Back in May, 2022, as I was planning my cross-country Ural expedition, I realized that I was lacking a very important piece of equipment—rain gear. See, I never really bothered with proper rain gear because I didn't do a lot of long-distance riding. Ninety percent of my saddle time is within a 50-mile radius of my house, and my bad weather riding options were either A: don't ride, B: Hole up for a couple minutes until the weather changes, or C: get wet. I knew I wouldn't have the luxury of those choices while I was on the road, so I went looking for something to keep me dry.
As someone who'd never bothered with rain gear, I wasn't sure where to start. Oh, I knew what I wanted—a comfortable, good-looking, armored rain jacket that was easy to get in and out of—but I didn't really know what my options were. After digging around for a while, and trying on some things at a local Cycle Gear store, I finally struck gold with Spidi and the Allroad H2Out jacket.
