Why Oxford call it "Bone Dry"
 

Bought a "Bone Dry" textile jacket about a year ago but barely wore it as it lacked pockets (severely lacked, just the two which is not enough). Cupboarded it once I got the hi-viz one but I didn't fancy wearing hi-viz round the Festival of Speed all day so I got the Oxford back out and I've been wearing again for the last couple of weeks. I've managed to dodge the wetness (or resorted to the cage) so today was the first proper rain it has ever seen. I say proper rain, it wasn't wet enough to get my hands wet through my summer gloves, but it went straight through the jacket at the elbows. Unacceptable in a supposedly all-weather jacket. And then I remembered a few other people on here having trouble with Oxford gear and it came to me. "Bone Dry" is not a performance indicator - it's a description of the only weather that it's actually suitable for.

Re: Why Oxford call it "Bone Dry"
 

Did it keep your bones dry?

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My skin already does that!

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So what did you buy the dry bone jacket for then?! pfffft

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oxford and bike-it products are cheap ****e I would avoid that brand like the plague

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If you can only afford to buy cheap sh1te Frank Thomas isn't a bad bet. I have one of these http://www.jsaccessories.co.uk/ftw27...jkt-black.html that I got in a sale for £45 as an interim measure before I treat myself to a new quality suit (which I didn't want to buy at the time as I was too fat!), when I buy a new suit I'll cut the armour out of it and keep the shell as an enduro jacket to through over my MX body armour for green laning.

Although it's by no means a quality jacket and can be a bit like wearing a bin liner, it did a damn good job of keeping me dry in the 4 day long monsoon that was our trip to Normandy this year. The only place I got wet was my belly, but it wasn't the zip/storm flap, but the fact water was being blown up my legs and then under the jacket as I was wearing kevlar jeans with waterproof overtrousers, had I been wearing the right textile jeans to zip into the jacket it wouldn't have been an issue.

I've seen people stay dry in day long monsoon conditions in Spada gear which is also not expensive.

If you can stretch to Hein Gerike stuff though, it's highly recommended by lots of people, though I've never tried it yet.

Oxford stuff literally just exists to part people with their money, I don't think even they have any pretensions or even intentions, of producing quality gear that is fit for purpose. They know it's crap, they sell it cheap, and so long as they turn a profit and it lines the bosses pockets at Oxprod, they are happy.

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Second shout out for Spada gear here - my textile jacket has never left me soaking wet - usually it;s something stupid like the hoodie hood slipping out the jacket and soaking up water.

having also crashed in a spada jacket it stands up well to scuffing down the road at 40mph. I can still wear it with no issues.

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LOL. Just clicked on your avatar to get a closer look at your jacket, and got a picture of you lounging on your bike in hot pants and long leather boots! Nope, that red top is not a Spada jacket! :lol:

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haha - I dont think there's a pic of my spada jacket on here.

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Got the alpinestars city collection drystar jacket which is very high quality and very comfy/sport fit but have'nt had the chances to test it in the wet but brands bsb is soon and the weather has been awful so give me a week and i'll tell you how it stands up to rain. ;)