+1 Try not to get too tied up in "more money = better quality." You can buy 7 good quality X-Element jackets for what 1 Schotts or Langlitz jacket costs. Asphalt doesn't give a crap what brand your jacket is, when they meet, chances are you'll be buying another one.

 

I started over twenty-five years ago with A2 copy leather jackets from L.L. Bean. Excellent quality. When I outgrew the first one I bought a second and also a third, one insulated with 3M Thinsulate. They're extremely well-made jackets, they hold up through the decades, and the insulated one is unbelievably warm (you can hardly wear it when you're not moving, I almost always take it off when I get off the bike!)



They're very "1940s" which works for me, I love the practicality and the look. They're not the most "flexible" jacket, I'd take mine off before I got into a barroom fight for example. But they're tough (goat leather) and oh so durable.

 

Since your in the Carolina's make the trip up to see Fox Creek. At least for your chaps. There really is a difference. I have both the 49 dollar chaps and a quality set of Leather chaps. Both do the same thing, the good ones do it many times better.

 

Vanson is running a 100.00 off sale with free shipping till the dec.31st

 

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