It is inevitable that in winter riding you’ll end up in rain, and we all know that old adage "there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad kit". Pas Normal is a brand I most closely associated with fashion rather than quality cycling kit, though it has made strides in recent years to develop a much improved performance range.
The Essential Shield jacket has stacked up well in our buyer’s guide to the best winter cycling jackets, being chosen by Josh as the best choice for extreme weather, so I decided to trial it on the worst-weather days of my testing, sticking to the roads I knew were most exposed to give it a good going over.
