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The underarm vents on technical jackets are hit'n'miss for cycling IMHO.
Softshell - turns into a wet sponge after 30mins of constant rain. But you can usually keep your base layer dry.
Membrane softshell - Leaks eventually, but slowly. Needs vents for efforts over 30mins.
hardshell - keeps rain out, but membrane will get overloaded by hard efforts. Venting essiental, but likely not effective enough depending how sweaty you are.
Rubberised raincoat - Sweaty hell.
I live in the rainiest place in europe, yet cant bring myself to train hard in anything more than a softshell. I do short cycles to work etc. in my membrane softshell. Which works brilliantly for this.