I'm starting to research for a textile riding jacket.

I have some criterias that I need:

All black
Elbow protection, if there is other padding somewhere it must be removable because I always ride with a Packsack on my back.
Well ventilated, will be used for summer days primarely.

I tought of the Joe Rocket Ballistic 11.0 but I am not sure if a 3/4 lenght is what I need.

Do you have some suggestions for the same king of jacket but a little bit shorther at the waist.

Thanks

MUSH

I liked this when I had it.. They have it blue, black or red.. Reasonable too

Greatmush wrote:
I have a been using the Joe Rocket Phoenix jacket for the last 3 summers. Started with the 4.0 and now have the 5.0. Great airflow, well put together, and wont break the bank. Only reason that I have the 5.0 is that the other one got covered in red coolaid.... gotta love unsupervised kids

Have tried a few others when I was looking for the second one, but they all felt like a windbreaker compared to the phoenix.

...so there is my two cents

Look at the Joe rocket alter ego also.

Try the Scorpion EXO line

I'm with Ragz on this one. I've had the Joe Rocket Pheonix 4 for a couple years now and it has been great! Flows air awesome, has great padding for crash protection, and comes with a removable rain liner, should the need arise for one. I don't ride without it, it is really comfortable.

I've got a few Olympia textile jackets, but the models have been discontinued. Most similar appear to be the Airglide 3, but they have other short textiles. One thing I like about the ones I have is that they have a zip-out liner that makes a great stand-alone windbreaker (armor is in the outer shell).