sec's!! It made me think just how it would do in time of need on asphalt? I would not wear another one no matter how hot it is out, IMO. Leather is the best way to go for protection, and they make a ton of perforated ones for air flow.
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Originally posted by uniquelyme View PostI had hung my mesh on the handle bars of my bike one day, and the heat from the header's alone melted it like you would not believe, in just 10 sec's!! It made me think just how it would do in time of need on asphalt? .
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