i'd say more around $120ish?
― cutty, Thursday, 27 August 2009 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i didnt like the mid level pearl stuff-- the lycra always seemed not stretchy enough, and bunchy in weird places, but ive not had any for a while. i like the better garneau and giordana stuff. i'd say $100 and up.
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Thursday, 27 August 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i got a $75 pair of izumis that do me fine. only put 'em on if i know i'm gonna be riding for more than an hour or so, and not spending anytime sitting around, drinking somewhere, etc
― the people vs peer gynt (goole), Thursday, 27 August 2009 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm busily kitting myself out atm - had sugoi recommended to me at local bike shop, so got a pair of liner shorts for work commute. omfortable, good padding.
also got a couple jerseys from local brand netti, one on yr rapha-style minimalist tip - white long-sleeved with blue stripe down each arm - and the other solid fluoro yellow so i get seen in traffic, ha.
anybody heard of this derny stuff before? looks classy!
― Korg Boy Polysix (haitch), Friday, 28 August 2009 08:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been snapping up biking bargains lately, from Twin Six, Giordana, Cannondale, Descente and Castelli:
The world's tightest, and fastest*, jersey:
http://www.shinybikes.com/images/P/castelli-split-due-jersey.jpg
(shaves 58 seconds off a 40km ride at 40kmh)
Some proper nice shorts, half price (were £120 or so) - very comfortable, even after 95 miles:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/images/descente-spirit-10044-med.jpg
― Mark C, Friday, 28 August 2009 10:32 (fifteen years ago) link
My first piece of Giordana kit - not yet worn but it fits beautifully and feels like a full-on winter jacket (well, for mimsy UK winters, anyway):
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Images/Models/Full/32188-4.Jpg
And a Cannondale jacket that will serve pretty much the same function - the material contains activated carbon for some reason!
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Images/Models/Full/14879.jpg
― Mark C, Friday, 28 August 2009 10:37 (fifteen years ago) link
And the Twin Six top - looks and feels very classy, very light, am very pleased (this is the rear view - front is black, with trim):
http://www.twinsix.com/gear/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/T/6/T609J05b_lg_1.jpg
― Mark C, Friday, 28 August 2009 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyway, the point was, if you shop around for bargains and aren't too set on specific brands/models, there's a lot of >50% sales right now as stock's being cleared for next year. I'd love to find some properly discounted Rapha stuff but it just doesn't happen, sadly.
― Mark C, Friday, 28 August 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I did get 50% off a winter cycling cap from Rapha last year. It was like I'd won the lottery.
― GamalielRatsey, Friday, 28 August 2009 10:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Dude, I actually *did* win the lottery when I won a Rapha jersey in a Bikeradar competition. And some armwarmers o_O
The jersey is fucking great, too.
― Mark C, Friday, 28 August 2009 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link
(just worked out I saved* £283 on the five items above)
― Mark C, Friday, 28 August 2009 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yeah, twin six is local here, and there's deal on it all the time
― crabRCISE (gbx), Friday, 28 August 2009 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link
this is pretty !!! to me, can a londoner close to grays inn road hook a yank up?
http://www.paulsmith.co.uk/news/null,282,PNP.html
Shasta, what specifically were you after? I'm away for a while but could feasibly get to Condor when I get back if you want me to pick something up.
― Mark C, Sunday, 30 August 2009 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
the black "club" jersey (not sure if this is available to the non-Condor Team public) that has the paul smith logo!!! <3<3<3 :*
― *⁂((✪⥎✪))⁂* (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 August 2009 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs252.snc1/9931_138010253062_90824638062_2703991_4138561_n.jpg
― Change Display Name: (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah, I'll try and head down to Condor a lunchtime this week (it's only down the road) and have a look for you Steve.
― j.o.n.a, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
<3ing U
― Change Display Name: (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 05:49 (fourteen years ago) link
did u get it
― holosystolic murmur and the thrill (gbx), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Steve, Condor won't be selling them - "it'll probably be through Paul Smith's online shop, but Rapha would probably know more". Sorry to braek haert :(
― j.o.n.a, Friday, 2 October 2009 13:10 (fourteen years ago) link
bummer :(
― THE DUSKY VISITOR APPEALS TO CÆSAR (gbx), Friday, 2 October 2009 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey you can join the Rapha Condor club (GBP40, EUR50, USD60, AUD80) and then you can buy the team kit apparently: http://www.raphacondor.cc/club
― useless chamber, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
riding around in pro team kit is a cardinal sin
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
or walking
http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/500/medium/fat_cyclist.jpg
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i think craft makes the best cycling clothing but my team kit is still giordana
still wear craft base layers, gloves, and shoe covers
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
we had giordana for a couple of years, the shorts we got were very...like, compressive. they lacked elasticity or something, and didn't conform that well. they looked good tho, and the chamois are pretty good too.
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey you can join the Rapha Condor club (GBP40, EUR50, USD60, AUD80) and then you can buy the team kit apparently: http://www.raphacondor.cc/club― useless chamber, Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:21 AM (11 hours ago)riding around in pro team kit is a cardinal sin― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:43 AM (10 hours ago)
― useless chamber, Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:21 AM (11 hours ago)
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:43 AM (10 hours ago)
FYI: the club kits are different than the pro kits. i got a club kit and it is doppppppe.
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
want a new jersey. anyone got suggestions for something that's a) STYLIN' b) not rapha??
― well-hung parliament (haitch), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link
mark c pointed out a twin six jersey upthread, i coveted a jersey from that same year but never pulled trigger on it...
http://www.twinsix.com/gear/mens-tech/blackargyle-j#1
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
this campbell approves
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Do you like Solo, H? http://solocc.com/ - I have the Maxwell top on the homepage.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.sharethedamnroad.com/
― ddb, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.sharethedamnroad.com/sites/default/files/3feet.photo_.small_.jpg?1260406337
Would wear this in the UK for the yucks
― take me to your lemur (ledge), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
omg i want one
― his power told him (about the fish) (gbx), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
lolllllll
feelin the belgain hardman vibes here:
http://www.solocc.com/photoBank/product_images/48B8E3B3-802B.jpg
― well-hung parliament (haitch), Thursday, 28 January 2010 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.solocc.com/photoBank/product_images/48BA1A7D-802B.jpg
this I have to have
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 29 January 2010 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.woolyswheels.com/shopping/images/cinettica_racer_red08.jpg
ended up getting this in blue w/ the white stripe - it's biting the rapha steez pretty hard, including 'sportwool' fabric, for about half the price!
― CrazySexyFrog (haitch), Friday, 5 February 2010 09:48 (fourteen years ago) link
nice.wool jerseys: cwool shorts: d
in 1988 i bought my first pair of cycling shorts and shop guy convinced me that wool was real, spandex was i guess not real. they were nice wool shorts with a chamois chamois, but never never again.
― u b ilxin' (Hunt3r), Friday, 5 February 2010 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I just dropped $700 on my club's annual gear order: 2 jerseys, 1 bibshort, 1 skinsuit (!), shoe covers, 1 vest, 1 rain/windbreaker, arm + knee warmers and gloves. everything's louis garneau at a pretty sweet discount but still... I'm supposed to be saving up for a trip!
That said, there were 2 things i had in the cart and ended up passing on:+ LGarneau Diamond custom team helmet (with personalization!)+ light-colored "away" bib shorts... i'm pretty much terror on my dark bibs, light bibs are just asking for trouble.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 6 May 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda feeling this though the big bold helvetica just ~SCREAMS~ '00s;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsincock/sets/72157624096182343/detail/
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 June 2010 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
definitely feeling that. where to buy?
― flamelurker (cozen), Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
classy imo
― gbx, Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
who the fluck is bernard
― cutty, Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I do like that.
Hinault?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
wkiw bernard
― flamelurker (cozen), Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
haha, while googling the designer [MUST READ]:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FORMER+L.A.+MAN+PULLED+FROM+THAI+TEMPLE.(News)-a083895413
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
copyright 1997
― cutty, Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
if you're interested, leave a comment here: http://trackosaurusrex.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry100610-101639
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
isn't bad form to wear team kit you don't actually race for
speaking of 00s kit design, search unattached rider
― gbx, Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ yes if hunt3r still posted here he would confirm
― cutty, Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think that's a team or a club, looks like an independent design tbqh.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 June 2010 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Have just forked out for the Rapha stowaway jacket. There's a 10% off voucher if you spend over £115 at the moment so it's taken it down to less than £150 which is a little more psychologically agreeable. I'd have no problem chucking that kind of money at a North Face jacket that basically does the same thing but is heavy as he'll and completely unsuitable for riding in, to be fair.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 26 August 2011 07:50 (thirteen years ago) link
uh, haitch?http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SANTINI-Rosa-Fizik-FLY-V-AUSTRALIA-Spring-GLOVES-S-/150654190196?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186&hash=item2313b08274#ht_500wt_1058
― Puff Daddy, whoever the fuck you are. I am dissapoint. (Steve Shasta), Friday, 26 August 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahahahaha
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 26 August 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
now that's "completely unsuitable for riding in, to be fair."
― slow mo desaturated rapha vids featuring quirky bikedorks on steel (Hunt3r), Friday, 26 August 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
only just saw this - good lord
― 'australian lack of style' (haitch), Monday, 29 August 2011 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
legwarmers as Chaps offers many terrifying possibilities.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 29 August 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Stowaway arrived. Almost impossibly thin. Very nice to look at and touch. Gonna ridemin it in a bit and see how it feels.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
So much for the Stowaway - Met Office site was predicting grey cloud and light drizzle for Exeter circa 4pm to 7pm, when I was planning to ride. It was actually 20 degrees and hazy, warm sunshine. They're so crap. They're only down the road. The jacket stayed in my pocket for about 20 of the 30 or so miles I did.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
you look good haitch
― 8-2 fruity (cozen), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
so I ordered a pair of the rapha cycling trousers in the sale - size 38 waist (yes yes, v fat mantis). Took them out the packet, yep, 38 label, put them up against myself and knew there was no way I'd be getting in them. So I gave them to our garment technologist (I'm working for a workwear company at the moment, P4C Br4nds for the benefit of Haitch and the other aussies)she measures them up and they are "an un-generous 36".
Sizeist bastards!
― problem chimp (Porkpie), Monday, 5 September 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Rapha seems to size down on the bottoms and up on the tops. I currently fit my size 38 Rapha stuff, I didn't 6 months ago.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2011/10/ritte_racing_kitte_pre-order.php
god help me i think i want this
― (╯°□°)╯︵ ya, (╯°□°)╯︵ ya for real (gbx), Thursday, 6 October 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://the99percent.com/articles/7087/Simon-Mottram-On-Passion-Obsession-Why-Your-Brand-Should-Take-Sides
― jaxon, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
I can attest that Rapha touring shorts are like fucking titanium. Hit the tarmac hard on my right side this morning; hip/arse is grazed and bleeding but the shorts are merely dirty. Likewise the Stowaway jacket; I was sure the right sleeve was a gonner but it seems fine. Just needs a wash.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 23 October 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.rapha.cc/shop/team-sky
The £40/$60 shirt is clearly going to make a mint but I fear they are going to be everywhere.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 4 January 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
Good interview with the rapha chief designer
http://www.cyclinginquisition.com/2013/01/from-wind-tunnel-testing-to-washing.html
Best news of all, no podium baseball cap in the sky range, proper cycling cap.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
proper cycling caps are for riding. only.
― it's nature that's unfair (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
Podium is acceptable IMO
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 03:53 (eleven years ago) link
As it happens I need a new cap to replace ultra grungy euskaltel model. I dont foresee any podiums but caps are great for days below freezing. This am at 17 deg F tested the limits of cotton over very thinning hair. :-(
― it's nature that's unfair (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 04:12 (eleven years ago) link