**IMPORTED FROM AS400**

KEY POINTS & INTENDED USE

The classic cafe racer: After watching a great professional cycling season

(which it was!), with talk about shaving off a .01th of a second/meter by using

the latest in NASA rubber, the fastest aero dynamic skin suit or sea monkeys

embedded in the carbon of modern road bikes who all simultaneously blow

backwards on telepathic command of the rider... Sometimes it's fun to slip

into the YouTube vortex and watch clips of "back in the day", with tube and

tires slung over one shoulder, wine bottles strapped to the top tube, and of

course wool jerseys. Sadly we're not bringing back the wine hydration/pain

numbing theories of old, but we are bringing back the jersey.

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An important note: we bounced around the idea of doing this item in a Merino

blend to increase the performance of the jersey, but decided to go with 100%

Merino wool (both self-fabric and stitching). While we gave up the potential

wicking and drying improvement of adding polyester, the hand feel of the 100%

Merino wool is outstanding and we got significantly better results on colour

migration test, allowing us to produce some more vibrant colour combinations.

Adding to the nostalgia with the 19 Seventyone branding for a MEC 30th throw

down, I would encourage people to get this while it's hot, because the thread

design changes for 2012...

CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN

- Soft merino wool jersey.

- 18cm zipper front opening.

- Small zippered hip pocket.

- Ribbed collar, cuff and hem.

MATERIALS

- 100% Merino wool (both self-fabric and stitching).

MEC Mass Transit Sweater - Women's