While the days are getting longer and temperatures are rising - in the northern hemisphere at least - we aren’t out of the woods yet when it comes to needing to throw on one of the best waterproof cycling jackets when the heavens open as they often do in spring.
For years the cream of the crop for staying dry while exerting oneself on the bike was anything utilising Gore-Tex Shakedry, but in recent years a de-facto global ban on the use of PFAS, or so-called ‘forever chemicals’ has meant that Shakedry, and other Gore-Tex membranes using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membranes, are being phased out and replaced.
