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far queue
4th February 2006, 12:06
I'm thinking of getting a new adventure riding jacket and am looking at the Drider Rallycross. Has anyone got one? What's your opinion of it?

I've been using an Orina Trail Jacket for the last 3 years. It's nice and warm in the cold weather but too hot in the warm weather, especially at the slower off road speeds. The build quality hasn't been the best either - I've had/got issues with zips jamming, domes that are hard to do up and undo (and are now starting to pull away from the fabric), stitching coming undone.

The features that appeal to me with the dririder rallycross are a removeable thermal liner and a removeable waterproof liner as opposed to only the thermal liner being removeable in the Orina, lot's of mesh cordura for good venting, and the ability to carry a bladder. Also mates with Dririder road jackets are full of praise for the brand.

The downside is, I've read some bad reviews about build quality, although I believe this may only have been on the 1st production model.

Any thoughts anyone?

laRIKin
4th February 2006, 13:33
We had a good look at them and they look like they will be a good jacket to own for on and off road use.
And as my thirty year old leather jacket has now got to the point that it needs replacing.
But as I have all ready got two enduro jackets, I gave it a miss a got leather jacket for the road as I really only need a road jacket.

But I sure that they are going to be good as dual jacket.
But I prefer the fact that I can zip the arms off one of my jackets.

Lemans

Lou Girardin
7th February 2006, 09:28
We've had Dririder at AMPS for a while now. They've been quite trouble free, we've only had a couple back for faults.
We don't carry the Rallycross, but I'd check to see if the waterproof liner is breathable, the similar one in the Climate control jkt isn't and it gets a bit sweaty.