My boy Spearman tipped me off that New Belgium Brewing has another wool jersey up on their website. The last wool jersey they did was a brown medium weight wool with no pockets. The one that is up on their site now looks like they may have gone back to their original style, black heavy wool with 3 back pockets. A little more investigation is needed to make sure it has pockets though. But at the rock bottom price of $59, you can’t do much better for a quality wool jersey. It’s easily as good, if not better than many of the $110+ wool jerseys from other companies.
I’ve got two of the New Belgium wool jerseys and they have really held up. In fact I’m wearing their last one (brown/no pockets) today for my -15° commute. Stylish enough to wear off the bike (good thing, since I left my work badge at home and couldn’t get inside the gym where my locker is), yet perfectly functional for most riding conditions. I say most, because even the medium weight wool is too hot for summer riding. But this is a damn fine jersey, so what are you waiting for?
Confirmation: The new (old, ha) jersey is identical to the original, save for the patch on the left sleeve. The old one had the nice Belgian glass; the new one has the bicycle (Fat Tire-ish) design, like the brown jersey (confusing enough for ya?).
But yes, the new one has the sine-qua-non THREE REAR POCKETS and the nice fat waistband.
Gots me another–that’s how I know, bro.
Nice! I’ve taken to searching thrift stores for nice Merino sweaters usually ~ $5-6. Costco has some nice ones for $19.99. If you must wear a “cycling jersey” that is a great deal. I believe Portland Cycleworks makes the woolies for NBB
DT,
Mucho thanks for the heads up on these. Mine just arrived today and it’s sweet.
Why in the hell is everyone else selling their woolies at twice the cost? Maybe I should get a second….
Now if I could only get them to ship me beer up here.
-b