Vanucci VAJ-M1 jacket and Tour Fun trousers

Vanucci's approach to covering seasonal changes with its VAJ-M1 jacket is to keep the jacket itself simple, and offer waterproof and thermal extras to make it more versatile.

- Mikko Nieminen

The main component of this is a basic textile jacket with plenty of ventilation options, but no waterproof or thermal lining, that has been fine for riding in the warm and dry months, but for all year use you might want to add the waterproof over jacket (£114) and the thermal inner jacket (£105).

The jacket is CA-approved at level A and it has armour in shoulders and elbows, but only a pocket for the back protector, which is another extra. The protectors are nice and soft against your body, but the shoulder armour didn't sit quite in the right place for me, covering more of the back of the shoulder than the top and front (they are placed slightly further back than the outer shoulder patch of the jacket).

I found the fit of the jacket is nice, and there are adjusters at waist and arms to get it just right.

There are no adjusters at the cuffs though, which may make it a bit awkward to fit gloves over/ under the sleeves.

There are two inside, and two outside pockets that are all easy to access.

Ventilation is through two large inlet vents at the front and three exit vents at the back. The ones at the front are a little fiddly to operate with a zip and Velcro combination, but once open they provide good airflow.

The Tour Fun trousers are similarly CE-level A approved and have protectors in the knees, plus pockets for hip protectors available separately. They are a nice fit with no bagginess.

Unlike the jacket, the trousers are waterproof so you shouldn't have to go for waterproof overtrousers, although I didn't get to test them in anything other than drizzle, which was good.

There are adjusters at the waist, and big zip/Velcro openings at the ankle to get your boots on.

Two pockets at the front, and anti-slip material on the bum, help make these rather practical trousers.