Unior Bike Tools Zip-up Hoodie

A bike shop in October is two different temperatures by lunchtime. The morning is cold enough to want a hoodie; the afternoon, after the door has been open for a few wheel pickups and a fitting session, isn't. A pullover means committing; you're either in it or you're in the awkward in-between of having pulled it halfway up to vent heat. A zip is the layer that solves that.

This is the zip-up version of our pullover, built on the same fabric: 80% ring-spun combed cotton and 20% polyester at 280 g/m². The combed-yarn detail is the part that matters most for longevity. Combing pulls the short fibers out of the yarn before spinning, so the cuffs and hem don't pill the way a cheaper blend does. The 20% polyester keeps the shape through the wash cycle; the dominant cotton keeps the feel right.

The zip itself is the second consideration. A heavy-toothed zipper rides over the front pouch line and stays out of the chest area when you're leaning over a bench; small detail, real difference in actual shop use. The hood is single-jersey lined for comfort if you do pull it up, and the drawstrings are flat cord rather than round (round cord frays under bar-tape friction; flat cord doesn't).

Specs

• Fabric: 80% ring-spun combed cotton / 20% polyester
• Weight: 280 g/m²
• Closure: front zip
• Construction: straight-cut body, single jersey lined hood, flat cord drawstrings
• Front pouch (pre-zipper-line so it stays usable)
• Print: light grey body with contrasting white Unior logo on the front, Made For Work logo on the rear
• Line tag: Made For Work, Rest and Play

Built by a tool company

Unior has been forging hand tools in Zreče, Slovenia, since 1919, and sponsors professional road and mountain-bike race teams. We picked the construction details for the Made For Work line from the perspective of a person at a workbench: shape retention through repeated wash cycles, flat-cord drawstrings, a zipper that vents without commitment.

Pro tip from our mechanics

Pullover or zip is mostly preference; the case for the zip is temperature swing; a shop that runs cold in the morning and warms up by lunch is the use case the zip solves. The same fabric and construction as the pullover; the same combed-cotton and 280 g/m² spec. The rest of the workshop wear (tees, hats, drinkware, bottle openers) we wrote up in: What we wear in the workshop →