Solo Equipe Gilet

• New » Solo logos and rear strip are 3M reflective products
  
• New » Reflective strip on rear now runs full width of the garment
  
• Features a full-length reflective zip and Solo logos as well as reflective trim on the arm openings and rear.
• Folds extremely small and can be stowed in one rear pocket of a standard cycle jersey.
• Mesh side panels for ventilation and a small zippered side pocket, great for keys, phone or an energy gel to get you home.
• Comes in three colour schemes designed to match your Classique or Equipe jersey.

This is a stylish and highly visible gilet. You get large reflective logos on both the front and rear and reflective strips run the length of the zip, around the armholes and across the lower back.

The polyester fabric keeps the wind off your chest while mesh side panels add ventilation, making this more suitable for autumn/spring than the heart of winter. A brushed neck facing adds comfort while the zipped side pocket is big enough for storing keys and cash. We'd like a drawstring or more elastication around the hem. (Always Riding Note: Greater elastication has since been added by Solo)

"Chic lightweight design that'll get you seen" 9/10





by Brian Palmer at the washing machine post

during the many kilometres from london to paris last month, conversation between myself and a newfound cycling buddy, naturally covered numerous cycling related topics, including that of clothing. this was partly brought about by my wearing of the so1o st neith clement sur lié jersey. a rather fetching item of retro fashion, purporting to be the club jersey of a non-existent club (how appropriate, in my case). this conversation moseyed along to encompass the good old gilet, and the humorous fact that one of my companion's companions apparently insisted that the correct pronunciation was jillet as opposed to the more french sounding jeelay (the latter being correct, in case you were wondering).

well, here we are about twenty eight days further on and so1o have now released their own jillet to complement their rather tasty jerseys. doubtless the apparently untimely release is due to this being the antipodean winter (so1o are based in new zealand), though due to the coolness on this island at the moment, it is a garment that would not be out of place on sunny islay this weekend. arriving in three colours (red(ish), blue and white) the jillet bears a centre white band with a reflective so1o logo printed back and front, and reflective trim on the arm openings. handily, it also has a small zippered side pocket, and can be compressed small enough to fit in a rear pocket on any cycle jersey - (especially one from so1o:-).

read the article over at the washing machine post >