An amazing rain wear is born. The Ultralight Rain Jackets and Pants. You can read more about the products in Max’s blog HERE.

I was fortunate enough to test out the products in The Japanese Odyssey event that I participated, which is mentioned in Max’s blog. The event mostly took places in the touge (mountain pass) of Japan. Touges typically has rapidly changing weather, so the 13.5 day/2300km ride was very harsh.

This was an Ultra Distance Cycling Event, so rain wear was one of an essential. I could only bring a limited amount of gear, so I had a difficult time deciding which rain wear to pack until the last minute.

The samples of the gear miraculously arrived a week before I left Tokyo for the event and the product managers of Blue Lug had offered me to test out the rain wear at The Japanese Odyssey. Everything came together perfectly.

As you could see by the images above, I was very surprised by how small they become when packed. The last pic is a comparison of the new Fairweather Rain Jacket & Pants and the Endura pants and Patagonia jacket that I was originally planning on using for TJO.

Rain wear tends to be bulky, event though they are packable. However, the Fairweather Ultralight Jacket and Pants becomes in the size of your palms, which is a huge advantage.

I had them packed in my frame bag for the majority of the time, but I also would slip it in the jersey pocket when the weather was unstable.

The material used for the product is called the PERTEX® SHIELD,Waterproof but soft and breathable. I do believe that rain ponchos are enough for just riding around your neighborhood, but when it comes to a long and high speed ride, it would be way better to have soft and compact rain gear for better mobility and packability.

If you are not a big fan of wearing ponchos for a long time, or you don’t like the sticky feeling of riding with GORE-TEX gear, the PERTEX® SHIELD material will solve everything, thanks to how quick they become dry.

This feature saved me a lot of the times while I was riding. I wish everyone could experience them!

＜Me (Kaisei)＞

Height : 180cm/5’9″

weight : 60kg/132lbs

body build : skinny

jacket size : medium

pants size : large

I often choose medium for both jackets and pants, but I chose a large for the pants. The reason for this in the pant bottom. I chose the large size because I want all of my leg to hide under the pants when I’m pedaling to avoid from my socks getting wet.

There is an S hook on the bottom, so that you could hook it up to your shoe lace, making the hems to sit still while riding. A loop is also equipped on the opposite side of the hook, so you could cinch the hems.

That wraps up my review of the Fairweather Ultralight Rain Jacket and Pants!

Thanks for reading!