Dririder gear?

[fizbin]

Which would be the better jacket to buy?
this one:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=144287760
DRI-RIDER DRI-MESH jacket. do the have the same amount of Armour ect is one better than the other?

[Katman]

The Climate Control Dri Mesh jacket has armour in the elbows and sholders.

[90s]

This is re: your first question.
I've got an Aspen and a Nordic 4.
Nordic 4 is great - a very good, but hot (even with liner out) jacket. As you would expect.
My Aspen for commuting was replaced twice by cycletreads and declared faulty. The latest one in heavy rain still leaks a little at the shoulders.
Apart from that a good jacket.
I would not buy an Aspen again though.
There is a big difference between the armour in the Aspen and in the Nordic. I also have Nordic pants and Teknics pants. The teknics armour is the best by a mile.

Why don't you go into somewhere like cycletreads (it has the biggest range in stock I can think of) and examine the jackets. Then look at TM?

[Max Preload]

I can't say I'm impressed with the Dririder jacket or gloves. After 12 short months they're both falling to bits along the seams and I'm not hard on gear - I still have my leather jacket from 21 years ago - it's just shrunk.

Waterproof wise I was fine on the way back from the Kiwi, but I had a ski jacket liner underneath not the Dririder plastic one.

[GaZBur]

I bought the cheaper dri-rider jacket about 5 years ago. The second day I wore it was in a cyclone from Picton to ChCh. The combined head wind and bike speed meant 160kph driving rain for over four hours. The jacket got bloody heavy but didn't leak at all, nada, zip moisture. Now after a few years of abuse it leaks in the arm zip and the holes that got worn in it from ashphalt abrasion.The kevlar? patches meant the jacket is still wearable where a leather jacket would be either hideously patched and scarred or thrown away by now. I probably will buy another dri-rider when this one falls apart like my old leather jacket did.

[90s]

My Aspen for commuting was replaced twice by cycletreads and declared faulty. The latest one in heavy rain still leaks a little at the shoulders.

OK so I was totally fed up with this third Aspen leaking, so I returned it to cycletreads and just upgraded it to a Nordic Pro. I'll let you know here if there are any water issues - it was also 2x the price of the Aspen.

The Mesh looked pretty good, although not as good for commuting, and had the same armour as the Pro. It was $260, so almost $100 cheaper than the Pro. In between the Ballycross looked like another good all-rounder jacket too.

[yod]

I just binned in a Nordic 4

barely a scratch on it

probably did 3-4 hours in the pissing rain and never got the slightest bit wet

I was pretty impressed with it

[90s]

I just binned in a Nordic 4

barely a scratch on it

probably did 3-4 hours in the pissing rain and never got the slightest bit wet

I was pretty impressed with it

Hope you and the bike are OK.
I had no issues with my old Nordic 4 and the Aspen is built well. I never binned it but it didn't look much less well-made than the Nordic 4 & Pro.
Just leaked like a seive.

[Gman71]

Got a Nordic PRO, looks the business, but hasn't had a full test in a monsoon yet. very warm

[denill]

We have been using the DriRider Rally Cross - Off Road Series - for a couple of years now and found it great. On 30 deg days in Aus last month they were well suited to the hot weather when using them without the liner.

Read some disturbing comments in this FORUM: (but hey, so far so good for us)

Scroll down and you will read that the manufacturers are 'on to it'.
Hope this helps you guys.

[Snakeman]

I have 2 Dry-Rider jackets and prefer to wear a leather jacket and Draggins or leather two-piece most of the time, although it gets hard to wear leather in summer because of the heat when not moving.
I do tend to wear one of the Dry-Rider jackets without the liner in summer when it is really hot, but I am concerned about the protection it would offer if something went wrong because I feel that an off would have the protection move and you'd find yourself with nothing much between you and the road.
If you decide to get Dry-Rider or anything else like that, make sure they are a really good fit.

[backinthesaddle]

Is this gear worth the money it is being sold for? i have heard through another mate that bikes that he is not a big fan but i don't want to just go off hiss opinion as he can be quite judgmental about things and one minor little thing will turn him off a product for good.
i am looking at buying a Dririder jacket it is around 350 and want to know if it is worth the purchase for that sort of money
newbee Rider signing out

I had to rekit the wife & I in December after 15 years without a bike. Like you I was set on Dri rider gear too. However, the shop I went to where the guy had sold predominanly Dri rider gear for the last 10 years put me onto Strada riding gear. It is just as good & at least 30-40% cheaper. Its got all the features you'd expect with expensive gear and we've done over 6000kms now with ours in all sorts of conditions and are really rapt with how its performed. Dri rider has been around for a long time now & proven to be a good product. However I suggest you shop around as there's alot of other good products out there which are just as technically advanced now and a good deal cheaper. When a Dri rider salesman puts you onto something else that says something!

[FJRider]

Have had a Dri Rider jacket for 4 years, no problems, even in Westland coastal (pissing down) rain. Look after it and you'll have no probs.

[MaxB]

I have a Nordic jacket but couldn't get on with the matching pants so I got a Neo Mugello pair that has more features.

The jacket is excellent. The best I have got is 10 hours in torrential rain at around 10 degrees. After one stop I forgot to seal the gloves around the sleeves and the water started to wick up my arms. The main thing is that with the liner in I stay warm even when damp, that is so important on a long trip.

No quality issues whatsoever. I think the Summit and Nordic are worth the money but I know riders with the cheaper models that have had a few problems.

[homer]

just of interest to all
my dri rider aspen had the white liner go to bits .
anyways returned and now a new replacement at no charge
and i think the waterproof liner is different as well