REVIT Tracer Air Jacket
Never before have we seen this combination of high-tech ventilated performance in a jacket as low-key as this all-new Tracer Air. This jacket is about as close as you can come to feeling like riding in a t-shirt, and thanks to svelte styling, it’s pretty close to looking like casual pedestrian wear, too. But no doubt about it, this deceptively simple-looking shacked packs plenty of protective performance features. A close cousin of the Tracer 2 —the original abrasion-resistant and armor-equipped “riding shirt” — the all-new Tracer Air is an instant favorite for staying cool while riding (essentially, sitting on an engine) in snarled, slow-speed, often sweltering city traffic. While “air” in the moniker suggests an ethereal lightweight quality, this jacket is noticeably heavier than the 11-ounce Cordura canvas Tracer 2. It’s also more expensive by a full $50 So what gives? The added weight comes from REVIT’s “Powershield Mesh” — basically a combination of Cordura and REVIT’s in-house a