Q36.5’s 4-season shells are separated into 3 categories: Rain, Air and Hybrid. Let’s discover what works best for your local climate, riding conditions and personal performance preferences
Our lightest shell, the Air Vest and Jacket are made from a proprietary 7-dernier ripstop nylon fabric. Thanks to their ultra low volume and ergonomic fit they are the perfect “emergency friend”, occupying as much space as an energy bar in your back pocket and perfect for chilly mornings and long descents or protection for short rain showers.
★★★★☆ Breathability
★★★★☆ Windproofness
★★★☆☆ Waterproofness
★★★★★ Packability
★★☆☆☆ Cosiness
Offering exceptional wind protection, the Q36.5 Air Vest uses advanced, lightweight material to insulate while remaining super packable, meaning you won’t even notice it in your back pocket during warmer moments of the ride. Designed for 4-season effectiveness, the Air Vest is perfect for everything from cold, windy winter rides to summer rides high in the mountains. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Offering exceptional wind protection, the Q36.5 Air Vest uses advanced, lightweight material to insulate while remaining super packable, meaning you won’t even notice it in your back pocket during warmer moments of the ride. Designed for 4-season effectiveness, the Air Vest is perfect for everything from cold, windy winter rides to summer rides high in the mountains. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Offering exceptional wind protection, the Q36.5 Air Vest uses advanced, lightweight material to insulate while remaining super packable, meaning you won’t even notice it in your back pocket during warmer moments of the ride. Designed for 4-season effectiveness, the Air Vest is perfect for everything from cold, windy winter rides to summer rides high in the mountains. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Offering exceptional wind protection, the Q36.5 Air Vest uses advanced, lightweight material to insulate while remaining super packable, meaning you won’t even notice it in your back pocket during warmer moments of the ride. Designed for 4-season effectiveness, the Air Vest is perfect for everything from cold, windy winter rides to summer rides high in the mountains. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Offering exceptional wind protection, the Q36.5 Air Vest uses advanced, lightweight material to insulate while remaining super packable, meaning you won’t even notice it in your back pocket during warmer moments of the ride. Designed for 4-season effectiveness, the Air Vest is perfect for everything from cold, windy winter rides to summer rides high in the mountains. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Designed to provide effective protection from wind and light rain, the Q36.5 Air Jacket uses a high-density stretch woven material with DWR treatment to ensure you’ll stay comfortable in changeable weather year-round. The lightweight material insulates while remaining super packable, which means there’s never a ride where you won’t bring it along, just in case. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Designed to provide effective protection from wind and light rain, the Q36.5 Air Jacket uses a high-density stretch woven material with DWR treatment to ensure you’ll stay comfortable in changeable weather year-round. The lightweight material insulates while remaining super packable, which means there’s never a ride where you won’t bring it along, just in case. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Designed to provide effective protection from wind and light rain, the Q36.5 Air Jacket uses a high-density stretch woven material with DWR treatment to ensure you’ll stay comfortable in changeable weather year-round. The lightweight material insulates while remaining super packable, which means there’s never a ride where you won’t bring it along, just in case. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Designed to provide effective protection from wind and light rain, the Q36.5 Air Jacket uses a high-density stretch woven material with DWR treatment to ensure you’ll stay comfortable in changeable weather year-round. The lightweight material insulates while remaining super packable, which means there’s never a ride where you won’t bring it along, just in case. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Designed to provide effective protection from wind and light rain, the Q36.5 Air Jacket uses a high-density stretch woven material with DWR treatment to ensure you’ll stay comfortable in changeable weather year-round. The lightweight material insulates while remaining super packable, which means there’s never a ride where you won’t bring it along, just in case. Its body mapped cut ensures it will sit close to the torso and not flap in the wind.
Our Rain shells are highly appreciated for their exceptional combination of waterproofness, breathability and packability. These market-leading characteristics are driven by our proprietary 7-dernier nylon used for the outer face of the jacket.
In addition to being highly resistant to abrasion, this woven fabric is extremely lightweight meaning that the jacket remains soft and low-volume, easily fitting in your backpocket, as well as guaranteeing waterproofness of the jacket on longer riders as even during sustained rain it absorbs a minimal amount of moisture.
★★★☆☆ Breathability
★★★★☆ Windproofness
★★★★★ Waterproofness
★★★★☆ Packability
★★★☆☆ Cosiness
Our Rain Shell Jacket is renown for its combination of exceptional packability, breathability and waterproofness, making it not just the ideal choice for long rides under the rain but also an “emergency friend” that can comfortably fit in your back pocket on rides with unpredictable conditions. These characteristics are achieved through a combination of proprietary fabric solutions such as the 7-dernier nylon outer face and an expert Italian hand-taped construction.
Keeping your core protected from heavy rainstorms, the Q36.5 Rain Shell Vest offers a minimalist design with maximum effectiveness. Not only is the material waterproof, all openings and seams have been constructed to keep water from penetrating or seeping in. Lightweight and easily packable, this is a cycling rain vest both for men and women, that you can carry with you for those seasonal showers or wear on a ride from start to finish. And its breathability prevents moisture build-up on the interior.
Keeping your core protected from heavy rainstorms, the Q36.5 Rain Shell Vest offers a minimalist design with maximum effectiveness. Not only is the material waterproof, all openings and seams have been constructed to keep water from penetrating or seeping in. Lightweight and easily packable, this is a cycling rain vest both for men and women, that you can carry with you for those seasonal showers or wear on a ride from start to finish. And its breathability prevents moisture build-up on the interior.
Our lightest ever rain jacket, the Dottore Light Rain Jacket is a performance masterpiece of small-scale Italian manufacturing. By combining exceptional ultralight materials (55gsm ripstop nylon + X membrane) with a sartorial taped construction, Q36.5 is able to offer a truly low-volume Rain Jacket that can be used across weather conditions and temperatures throughout the year.
★★★★★ Breathability
★★★★★ Windproofness
★★★★★ Waterproofness
★★★★☆ Packability
★★★★☆ Cosiness
Our lightest ever rain jacket, the Dottore Light Rain Jacket is a performance masterpiece of small-scale Italian manufacturing. By combining exceptional ultralight materials (55gsm ripstop nylon + 10.000mm membrane) with a sartorial taped construction, Q36.5 is able to offer a truly low-volume Rain Jacket that can be used across weather conditions and temperatures throughout the year. Particularly suited to short showers and other situations demanding emergency light thermal protection.
Our lightest ever rain jacket, the Dottore Light Rain Jacket is a performance masterpiece of small-scale Italian manufacturing. By combining exceptional ultralight materials (55gsm ripstop nylon + 10.000mm membrane) with a sartorial taped construction, Q36.5 is able to offer a truly low-volume Rain Jacket that can be used across weather conditions and temperatures throughout the year. Particularly suited to short showers and other situations demanding emergency light thermal protection.
Designed on specific request of Tom Pidock and his teammates in 2025, the Rain Shell Aero Jersey is a second-skin fit rain jersey engineered for racing in the last kilometres or early breakaways, where speeds are high and aerodynamics vital. Fully-waterproof and ultra low-volume construction also make the Rain Shell Aero jersey are highly suitable “emergency friend” for amateur riders in wet or un-seasonally chilly conditions in spring and summer.
★★★★☆ Breathability
★★★★★ Windproofness
★★★★★ Waterproofness
★★★★★ Packability
★★★☆☆ Cosiness
Engineered to be the lightest layer in a professional rider’s rain system - perfect for explosive final kms of a Belgian Classic or an epic Giro d’Italia breakaway – the Rain Shell Aero Jersey is a 3L, double membrane, waterproof jersey. Nicknamed “condom” by riders from Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team thanks to its perfectly snug and aero fit, the Rain Shell Aero Jersey is not only waterproof but also features a unique Quick Dry frame coating on the inner face of the fabric in order to improve moisture management and wicking process, making sure the rider does not become “wet from the inside” as is often the case with similar style of products. Other special features include the oversize 8mm waterproof zip for maximum reliability and ease of use and a new “Race Fit” block to ensure perfect wrinkle-free aero fit. Please note that if your current Q36.5 size is alredy on the small side you may want to consider sizing up.
Comprised of both Dottore and Gregarius models, the Hybrid vest is a “natural” shell i.e. its windproofness is given not by a membrane but by the extremely tight construction of the outer fabric. Choose the Hybrid if you are looking for something a little bit more “cosy” and unique than the Air or Rain shell.
A favourite of our Official Research Scientists, the Hybrid is entirely unique for the exceptional breathability it combines with windproofness on par with traditional shells. You will be drier and warmer than ever before at the bottom of your favourite descent.
★★★★★ Breathability
★★★★☆ Windproofness
★★★☆☆ Waterproofness
★★★☆☆ Packability
★★★★★ Cosiness
The Q36.5 Dottore Hybrid Vest is characterized by its exceptional versatility across temperature ranges and riding conditions, thanks to its pioneering use of high density woven fabrics that mimic the qualities of shell fabrics but without the use of membranes, achieving superior breathability and moisture management. Riders will immediately notice how the Dottore Hybrid Vest keeps them significantly drier and warmer than vests of equivalent volume, especially on high intensity rides. This third generation version of our signature vest is characterized by even more advanced body mapping. We invested in months of wind tunnel studies with our Pro Team and the Japanese cycling federation that allowed us to better understand the movement of chilly winter air around the flanks of the cyclist. In fact, the thermal UF shell fabric now covers not just the front of the rider but flanks and part of the back as well. The central part of the back uses an ultralight mesh fabric and mesh pockets have been added to the vest. Unhemmed construction of the sleeve openings - new for this year - reduces weight while increasing longevity and comfort.FOR WOMEN: Order one size smaller: e.g. if you wear a S in women’s jerseys, we suggest you order the XS size of this jersey.
Used by the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team for racing and training, the Gregarius Hybrid Vest combines state-of-the-art construction techniques and proprietary fabric development to offer essential, low-volume, thermal protection. Crucial to these performance characteristics is the vest’s unique body mapping pattern where a thermal, tightly-knitted and protective fabric covers not just your front area but also your flanks and back, following the movement of chilly air as it flows around you as you ride.
The Q36.5 Dottore Hybrid Vest is characterized by its exceptional versatility across temperature ranges and riding conditions, thanks to its pioneering use of high density woven fabrics that mimic the qualities of shell fabrics but without the use of membranes, achieving superior breathability and moisture management. Riders will immediately notice how the Dottore Hybrid Vest keeps them significantly drier and warmer than vests of equivalent volume, especially on high intensity rides. This third generation version of our signature vest is characterized by even more advanced body mapping. We invested in months of wind tunnel studies with our Pro Team and the Japanese cycling federation that allowed us to better understand the movement of chilly winter air around the flanks of the cyclist. In fact, the thermal UF shell fabric now covers not just the front of the rider but flanks and part of the back as well. The central part of the back uses an ultralight mesh fabric and mesh pockets have been added to the vest. Unhemmed construction of the sleeve openings - new for this year - reduces weight while increasing longevity and comfort.FOR WOMEN: Order one size smaller: e.g. if you wear a S in women’s jerseys, we suggest you order the XS size of this jersey.
The Q36.5 Dottore Hybrid Vest is characterized by its exceptional versatility across temperature ranges and riding conditions, thanks to its pioneering use of high density woven fabrics that mimic the qualities of shell fabrics but without the use of membranes, achieving superior breathability and moisture management. Riders will immediately notice how the Dottore Hybrid Vest keeps them significantly drier and warmer than vests of equivalent volume, especially on high intensity rides. This third generation version of our signature vest is characterized by even more advanced body mapping. We invested in months of wind tunnel studies with our Pro Team and the Japanese cycling federation that allowed us to better understand the movement of chilly winter air around the flanks of the cyclist. In fact, the thermal UF shell fabric now covers not just the front of the rider but flanks and part of the back as well. The central part of the back uses an ultralight mesh fabric and mesh pockets have been added to the vest. Unhemmed construction of the sleeve openings - new for this year - reduces weight while increasing longevity and comfort.FOR WOMEN: Order one size smaller: e.g. if you wear a S in women’s jerseys, we suggest you order the XS size of this jersey.