Test 2020: 22 wind waistcoats for men and women - Favourite pieces: Wind waistcoats

The whirring of the freewheel, the steady noise of the wheels - these are sounds that road cyclists like. So do babbling brooks, rustling leaves and singing birds. The loud rattling of fabric next to your ears, on the other hand, is clearly a discordant sound. This always occurs on the shoulder sections of wind waistcoats when the lightweight material between the collar and sleeve hole has too little tension and therefore flaps like a sail in the wind. You may be able to tolerate this during a short, fast descent, but it is annoying in the long run. And as we discovered in this test, there are clear differences between the waistcoats - and indeed quiet and loud waistcoats. The differences in weather protection are significant. Whilst all waistcoats provide reliable protection from the wind and at least from moisture from the front, the situation is often different at the back.

The variety of waistcoats is huge - ranging from simple wind deflectors to technically complex waistcoats with all-round protection made from various functional materials that block the wind and rain while regulating perspiration transport to the outside. The price range is correspondingly wide, from 65 euros (Bontrager) to 160 euros (Biehler).

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Waistcoats for women in the test

• Alé Light Pack Alé - 70 Euro
• Biehler Neo Classic Windshell Vest - 160 Euro
• Bontrager Circuit Wm's Windshell cycling waistcoat - 65 Euro
• Craft Essence Wind Light Vest W - 80 Euro
• Endura FS260-Pro Adrenalin Race Vest II - 70 Euro
• GiroW Chrono Expert wind waistcoat - 90 Euro
• Gonso Sinestra - 90 Euro
• Pearl IzumiW Zephrr Barrier Vest - 90 Euro
• Santini Scudo-Vest - 75 Euro
• Rapha Women's Brevet Gilet With Pockets - 110 Euro
• Velocio Women's Wind Vest - 140 Euro

Waistcoats for men in the test

• Craft Essence Light Wind Vest - 80 Euro
• Cube Teamline wind waistcoat Repulse - 70 Euro
• Endura Pro SL Lite Vest II - 90 Euro
• Giro M Chrono Expert wind waistcoat - 70 Euro
• Löffler M Bike Vest Windshell - 80 Euro
• Pearl Izumi Zephrr Barrier Vest- 90 Euro
• Scott RC Weather WB Vest - 100 Euro
• Specialised HyprViz Deflect Wind West- 90 Euro
• Assos Mille GT Spring Fall Vest - 149 Euro
• Mavic Mistral waistcoat - 125 Euro
• Poc All-Weather Vest - 130 Euro

Here is the complete test as PDF-Download