Latest Price: £108 – SAVE: 40% RRP:180
We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £108 on Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 review we’re going to look at why it scores 8.6/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 541 products in the Jackets – Cycle category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.
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Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 reviews
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Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 Specification
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Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16
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Feature 1
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Material: 46% Polyester, 45% Nylon, 9% Elastane Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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WindWick LT outer fabric is elastic, highly wind resistant, water repellent and very breathable Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Polartec® Alpha® 60g insulation inserts on front, shoulders and front of sleeves for breathable warmth Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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DualFit fabric inserts on sleeves and back for added breathability Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Bonded elastic cuff Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Reflective details Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 196 |
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Feature 7
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1 hidden side zipped pocket Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 8
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3 external rear pockets Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 14 |
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Feature 9
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Lie-flat elastic hem with light silicone grip Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 10
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Suggested Temperature range: 5°C to + 15°C Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 11
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Fit: Ergonomic Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 12
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Weight: 420g Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 5 |
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black – Red Fire, Black – Tradewinds Other Jackets – Cycle found with this spec: 1 |
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Spec 2
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Clothing Size: S, XXL, L Other Jackets – Cycle found with this spec: 1 |
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Spec 3
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Gender: Male Other Jackets – Cycle found with this spec: 1 |
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Spec 4
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Age Group: Adult Other Jackets – Cycle found with this spec: 1 |
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Price
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Number of Reviews
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Review Score
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/ 5 Average score in category: 4.3 |
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- Sportful R & D Light Jacket. This R&D Light jacket from Sportful shares many of the features of the super cosy R&D Zero winter jacket, but is designed for moderate temperatures and higher intensity rides. This jacket features highly breathable, wicking fabric only where you need it The R&D jacket is still a serious winter jacket but designed for those of you who ride in more forgiving climates or at a fast pace where body heat is built up rapidly. Strategically placed wind protection and Polartec¬Æ Alpha¬Æ insulation combined with extremely breathable inserts will keep you warm but eliminate sweat and excess heat when needed.A drop down tail offers extra spray protection but can be folded away when not needed Features: Material: 46% Polyester, 45% Nylon, 9% ElastaneWindWick LT outer fabric is elastic, highly wind resistant, water repellent and very breathablePolartec¬Æ Alpha¬Æ 60g insulation inserts on front, shoulders and front of sleeves for breathable warmthDualFit fabric inserts on sleeves and back for added breathabilityBonded elastic cuffReflective details1 hidden side zipped pocket3 external rear pocketsLie-flat elastic hem with light silicone gripSuggested Temperature range: 5¬∞C to + 15¬∞C Fit: ErgonomicWeight: 420gTechnologies: Polartec¬Æ Alpha¬Æ fabric: Polartec Alpha is the latest evolution of synthetic insulation offering a rare combination of lightweight warmth and true breathability in a ‚Äúpuffy‚Äù style garment. Alpha¬Æ creates insulating loft but does not require down proof fabrics, allowing a sandwich construction with mesh and breathable fabrics for performance that‚Äôs not available in traditional insulation WindWick LT Fabric: Lightweight stretch fabric that offers great wind resistance, light water and snow repellency, and excellent breathability. Unlike traditional coated or membrane fabrics, it allows for increased air circulation for accelerated moisture transfer DualFit Fabric: This fabric is characterised by the extreme rapidity with which it wicks moisture away from the skin, thanks to its dual-layer structure: polyester on the inside and nylon outside. Buy¬†Sportful Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Product codes: 8055688351007
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No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Jackets – Cycle.
Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 541 different products in the Jackets – Cycle category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 209 products from Sportful (although only 28 of the 209 are in the Jackets – Cycle category).
Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Jackets – Cycle. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.
Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Sportful. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 to help you see how the prices stack up.
We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Jackets – Cycle. There are 541 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 541, the average price is £113.49. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £14 and most expensive was £410.
The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Sportful. The average price was £64.35 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £8.4 up to £270 with Sportful products.
And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Sportful products that appear specifically in the Jackets – Cycle category. So you can see that the price of Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 at £108 is great value considering the average price of Sportful Jackets – Cycle is £119.40 and the price varies from £35.00.
It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £108 which represents a £72.00 or 40% saving against RRP. If you think Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.
Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 Reviews
Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Jackets – Cycle too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find reviews scoring it out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Sportful. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Jackets – Cycle category is 4.3 and the average score of products from Sportful is 4.3 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Sportful in the Jackets – Cycle category the average review score is 4.2.
That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 such a high overall score of 8.6 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.
So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are reviews for Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 which score it , so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.
If you do go on to buy Sportful R&D Light Jacket AW16 or in fact any of the other Jackets – Cycle, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.
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