A soft shell would be very different from his Columbia. I had one of those too, a 3-in-1 jacket with the zip-out fleece liner. Very useful piece (and they still do make 3-in-1s). Soft shells are very ...

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A highly-rated style of Columbia’s softshell jacket is now marked down by 52% on Amazon. This jacket has a 4.6 out of 5-star rating with more than 1,000 reviews (and more than 500 people have bought ...

Our team recently revamped our lists of the best winter cycling jackets and the best waterproof cycling jackets; two very similar headlines but with very clear differences. As we explored the options, ...

Pas Normal Studios cool and wet weather kit: The winter is on the way in the northern hemisphere, but our man in Spain, Alastair Hamilton, is have a mixed bag of weather at the moment, with hot, cold ...