Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

Venus as a Boy

great, thank you

Want!

#MatchyMatchy

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^do you normally wear lady kit?

Sounds about right

I read that as wanting a lady that matches his bike.

Fair call.

Crude

Dear Gabba thread.

A question for someone who has actually washed theirs. How did you do it, and does it perform its magical duties afterwards?

Mine gets washed after every ride the same as the rest of my riding kit, as far as I can tell it still works.

Best thing to do after washing is to tumble dry it and it makes it water proof again.

This. Washed once a week for a year, still gabba-ing....

Oh an I wash all my kit at 40 deg with bio washing gel/liquid and a few capfulls of that Dettol antibacterial wash stuff.

^Toxic sweat monster

Any worry of it shrinking if you're washing at high temps and tumble drying? I always manage to shrink stuff and the Gabba fits perfectly.

Great - just spent dollars on Nikwax + TX Direct + grannys soap flakes. The Mrs did laugh - I think the word sucker was mentioned

Shut it big nose

I don't think 40 qualifies as high temps, and I don't own a tumble dryer...

Seriously? I thought there was supposed to be some kind of mystic stuff going on with gabba and it losing its water repellantness if you washed with regular detergent. So yours still beads water properly?

Dunno. I don't really care about water beading, I like it cos it's still warm when it's wet and it's cut well. I couldn't imagine not washing a jersey after a 3 hour ride, I'm not a barbarian.

I don't own a tumble dryer...

Does raffa have an answer to: http://road.cc/content/tech-news/173319-gore-bike-wear%E2%80%99s-new-one-gore-tex-active-jacket-now-available-buy

I foresee myself selling my black race cape soon...

Yes because you should always trust Gore for the fit, aesthetics (?), repair service etc.

I've got the old version. Great waterproofing, fit less so.

New page fail

Fit, depends on your body type. Aesthetics, eye of the beholder. Repair service, sure +1 for rapha!

I'm a huge nuthugger of rapha, I've owned the rain jacket, race cape, and hardshell and none of them breathe at all.

Like the look of the new kit

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That dettol in wash stuff is the shit.