Waterproof jacket

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2 nights · wild camping · cold but not freezing (8 °C) · gravel and tracks · towns daily

You said rain is likely. Wet plus moving air is how riders get cold in summer, and it is much harder to recover from than to prevent.

On that ride the planner marks it essential.

One object doing one job, so this is a choice between them rather than a shopping list. Every one carries what it costs you as well as what it gets you.

• Membrane hardshell

  Keeps real rain out for hours rather than minutes.

  but You sweat in it, and the coating wears out with washing.

  A plain web search. We earn nothing from it.

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• Packable shell

  Weighs so little you always have it, which is most of the battle.

  but An hour of steady rain and it wets through.

  A plain web search. We earn nothing from it.

  Find one ↗

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