With on-bike storage turning into the norm many riders want to ditch their packs and journey lighter, however on rides that require a rain shell or insulating layer, it’s robust to keep away from carrying a pack. 7mesh got here up with a handy choice within the Spring of 2022, introducing their Northwoods Windshell that packs into its personal pocket and straps to your body. Now, they’ve added this characteristic to a number of extra outer layers and created the Stash System.
The Stash System assortment now contains the Northwoods Windshell, the Copilot Jacket, the Freeflow jacket, and the Chilco Vest. All objects however the Freeflow Jacket are provided in males’s and ladies’s fashions (the Freeflow is at the moment males’s solely). Â
The Stash System items might be carried in your body, handlebars, or seat publish, making for versatile clothes that might work properly for MTB, gravel, touring, or highway driving. The lineup cleverly contains outer layers that swimsuit a spread of situations, providing a light-weight windbreaker, an insulating vest, a water-resistant shell, and an insulated jacket.
7mesh’s design workforce examined varied iterations of the Stash System’s pockets and straps round their residence base of Squamish, B.C., an space that provides almost year-round driving and presents ever-changing climate situations.
Bikerumor has coated the Northwoods Windshell and the Copilot Jacket, so on this publish, we’ll rapidly assessment these items and provide you with full rundowns on the Chilco Vest and Freeflow Jacket.
Northwoods Windshell:
For a whole description of the Northwoods Windshell click on that hyperlink to take a look at its announcement as a part of 7mesh’s Spring 2022 clothes line. Briefly, the Northwoods Windshell is a light-weight, breathable wind jacket produced from DWR-treated Nylon. Its low-profile hood, drawstring hems, and dropped tail provide full protection, and it’s reduce with a relaxed match. In fact, its key characteristic is the way it packs into its personal zippered pocket and straps to your bike for handy carrying when not wanted.
Males’s sizes vary from XS-XXL, and shade choices are Cadet Blue, Port, or Shadow. Ladies’s sizes go from XS-XL and shade decisions are Port or Yucca. MSRP ranges from $127.50-170.
Copilot Jacket:
Bikerumor additionally coated the brand new Copilot Jacket’s launch final summer season, so hyperlink over to that publish for full particulars. The Copilot is the totally waterproof and windproof choice within the Stash System lineup, produced from breathable GORE-TEX Paclite Plus and that includes taped seams and a water-resistant zipper. Its drawstring-adjustable hood matches over helmets, and its dropped tail ought to preserve your butt dry.
The Copilot Jacket sells for $280. Males’s sizing runs from XS-XXL, and shade decisions are Black, Elk, or Hinterland. Ladies’s fashions can be found in XS-XL, with Black, Elk, and Wisteria colorways.
Freeflow Jacket:
Shifting on to items we haven’t but coated, the boys’s Freeflow Jacket gives some heat for chilly rides with strategically positioned Polartec Alpha insulation. That insulation mixed with a 20D double weave ripstop Nylon outer cloth permits the jacket to maintain chilly air out whereas letting moisture and extra warmth escape. Â
The Freeflow is a hoodless choice within the Stash System lineup and doesn’t declare to be waterproof, so it’s most fitted for cool, dry rides. Design-wise it encompasses a excessive collar, elasticated cuffs with silicon grippers, a gentle brushed collar and chin guard, a zippered pocket (with stash straps inside), and reflective logos. The Freeflow gives a trim match, and appears like a flexible choice for individuals who journey on and off the highway. It weighs in at 157g.
Males’s sizes XS-XXL can be found in Black, Redwood, or Midnight Blue colours. MSRP is $220.
WTV Chilco Vest:
The WTV Chilco Vest is a stashable choice for individuals who like sleeveless insulating layers. This vest options 7mesh’s new WTV (Wind Thermal Air flow) cloth, which mixes a puffy grid cloth with a woven wind-blocking face materials. The Chilco Vest is reduce with a relaxed match and weighs 218g.
A big rear pocket gives room for snacks and small objects and contains stash straps so you possibly can pack the vest away and carry it in your bike. The Chilco Vest is completed with a full entrance zipper, a gentle contact neck, and reflective particulars. Â
MSRP is $160. Males’s shade decisions are Black, Midnight Blue, or Honey, and sizes vary from XS-XXL. Ladies’s sizes XS-XL are offered in Midnight Blue or Fawn.
