Last year, found a Hincapie wool cycling jacket on eBay that was really nice. Label says "made in Fiji" and the quality seems to be about the same as a Swobo or Ibex. Unfortunately, a quick Google search turned up nothing resembling the jacket.
But I'd say it's worth looking into. With a long sleeve Woolywarm top I was good down to close to freezing. Otherwise, I'd go with an Ibex Shak. Really do think it's as good as the hype. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Sep 16, 9:10�am, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > These folks used to be called "Portland Cycle Wear" and I was part of � > a group buy from them. �The customer service was awful- incredibly � > slow (months between order and delivery) and the owner was rude and � > sarcastic. �However, he seemed to have learned his lesson from the � > experience by the end of the transaction and it sounds like he has � > continued in a much better mode of doing business. �The tags do not � > list the country of origin for either the fabric or the � > manufacturing. �During the transaction we were given to understand � > that the jerseys are sewed in China; I don't know if this is still � > the case. > > The jersey I got from them is quite good, fits well, seems well made � > and even endured the worst crash I have been in in many years without � > much damage. �It's a couple of years old now and has held up well. � > It has tolerated machine washing fine. > > Someone mentioned their cycling jacket. �I haven't seen that but have � > consistently found that wool jersey makers must not live in actual � > cold climates given how light the fabric is. �Most "winter" wool � > jerseys are not suitable for winter riding north of the 45th parallel � > (inland from the coasts) where temps well below 32F are the norm for � > 3-4 months a year. �"Winter" jerseys seem generally to be meant to be � > ridden in 50F weather and I end up wearing several of them at a time � > much of the year. Late last winter I bought a Vintage Velos two-layer � > cycling jacket on one of their sales and finally have a wool top that � > is heavy enough to wear into the 40s without needing a bunch of � > layers. �W00t! > > http://www.vintagevelos.com/trainers1.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
