Fantastic to hear you love them so much. I look forward to hearing how it goes over all four seasons.
My ventile Cotton Analogy is showing the 4-season prowess of ventile. Wore it for my ride to the falls in -16˚F over two thin layers of wool, then ran my usual run and returned, having warmed to -10˚F and then biked down. Last year, the coldest I'd go out on the remote highland trails (vs. the wimpy lowland one that follows a paved road, so helps is always close) was 10˚F, so the combo of the ventile with the down jacket (which I carried for it I stopped, but never wore), along with ventile gators has opened up remote travel in warmth and (relative) safety at any temp. I'll be in real camping trouble should I get a Moonlander to snow bike pack with. Sardonic grin. May you both and your jackets have many wondrous adventures in which God startles you with joy! With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, December 5, 2013 4:37:30 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote: > > Hi Friends, > > Sorry to have been out of the loop for a while. Dang life! Anyway, I > just got legally married (oh my goodness; never thought I'd see the day) > and my partner and I gave each other what we now refer to as "The Nuptial > English Riding Jackets" to each other as wedding gifts. It was going to be > watches, but then we saw the Swedish Riv Snaps and it was all over; > decision made in a snap (sorry; couldn't resist). Anyway, they came at the > beginning of the week and then it dumped snow and got real cold. > > Here's my quick review: light. water beads up on it like crazy (have > been in light rain and snow). toggles are great one-handers; maybe even > mitten-handers. orange zippers are totally sporty. collar configuration > is nice; room for a neck gaitor/small scarf but not too big as to let in > wind and rain. A medium fits erin, who is 5'10", and me, who is 5'2" but a > bit thicker about the middle. It's more flattering on Erin but fine on me; > not too crazy big although a small might've been better but wasn't an > option. We both can fit a down sweater under it. It was *perfect* for > shoveling wet snow. I do not miss having a hood but then again I live in > hats. We feel a bit silly wearing them both at the same time. We are a > titch embarrassed that we spent the money for two jackets but in no way > regret it. And afterall, they *are* Nuptial Jackets. We think they will > be utterly fantastic on our trip to New Zealand to visit my family both on > and off bicycles. I am pretty sure that it will become beloved over a long > long time and will be a 4-season garment, which is saying a lot for > Minnesota. > > Verdict? Yep! > > Riv Chica Warrior > -- 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.
