100 City Cycling Rain Poncho, Black

Riding occasionally in the rain when cycling at a moderate pace. Pair it with a pair of rain overtrousers to protect your legs and your shoes.

Developed by our apparel team (Cécile, product lead, Emma, product engineer, Olivia, designer, and Lucille, garment designer), this poncho allows you to enjoy your urban rides even in the rain!

This waterproof, packable poncho goes wherever you go and fits easily into the front pocket. Don't get caught out by the rain.

HOW IS THE WATERPROOFING OF THIS PONCHO TESTED?

This poncho is made from a waterproof coated fabric and has 100% waterproof seams.
A fabric's waterproofing is determined by measuring its resistance to the pressure exerted by a water column, measured in mm (test based on ISO 811 standard).
Our material is resistant to the pressure from 5000 mm of water. The finished product's waterproofing is checked by a shower test in our laboratories under 60 litres of rainfall/hour/sqm for two hours, which replicates typical conditions during a downpour.

Which parts of the body does this poncho cover?

This poncho has a unisex fit and covers you from head to thighs. You can wear the helmet over or under the hood. Thanks to its loose fit, you can wear this poncho over your jacket and a 20-litre rucksack.
Although the poncho provides good protection for the upper body, we recommend wearing overtrousers with built-in shoe covers to protect your legs and feet from the rain.

HOW IS THE WATERPROOFING OF THIS PONCHO TESTED?

This poncho is waterproof thanks to the robustness and coating of its fabric and its sealed seams. A fabric's waterproofing is determined by measuring its resistance to the pressure exerted by a water column, measured in mm (test based on ISO 811 standard). Our material is resistant to the pressure from 2,000 mm of water. The finished product is approved in a shower test in the lab, where we recreate the conditions of an average downpour: 60 L water per square metre per hour for 2 hours.

COMPONENT BREATHABILITY

Hydrophilic coating (RET = 12): limits condensation inside the garment. To see whether a fabric is breathable, we test its evaporative resistance or RET (based on the ISO 11092 standard). The lower its resistance, the more the fabric lets water vapour produced by the body escape, and the more breathable it is.
For example: RET < 9 = extremely breathable fabric. 9 < RET < 12 = highly breathable fabric. 12 < RET < 20 = breathable fabric. RET > 20 = slightly or not breathable fabric.

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