Finally broke down and bought new riding jacket and pants. My old jacket was 25 years old, and showing it.

It was a Joe Rocket Ballistic 2.0, black with yellow patches, NOT the current HiViz stuff, just yellow. I looked like a hornet.

The armour had deteriorated, and the water proofing had given up sometime in the Bush administration. The abrasion marks in the Kevlar from my high side are minor, but noticeable.

But it seems to have shrunk a bit around the belly area, so it had to go.

The new stuff is Klim Latitude. Dad-gear. It's lighter and the latest armour seems much less rigid, apparently by design. It's Gore-Tex and the pop-up thunderstorm on the way home proved its ability to repel water.

It should be the last set I get.

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