New season, new hoodie!
For those of you who read my links post for the month of August (if you didn’t, read it now! click here) you may remember me writing about a little bike shop called Trackstar. Good shop selling good product (american made). I stopped in yesterday to pick up one of their newest offerings, a plain black hoodie. Perfect to ward off the chill of the descending fall weather, I am wearing it as I type out this post.
As stated on their blog, the sizing on these sweatshirts runs small, so please make sure you order up a size. For reference, I am five foot one and on the petite side. The “small” fits me just about perfectly which is great, because I’m one of those people who can rarely get away with anything but xtra small which are usually particularly difficult to come by. The fit is also aided by the cut, which is slimmer than the average hoodie. Another plus one, as this sweatshirt doesn’t make me feel like I’m swimming in it.
Nicely designed, this hoodie is cycling specific (not that you can’t wear it if you aren’t on a bicycle, but some of it’s attributes really shine if you spend any time in the saddle). For starters, the sleeves are a touch longer than usual, nice for staying around your wrists and will be a nice buffer between jacket and gloves when it really gets cold out. Second, the waistband is a bit lower, and a good deal more grippy than I’m accustomed to. What does that mean? That means that the drivers behind me don’t get exposed to my plumber crack. Nice for them, and for me! Last but not least, the jersey style pockets (three of them) keep things outta the way if you’re hunched over your bike. I like them in particular for the simple reason that I’ve had my cell phone fall out of front kangaroo pockets on more than one occasion. I will rest assured that my fancy new iPod Touch will not fall out (like my current iPod did out of a track jacket slash pocket, whoops!). The hood is small and fits well to the head- not too large as to impair vision, but definitely large enough to give your ears good coverage.
I generally like Trackstar’s logo designs, so I wouldn’t have minded if they had included one on these hoodies, but I suppose the fact that they are unmarked will definitely be a big thumbs up from lots of people sick of logo branded everything. All in all, this sweatshirt is super awesome, and I highly recommend it. If you stop in Trackstar, tell em Pricklepear sent you!!!