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I have the opposite issue, pretty much two-way zip phobic (think this is almost certainly irrational but based on an experience with another two-way zip jacket - not Albion - that no matter what I did would open itself up so that I ended, on a like it or not basis, wearing a cape). Two-way zips seem to becoming increasingly popular too.
I'm really tempted by a Zoa but, and this seems crazy with a new jacket, how tricky would it be to replace the two-way zip with a similar quality one-way zip?
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Well their zips don't unzip themselves so IMO that would be a bit crazy. I've had my Zoa for a year.
Think about it this way: you are smarter than any jacket. One way zip is either "jacket is working" or "jacket is making me hot" [unzipped]. Two-way means you can closely regulate your temp beyond the limits of the jacket fabric without parachuting around the lanes and flapping out like a bastard
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Unsure of your two way zip experience but Rapha use locking zips. If you leave the zip pullers sticking straight out, they're free to move. If they're down flat, they lock
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Have also had zero problems with the front two way zip. Not a huge fan of the double zips on the pockets however, can’t say I’ve ever struggled with a single zip and one of them always seems to be catching my hand/not allowing the pocket to fully open.
The jacket is excellent however. I use it way more off the bike than I do on it
youramericanlover
PhilDAS
LukeG
Working my through some new Albion kit, might post a Nerd Review in a few weeks. I will say that jackets / layering stuff without 2-way zips are kind of tyranny. I am a huge fan of the two-way zipper now.