Q36.5 officially presented the Foul Weather Capsule Collection, a family of super technical leaders born from the ccollaboration with professional athletes. Foul Weather is actually a kit designed to deal with challenging conditions of rain, cold and wind.
It all starts from requests from athletes like Tom Pidcock – «extremely demanding rider, but able to provide very interesting feedback in terms of development and solutions" – as he told us Luigi Bergamo, CEO of Q36.5The Foul Weather collection takes shape thanks to three garments: the rain jacket Rain Shell Aero, Rain Shell Plus long-sleeved and jacket Vampire Shell. Let's see them in detail.
Collaboration and inspiration
«The team's riders have always been a great source of inspiration – says Luigi Bergamo – because they are able to provide interesting and difficult to imagine results when you don't experience the race from the insideIt is true that Pidcock's entry into the team has given a further boost to the feedback that comes into the companyHe is a very well-prepared athlete, very technical and very demanding – continues Bergamo – as synthetic in his arguments as able to make you understand what needs to be done and what you want as an athlete.
«When we were asked to create protective and capable technical garments to counter the rigors of the weather – concludes Bergamo – some examples of competitors have been given. The nature of Q36.5 is not to borrow and copy, but it is innovate and always push yourself a little further, trying to make the most of existing technologies and where it is possible to create moreThe Foul collection was created with the aim of satisfying top-level athletes and raise the bar for protective technical garments once again in terms of ergonomic and aerodynamic efficiency."
Q36.5 Rain Shell Aero jersey
It's a kind of jersey from thepronounced elasticity. Close-fitting and with particularly small dimensions, a waterproof jersey that is also designed to be aerodynamicsIts realization takes place using the proprietary 3L fabric, Or a double membrane with a completely different structure between the inside and outsideInside the garment, the fabric appears to have hexagons and a slight roughness, almost as if there were micro-pores. The task is to release excess moisture, steam and heat.
On the outside the smooth finish is completely waterproof. The zip has oversized dimensions, easy to operate and reach even with cold hands. Rain Shell Aero is a kind of base layer, useful for protecting from the rain even in not too cold weather, a real integration when paired with the Vampire jacket.
The Vampire Jacket
It is a garment designed, developed and produced for protect from intense cold, a jacket created to allow the rider to train even for more than three hours in freezing weather and rain. In this case too we find a jacket with a race fit, is insulating and integrates a waterproof membrane up to 10000 mm.
It features fully taped seams and an oversized zip just like the Rain Aero. Vampire is a jacket with three differentiated and highly visible layers.
Rain Shell Plus
This is a waterproof jacket and in terms of protection It is one grade above the Rain Shell AeroThe cut is always performance race fit, but compared to the Rain Aero this one has the long sleeves, an internal fleece lining for keep the body warm and a series of functional details. It is created to protect even during racing in heavy rain, without sacrificing aerodynamics. It integrates a waterproof membrane up to 20.000 mm.
The rear section has a easy-access external pocket, roomy, a feature requested by professional riders. The range of use of the Rain Shell Plus jacket is interesting, which it goes down to zero degrees.
