Freewheelers and Co.

[veloaudio]

I went with a 42. I'm typically a Large in IH. Plenty of room in the body, arms and shoulders are on the skinnier side. Not a problem for me but something to keep on mind for anyone thinking about the jacket.

[Jordan23]

Thx for quick reply and congrats to your fit!

Enjoy ya addiction!

[Chiba J.]

Glad you're happy with it VA. Same size as me. But yours is alpaca.

Indeed, arms are slender. And a touch on the short side, but not bad. With the slender arms but roomy body, I have found that a heavy filson vest or similar works very well underneath for cold temps.

[veloaudio]

Yes, my Buco Racing Vest works great underneath which was an unexpected surprise.

[Chiba J.]

I was actually just thinking the other day that that would probably work too.

Mine with a couple seasons wear.

And under the Air Crew Vest.

[bushmonkey]

OK, that vest looks like its right up my ally.  do you mind giving some sizing info @Chiba J. ?  ih size and what size is that vest?
The hunt begins

[Chiba J.]

I don't own any IH gear so can't really help there. But I seem to be similar size with Velo Audio and he says above he's an L in IH.

The air crew vests are sized large to wear over outerwear. My FW deck jacket above is sz 42 but I wear 40 in the air crew vest, obviously with room since I can still wear it over deck jacket as above. That said, it doesn't look huge over just a shirt or sweater.

You might have trouble finding this specific version. This is from two years ago when they first did this pattern in green and eggplant rip-stop. Last year they did the same pattern but with alpaca in khaki and navy jungle cloth. This year they changed it up and released a hoodless "aviators" version in brown and green.

[madmonday]

dope fits, that vest is awesome & the wear on that denim is on the money.

[Chiba J.]

Thanks. Denim is FW 51 and Denime XX.

[veloaudio]

Love that vest especially that color and it looks great over the deck jacket.

[davito]

@veloaudio Great jacket enjoy man

@Chiba J. Awesome combos, looking suave señor

Today is a foggy day, perfect for my winter aviator's vest

[Finn666]

great fits right there guys! @Chiba J. @davito well done

[Anesthetist]

Loving all these great vests!

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[Chiba J.]

Love the vest D!

[bushmonkey]

thanks so much for all the info Chiba.  All super helpful and informative.  Will be hunting one at some point.  The green is certainly what i would prefer but won't turn my nose down at a blue with alpaca

[Chiba J.]

I missed one. They also did the aircrew in woodland camo last year.

[bushmonkey]

Saw that also. Not very good looking as much as I like camo.  Blue 38 purchased and on the way. Hopefully sizing works out.

[Chiba J.]

Agree. Not a fan of that camo on that vest. Well done on the navy jungle cloth version. Hope it works out for you.

[Jordan23]

Any recommendations where to buy FW stuff? Thx in advance.

Enjoy ya addiction!

[Chiba J.]

There are quite a few places. If you want to buy from Japan, good options include John Lofgren at Speedway as well as Genco, Old Goat, Wild One, McFly, Hoosier.

In Europe, Pancho and Lefty.