After a helmet, your riding jacket is arguably the 2nd most important piece of riding gear. A good riding jacket, with the right armor inserts, not just safeguards your shoulders and elbows, but also helps to protect your torso and spine from impact. A good quality riding jacket is a piece of engineering, designed and constructed to fit you like second skin, with abrasion-resistant fabrics, stitching that won’t fail you and reflectors that’ll keep you visible on the road. Wondering whether you need a riding jacket at all, if riding at slow speeds or riding short distances only? The answer...