Range / Shell · cut easy
Crosswind
148 grams of AX‑96, most of which is doing something. A hood that stays on your head at 40 km/h without a drawcord across your face, pit zips you can open one-handed while running, and a back hem that drops 40 mm so it does not ride when you lean into a climb.
Crosswind · Ink · size 3 · £215
In stock, all six sizes · Cut to order in Ardsleigh, posted within five working days
Specification
Every number here was measured in the unit.
The fabric weight is the cut area multiplied by the cloth weight, so it cannot disagree with the cloth page. The difference between that and the finished weight is zip, tape, elastic and thread — 28 grams of it, which is the part of a shell most brands would rather you did not weigh.
| Cloth | AX‑96, 2.5-layer laminate, 96 g/m² |
|---|---|
| Cut area | 1.25 m² |
| Fabric weight | 120 g |
| Finished weight | 148 g |
| Water column | 20,000 mm |
| Breathability | 20,000 g/m²/24 h |
| Seams | 13 mm taped, all |
| Hood | Wired brim, two-point rear adjust, no face cord |
| Ventilation | Pit zips, 220 mm, one-handed pulls |
| Back hem drop | 40 mm |
| Packs to | About the size of a fist |
What took three years
The hood, mostly.
Sample one had a drawcord
Every shell has one, and every shell with one ends up with a cord across your cheek at some point in the run. We took it out and moved the adjustment to two points at the back of the head, where you can reach it and it cannot reach you.
Sample two would not stay up
Without the cord the hood came off in anything over about 25 km/h of headwind. The fix was a wire in the brim and a deeper rear panel, which added nine grams. We spent four months arguing about those nine grams and then kept them.
Sample three had a zip garage
It sat under the chin, which is where zip garages go, and it collected rain off the face and delivered it into the collar. The current collar closes above the chin instead. There is no garage. Nobody has mentioned it since, which is the point.