With warmer weather begining to show up more and more, I was thinking about going to textile for summer. I already have a perforated leather teknic jacket, but when I'm stopped or off the bike, I get fairly sweaty. All the textile I see seems to use zippered vents and I'm not convinced that I would be any cooler while I'm riding, would I notice a difference when stopped? I searched, but only found arguments on leather v textile and I'm not interested in that. Does anybody have experiance with Icon tankbags? How much can you fit into them? Thanks.

 

i have a textile and you still get hot as bloody **** when your sittin in traffic, but as soon as you start to move you can feel the air moving through it so its pretty nice

 

If you're standing out in the sun, even with just a t-shirt on, wouldn't it be hot?

 

I LIKE SWEAT

 

My perf'd leathers would vent better than my leather jacket with zippered slits. The perf'd ones also vent better than my text jacket with zippered slits. But only when on the move.

 

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i didn't know that bloody **** were hot

 

suck it up people. i wear a full 1pc a* mx-1 when i ride, usually 5+ hour trips into the canyons or so every weekend. oh and it's black so it absorbs all of the heat.
i've been stuck in traffic coming home and it really isn't that bad.

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I CONCUR!

 

My textile Dainese touring jacket isn't any lighter or cooler than my perforated leather Dainese jacket. My mesh Tourmaster jacket owns them both in the heat and wet.

 

I'll stick with what I got, thanks.