Ama Mensah has worn the same Transit Shell almost every working day since February. When it came back to the studio, it had covered more than 3,000 km.
What we found
One pocket bag had torn where a phone kept catching the edge, and the main zip puller had lost its coating. The seam tape, the cuffs and the hood were still sound.
We replaced the pocket bag with a heavier cloth, fitted a new metal puller and re-proofed the shell. Total time on the bench: 48 minutes.
I stopped thinking of it as a jacket. It is just part of the bike now.
Every repair like this one feeds back into the next pattern. The SS26 pocket bag uses the heavier cloth as standard.
Written by
Mira Sato
Mira edits the Journal and shoots most of our field notes on a battered 35 mm compact she refuses to replace.
