Posted By Orange Crush on 10/26/2020 09:41 AM
A big factor probably is that this time around they are trying to don jackets over a lot of base layers instead of skinny arms. Certainly this may have factored for Roglic.
Valverde apparently has rain jackets in three different sizes for this very reason.
CK, the big non-waterproof outdoor zippers are pretty darn easy to start and reliable. And I agree wholeheartedly on staying away form waterproof zippers. I love 'em - for dry suits. But cycling jerseys and jackets where so much moisture is created inside the jacket?
My favorite jerseys are my spring/fall bright orange Mavic jerseys (with a whole bunch of good silver reflecting fabric). Very comfortable, nice fit, really well made except they skimped on zippers. (On sale for months at a local shop, knocked down from $100 to $30.) I bought 4. Went to an outdoor fabric supply and picked up 4 bright orange zippers, big plastic YKK. Had the local dry cleaner send them out to get the zippers put on. $30 each. (There aren't quite perfect zip up from scratch on the bike zippers but only because the seamstress gave them the treatment appropriate for dress clothes, not cycling jerseys. Once started, they zip up and down like a charm. With the added tabs of some outdoor bags, they'd start just as easily.)
Now the really funny thing about all this is that Roglic (and the others at the Giro) would have fared far better with the ancient technology of newspaper. Of course, like zippers, there are good and poor newspapers. Strong when wet? Ink that doesn't run? But the research is cheap and enough for a team and 3 week tour costs what? A third of one jacket?
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