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New (to me) Jacket Day: Brown Aero CXSH J100

MatM13

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It's been a week or so with the new jacket I bought from @deepestbluest, but I've just finally got around to posting this. In the spirit of contributing to the forum and not being some random lurker that uses the forum only for the Classifieds, I thought I'd add some fit information for this jacket to the thread archive.

I have attached two fit pics of the front side (zipped and unzipped).

For reference:
- Me: 6'1", 164lbs, 38/38.75 chest relaxed/expanded, about 17" in the shoulders, and the jeans are an Abercrombie 31" waist.
- The Jacket: Chest: 21" / Shoulder: 17.5" / Back: 25" / Sleeves: 26.5" / Bottom hem: 19"
- Shoulders look a bit bumpy in the photos but thats partially because it needs time to reshape to my shoulders---and because I have really boney shoulders.
- Also, hem flairs largely because of how I'm standing. I've found that most of the time, it sits reasonably parallel.

First off, I love that the jacket is heavy to hold, but light on the body. It's about 6lbs, and my old uni leather jacket was 5. This actually feels lighter, but probably owing to the snug fit---my shoulders bore the full weight of that bomber-style university jacket. I am also shocked at how comfortable the CXSH is. I was expecting something super stiff and uncomfortable relative to my Goatskin BR-J100, but it doesn't feel too much more stiff than that one.

If I had the choice on a custom version of this, I'd probably have gone about 0.5" shorter on the sleeves, but for a used jacket, man, I didn't even expect to be this close--sometimes we get lucky, and this was my time. Wears well with a t-shirt, essentially matching the hems, and only slightly more snug but still comfortable with a midweight hoodie.

Hope this information helps someone else out in future when they're looking at a used jacket they can't try before buying.

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TartuWolf

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Super lucky find, fits you very well! And no way I'd agree that you need -0.5" off the sleeves, especially considering they are zip sleeves. Wear in good health!
 

AeroFan_07

I'll Lock Up
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Iowa
Excellent fit and find there! Fully agree the sleeves are fine, and better a bit longer (such as these) than the alternative.
 

MatM13

New in Town
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Super lucky find, fits you very well! And no way I'd agree that you need -0.5" off the sleeves, especially considering they are zip sleeves. Wear in good health!
Ah, see there's the difference in individual fashion sometimes. I'm not a rider, and would appreciate about half an inch less to show the cuff of hoodies and sweaters, etc when I want. The extra length chafes the bottom of my hand in a minor way, too, but I expect that might go away as it wears in. A very minor gripe that makes the difference between an amazing jacket, and the (always impossible) perfect one.
 

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