French Adventures with Furygan Montroc

French clothing experts, Furygan have released a new range of all season Adventure kit.

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Just one of the pieces is the Montroc jacket. It’s spec list is impressive. The third party suppliers of the bits that make it work so well are a veritable who’s who of brilliance. D30 do the armour, Kevlar do the slide protection bit and it’s held together with Ripstop fabric and stitching. There’s a Humax In&Out membrane

All of these companies are well known for their products and have earned a place at the top of their game.

From a styling point of view it's very French and it's very cool. 

Put your back into it

While the waterproof membrane is more than effective, even in an Irish summer, and the PrimaLoft thermals do a great job of keeping me warm, particularly on longer of night time rides, it’s the practicality that really appeals to me. Furygan use what they call DW-Fit. This makes for a perfect waist fit, rather like a BOA lacing system. There are also four outside pockets and two inner. One of them is a cuff mounted credit card one, something that as a spoiled rider I find pretty much indispensable.

Letting the breeze in

There is a full ventilation system and all of the layers can be stripped out and take up very little storage space on a bike or in a backpack.

But then they’ve employed a very clever piece called the “Summer Flap”. On the main zip there ais what looks like an inner lining with zips attached to it. On closer inspection this is actually a band of 3D mesh. Open the main zip and close the inner flaps and hey presto I have a perfectly safe and perfectly wonderful ventilation system all the way down my torso! This is really, really, clever and one of the features that, I find, does a great job of spoiling me as a rider.

The company are legendary in the suit making business

Because Furygan are blackbelts at making race suits, they and D30 are working with Michael Dunlop, using high tenacity stretch panels as would be used in hi spec leather has been adapted to allow the new stuff to fit perfectly.

Is he standing beside it or picking it up (again)?

The finish is excellent with subtle, yet effective reflective branding and the colours are fantastic. I’m really pleased with this, you can find out more about the Furygan Montroc at www.furygan.com. In the meantime I’m parking up and heading off to my nearest hipster café where you can find me drinking Perrier and eating snails…