Well, if the weather in Tucson continues tomorrow as it is currently, the riders in the El Tour de Tucson may wish they had an English Ventile jacket! Fortunately, I'm not riding in the event, and haven't in a number of years although I did in the past (finishing 36th amongst the riders in the older 50 mile event on my Rivendell Road Standard when I was 55 years old, not too bad!).
Also, for a combination of a Harris Tweed garment, and getting what you paid for there's this... http://www.endclothing.com/nigel-cabourn-seam-sealed-cameraman-jacket.html?gclid=CI6fqazy-LoCFasRMwodlkQAeQ Jim On Friday, November 22, 2013 7:29:24 AM UTC-7, Matthew J wrote: > > > If we're still talking about that Riv Italian-Ventile rain jacket, trust > > me: a Goodwill tweed blazer will not perform the same, not even close. > > I have a Ventile rain jacket, UK-made, now 9 years old. Contrary to > > Riv's wishy washy disclaimers, it's waterproof. Really waterproof. It > > also doesn't look even the least bit like a waterproof jacket. You can > > wear it anywhere; it's my most useful light jacket. > > Precisely. It's fine if one does not want to buy the jacket, but monsense > to compare it to other garments that have none of the capability. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
