The Swiss brand Assoc has always designed top-of-the-range bike clothing with reflective material. The products are expensive, but above all very technical. Many cyclists who have tasted the brand's products do not want to go back.
The "ALS" concept offers a system of technical clothing for which each item is designed and developed to complement and work together, allowing you to practice cycling all year round. The goal is to insulate the body to retain enough heat and so regulate your body temperature regardless of weather conditions.
If you have read the above, you know that this jacket is intended for use between 6 and 14 ° C. IJ means Insulator Jacket, so it's a windbreaker jacket. It replaces the ASSOS Series element One RX jacket. Although I am not a fan of green, the aesthetics is rather successful and most importantly, the reflective jacket is very visible. The iJ.haBu5 is designed to be worn as a second layer, over an undergarment. If you choose your first coat correctly, you can even extend the use of this jacket until the first cold winter.
Not less than 7 fabrics, 20 panels and 14 components are used for its manufacture. The side panel’s forearm and back are made of breathable RXQ fabric. The front panel, the upper arms and the collar are in stratagem Light. With this material, as the temperature decreases, the permeability of the membrane is reduced, thus retaining body heat.
On the inside, there is a polar type material that allows the body to be isolated from the outside air thanks to the trapped air. Nothing to say side finishes, it is spotless. Everything is perfectly adjusted. The collar goes up very high, allowing keeping the neck warm. A small flap comes to finish the Zip at the top so as not to bother.
The cut is rather typed courier. The L is perfect, it needed no less. But no fear, that's normal. Once in position on the bike, the jacket perfectly matches the cyclist and his movements. Elastic placed at the bottom of the jacket allows the latter not to go up, even if you put yourself in a dancer.
Nothing to say side finishes, it is spotless. Everything is perfectly adjusted.
On the storage side, you are served with no less than 6 pockets! Yes, you read correctly. 3 back pockets, deep and widely accessible, as well as two side pockets, zipped, to protect your keys, your Smartphone (even those of last generation come in) or money.
The fifth pocket is on the right arm. The jacket is very thin and light, so it seems to me that the temperature of use is wrong. 6 ° C seems optimistic while I feel that it can be widely used above 14 ° C. On the road, we appreciate quickly the comfort brought by this jacket windbreaker and its high level of comfort. The insulation and reflective tape is beautiful and well present, while ensuring good breathability to avoid overheating. But the temperature zone given by the Clearance is, at 1 ° C, just as far as I am concerned.
Up to 7 ° C, I felt good with a quality but relatively thin underwear. Below, the first kilometers, which I often attack by a descent, are almost uncomfortable, the time that the body rises in temperature. Once a few kilometers traveled, you feel good.
If the temperature rises during the exit, you will be at ease up to 15 ° C approximately. Beyond that, even if breathability is good, sweating will take over and cause discomfort.
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